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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."

H gr D l-lumbers have made good use of and appreciate '“:="' *’""'° “""""- '";':: Bf‘:-;;'“’“
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
H gr D Plumblng company opened in Ianuzzy of 1976 and ::jl:zoC‘I°:r=.SKI2':.Y‘5fl5A. usat §‘§l:."7i5°$’i‘$§f3i'§o 
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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and Dffezlng long-standing service to the needs oi the 333.332.3777

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