Page 10 - Tennessee 811 Magazine 2018 Issue 3

M t the new Damage Prevention
Liaison f0!‘ Middle lennessee
|, I'm lason l<ouba, Lhe Powex Drslnel, sou«hwes« cas and
newest addruon to «he wrndslream, anrl lbelreve lha«
I’ublI:Awarennas «eam a« «hrough these expenenees [havn
Tennesseesn. l s«arled with gamed valuable rnsrgln mm damage

rhe eompany on Iune 7.5«h anrl have lul prevennon

«he ground runnmg by assrsnng wllh _ _

PIPE Meeungs and slakeholder vrsrls ‘ :‘C“\:’:“:|:l:1“’1‘I“5:lP“Y’;:’;l:‘°’ 1‘:f:‘““i° H V

a . 'A w - aerossLhes«ale P ‘ P 5.‘ '*’ P‘ ’
_-1 - —~ 1_ Q.‘ . _ I anrl healrh lhraugh workmg wnh
‘ , / s My eareer ln damage prevenuon slancd uulmes, eonlraelors anrl loea«ors we
ll .4 I_ ,}v' 1 in m omaha, NE ln 1995 workmg for are all workmg loward the same goal
. ., '1 . commumeor corporanon rluring the anrl neerl to be sure that we keep that
-_ _‘ L I V, summer whrle attnnding «he unrversrry m mmd when dorng our work. It lakes
. _., , of Nebraska. l was responsrble for everybody bemg mvolved «o prevenl
SQ . * I - >._ " ,, dlggmg spllu: pns for USWEST and damages and to be sure every employee
\, . K 9 _“ - , for res«ora«ion of grounds. Tlus s«ar« goes home ln lhe same eondmon
A ” .- - rn «he mduslry evolved Into runnmg a «hey eame to work. From unlny
“ 3 - ' dlmctlonal dnll ms«allrn fiber o «res owners anrl contmcl localors markmg
g P
_ - V ' for the broadhanrl sys«em ln Omaha iaerhues accurately and rn a nmely
_ I I ' unlll l was lurerl by Cmat l-lam. manner to eonlraelors digglng safely
- . ’ t. Loeanng servree ln 1998, and was and fnllowmg all rlrg laws of «hen
*7 - . responsrhle fox loeaung underground sla«e, when «hese lhree ennnes work
Q ‘ unlmes for wrndslream. «ogelher, «he m~uIl~' are almos« always
* ~ - llvz anrl the number of rlamages to
over «he near: 20 years, I was PM _
| mpombls Em lowing mlephum underground fr1nlm£~ rs redueerl.

eleerne, CATV anrl gas unllnes My goal ln my new posrnon rs lo
«hroughoul Nebraska, Anzona, Teras, elose Lhe loop between (112 ulllity

and mosl reeenlly Tennessee. l moved loealors, uulrlles and (onlrac|or~' lo
«hrough (11: rnduslry as a supervrsor help preven« damages and protect

rn omaha; area manager ln Nebraska, «he people workmg arounrl unlrues
lowa, South Dakola and Anzona; everv da v m Lhe s«ale of Tennessee.

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projen manager m Texas and mos« By having expenenee rrom all srrles of
reeenlly, field servree manager in undergrounrl uulrhes, 1 can underslanrl
Tennessee. «he eoneerns of all parhes mvolverl
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l have helrl many roles m the loeale “““ ‘"3 my“ "’ f P “‘’"‘° “F W‘
mrluslry and have workerl in mul«rple ’°‘“‘“’“‘ "’ ‘“““’' ‘”““‘ ‘1“““"‘“
slales, whreh has grven me (11: abllity rm nxclled to be a pan ofTl:nncs~'22811,
«o see how damage prevenlron rs and I look forward to workmg

handled rn dlffcnznl regrons of the alongsrde you to eduea«e «he

country. l have workerl elosely wnh eommunny and promole use of B11.
uhlny owners like Atmos, C2nIuryLmK ya“ can mph Jam Koubfl by man at
Cox communreanons, omaha Publlc .,

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