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- Netherlands
Today i made a bummer when doing some research drilling to collect soil samples.
On the 3rd object to collect samples i hit a gaspipe in the first attempt.
It was burried 60cm deep in a yard under a great beech tree (some of you know that tree) that stands on a small hill.
It was a 50mm PE pipe i struck and penetrated. Unfortunately the manager from the shop called the police and firedepartment. (small pipe low pressure, no sweat for the maintanance crews to fix) That will cost some bucks, two firetrucks, two command cars, two police cars and a evacuation planned for the arounding buildings....
THX the one above i wasnt smoking at the time i hit it....
Normally when we go digging we get the plans for gas/water/electricity how they are burried. Its a simple centralized office to call to and they arrange all plans to be send to you. That way you can avoid damage to utillity. Also for private houseconnections these are available. At this place it just didnt seem logic that utillity was dugged in. No houses or buildings around that would need it. OOPS in 1974 they did hand dig a new gaspipe and phone line! I just cant imagine WHY they had to go that way beside those trees. 15 meter aside a BIG gaspipe was also replaced to a building and they could have simply get it further out instead of digging in a other 50M pipe.
(arrivel time firedepartment; 20 minutes, Police; 22-25 minutes, utillity; 35 minutes. In the meantime i had to chase off people that parked a car nearby and wanted out. Also i had to firmly adress some 'watchers' to putt out their smokes.)
On the 3rd object to collect samples i hit a gaspipe in the first attempt.
It was burried 60cm deep in a yard under a great beech tree (some of you know that tree) that stands on a small hill.
It was a 50mm PE pipe i struck and penetrated. Unfortunately the manager from the shop called the police and firedepartment. (small pipe low pressure, no sweat for the maintanance crews to fix) That will cost some bucks, two firetrucks, two command cars, two police cars and a evacuation planned for the arounding buildings....
THX the one above i wasnt smoking at the time i hit it....
Normally when we go digging we get the plans for gas/water/electricity how they are burried. Its a simple centralized office to call to and they arrange all plans to be send to you. That way you can avoid damage to utillity. Also for private houseconnections these are available. At this place it just didnt seem logic that utillity was dugged in. No houses or buildings around that would need it. OOPS in 1974 they did hand dig a new gaspipe and phone line! I just cant imagine WHY they had to go that way beside those trees. 15 meter aside a BIG gaspipe was also replaced to a building and they could have simply get it further out instead of digging in a other 50M pipe.
(arrivel time firedepartment; 20 minutes, Police; 22-25 minutes, utillity; 35 minutes. In the meantime i had to chase off people that parked a car nearby and wanted out. Also i had to firmly adress some 'watchers' to putt out their smokes.)
