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time president of the Baton Rouge Metro PHCC (Plumbing
Heating and cooling contractors) and active member of both VIVAX
the national and state PHCC organizations, Iimmy expuunds T
on the benefits DE 811 in the plumblng industry. "There's all NIETFDTECH
sorts of utilities out there that we're not aware of, so we put _
in a call or we do it online. lhave three managers here who '7"""!|* "‘"‘°°"°"r “fir 35% "“ "°°“'“*'
do it ior their own iobs. one oi them, Craig l_al3orde, takes . cm“, ,,,,,,.,g cmss gm r,,,m“,,, mums
care oi residential work, and two of them, Travis curtis and . ,,,,,m, ,,“,,,g Wm, “M ,,_,_ anllysls
Jeff colletta, take care of cornmzrtial projects. so, beiore . ml um “mm” M“
they tie in sewers and run gas lines and water lines and all .
that kind oi stuff, they put in a ticket online. They can go in '"""‘”' "'""'''°" ‘''"'‘'"°
there and put a perimeter around where they're going to be
working and then get the utilities marked."
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these online teatures. "Yuu can highlight an area and put in ;"_mjj.'f',';::‘;f‘,;,';',f ;';m,f‘," '”
a perimeter over a map and then they go out and mark in
that area where we're going to be working. used to be we
had to go out and paint the area and that could be pretty
problematic. we would go out and try to mark an area with
paint and then somebody would come along and mow the
grass or grade the dlrl and then it was all gone anyway
"If there's a health risk or property damage, you can almost
always get an emergency mark. If you have an emergency, Inswn oo..iaioo.r bani lmm2' tar Larzll ositnnrnirsimnn
you can get it marked that day, but you have to have :‘9‘°;:“"C'“'|‘l'|H|’VflW"'V m- vs:-wx-2 mtnnlnianstn-r mm vmam
someone on site waiting on them That's a real good thing """ "" "“"" “ ‘"' "V "“°'
property damage going on or danger to health and yuu've I g "M
got to wait two days, that could lie calaslmphlc." V-v-x-Mm:-ch corner-nun Jnmmm um
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Iimmy Lockwood has been with them nearly since the
beginning joining the team in March oi 1975. He has been
general manager since 2005 and is unly the third general
manager in their 43-year run. Their reputation of good service
both to the community and to their employees is retlected in
the longevity of their team. They have about as employees, I ’ O
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