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n lale Octubnr, Clvll con.rrae«or., But lhing~ weren'« always Lhal lmlng, a leehnrqae where worker.
one of (112 larges« eansrrnehon srnoolh ln lhe bcgmmng. Learnrng «he mark the area «hey plan to nxcavaln
earnpanre. ln Tenne.see, had more proeess of submitting a good tlckct wllh wlnre paml ahead of eallrng ln lhe
«han 23 pr1g£a' wonh al aenye one can he dlfficull even for tlm sea.aned loeale reqaesr. That allow. USIC and
call uckets wllh Tennessee 811 eanslrnenon pro, and when Terissa fir.-r othez loealars to rnake sure they are
Tm,‘ R M [or my one Company to slarred handlrng «he cumpany’~ rnany loeanng rhe eorrerr area and laeahng
nrke«.., .he oreasranally rn«s.ed dntalls only rn rhe area that needs to be marked
"‘‘““‘"'“l '9‘ “‘°“° ""‘ P°”°“' 3”‘ she reralled one amcuhr ub that at «har tlmc
«hays exanly whal Tens.-a waddell M ed fa C the ‘:Ommu;“(‘mm link;
does, in addilmn «o her olher dune.. bflfimm if and Robm Rubcrl rnenlroned Lhal lhe law allow.
“‘’d“‘‘“1 “E” “"° ‘”"““” «irker where l wa. gorng wes« when I ereayaror. (u only eall m Lhc pumun
Tl\cm’~ no donh« that Ten.sa, ereeanye should have gone easl," she sard. "I wa. «hey ean ereayale rn a lwo-week
as-.,..a..« a. can co,.s.,.rm,,., has argrnng wlth hrm, he sand to look at (112 wrndow. sonrenrne. tlm aehral work
her work cut out for her. she keeps rnap agarn, and I'd eornplelely had it area rs rnneh smaller «han Lhc reqnesred
«rack of earh or the company's‘ lob garng (11: wrong dlznctlon." area, leadrng to anneee.sary work In
she. and personally snhrnrrs each new EmTcmflle1med “K” Y and mam «he field.
laeale reqnesl to Tennessee all. she's ‘ “ 3 ’ ,,
Robcrt for helprng her garn profiereney, A lor of nrnes errava«ors wlll eall rn
worked for Clvll for about 13 year. d d 1 d_ 1 i h
and stumbled mm minmnmg am an un er. an . he nnparranee a 2000 {ml «o be loea«ed, bun ey only
* ‘ ‘ hern rnelhodreal wrlh lacatn re uesls d 100 or zoo reel " he sard. ”lf m v
r . . . 5; q nee r >
°°"“’““V ‘ 1”“ “‘1“°”" ‘°" °‘ by lonlox rs laeanng for zonu 1ee« 1nd you
accldent. "As far a.- I'm concerned Roherr rs lhl: ‘ ’ ‘
, ' , only need a tenth of that, «he loearor
"We hare away. lmd unn person 131:; 3;: 333"“ '§' ',°;§l:';‘_j;'lj“\jjf1j‘ could have aarslrea and moved onto
handhng Lhc one ealls," Teris.a .-ard. ’ ,’ 5‘ P ‘ q 3, anothnr lob."
,, . hrm He s done a lot to help me, she
when that person left, l med n l ,, .
sard l ran eall and a.k hrm quesuon.. Ter.s.a .a.d she does her hesl to rnake
al.a «ake rare of «he llablllty rn.nranee , , , .
. l m loakrng ar mappmg, but he s «he loearors jobs as easy as po.s«hle,
and wnrkers rornpensanon rs.-ae. l U . ,,
‘mk Equipment damage .0 It a“ mu. aenra y on she gwen lhe nxlmmn eandrnon. lhey laee
, ’ eyerv day on «he ‘ob.
mm (11: same neld l« . a krnd of nsk The two of thnm work «ogerher on —
management." nearly zvnry Jab sue, cummumtaling "I lry Io Lhink about those laealars
Ruben BMW [Cad mhmm“ mm rnasrly by phone They are halh hlerally rn lhe road dodgrng ear. and
eanrrnrlled to prcvcntlng damage and people l try «o he mmdful of that,
pro,err erew and damage preventlon k K V k‘ d H‘ M i_ T _ d ,,E _
spmflm with [mung Wm eeprng wor er. an e pu rrsa e. ens.a .a. . vzn ln an ernergeney
’ ’ . , ,, rll, we «ry [0 pa« ll a fnw hear. out so
uslc, ha. known Tens.-a fur abuut a '1 m lookmg out for lhem, Roberl En dong mm (U ml‘ and mu m
decade The two have eorne lo depend sard "We have a lot on our workload, —" ’ ' —" V
. , ask me lo ehange .-onre«hrng an my
on earh uLhl:r fox vutal (Wu-way so lhey work wrrh as to rnake sure |t s d h,_ b 1 ,,
eonnnunreanon. about actlvlty an ,obs, done properly Tenssa calls me ahead ““ ‘ ’ “ “ “"““"‘
as well as any cnnfllcts rn rhe held. of nrne on some yobs «a see «r r« sound. ulnrna«ely Tens.-a and Ruben and Lhelr
,. , . nghl and dr.ens. lhe lob, «hen she'll errworker. are all workrng roward «he
Tenssa rs exccllcnt. [can eall her and . , .
, eall n ln («o Tennessee 811). Thar . how sarne goal — darnage preyen«ron and
sav l have an r.sne wnh llns nekel — ,
V , , we ye bulll that relananslnp wlth Clvll sarely. And Lhclr wrllrngne.-s to work
sarne«hrng doesn rseenr nghl, and .-he a
My phone .«ays on 24-7. rogerher help. to reduce nn.rake.-, and
wrll gu haek ro Lhe managnr for that ,oh mum em bud W Home fl ‘ht
she and «alk to tlmm about It," Roberl Robcrt .-a«d that anerhing Clvll dae.- md amt as .V 3 ’
sard "We work together heeaase that's that really help. lns rrew. narl down Y‘
how w2'vl: made that rclatlDn~'hlp." «he exact lorarron of a lab sit: r.- whne
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