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Patrick Meador, USIC
hrs quarter we talk wrth be — he lrkes betng downlovtin |n the downtoxm Nashville. "Other than
cennaet lecater Patuck threk of It and takes pnde knowlng bleed-off, the next biggest challenge i~
Mearler Patnck has been that he played a small part tn the crews utilitie~ that are net pinpeily grounded-
wrth uslc fur lual nncler cennnned gzuwtll. Getting aeee~s to Plneei ~uinetinie~

four and works pumanly In the Cum“ , Pmk M MW -~ 1-mierti-an at has to be." when
seathwe.-t quadrant of Nashnlle. In M 2005“ [mm mké‘f° ’Y ‘Wk wuiking in a elowntnwn area a let of
mtkmg W1, Pfllnck’ it .5 .,b\,,.,.,, .},a. d d Vh I » Pf‘ k t_ nmes cornntenrratrons ltnes wlll run
he as dedreatecl te darnage preyennon °l’““ ‘"3 °““ “ l”"“° ‘° ° ’ °""“ -‘niin a manhole directly into a utility
and gm mvz and beyond to m,,,,a closet |n a bullding. If tlns lrne ts not
centracters have then markings‘ en ' Piupeily giuundetl inside the building,
ms g,,,,,,,d and mm they can mum — — — — llcan make rt diff-lcull Iolucale as

on them bang flccuratg By t,.,,1d.,,g _ ' ‘ you are not able to ereate a ctrcuit
mlntion.slup~ wtth the zxcavatnnt |n V and your signal could bleed over to
his ,C,,m,,M 1m 1“, been “bk. [0 limit another utility. Gumng access to these
ma numbe, at .,..t,.y damga, 3,, H _ atrlrty closet. rs vrtal tn ensenng that
congested downtewn area - the utillity you adie(ti>'ii;gflt‘u inarlt i»

re r mun e an at 'Du are

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rnany huh and as m~'pon~lbl2 tor

locating a vanety of etrlrnes tneladrng Annthei nvnivlexity that euniea twin
AT&T, contcast, Metro water servtees , wuiking in a inetinvolitan area is

and a mm, 0; ..mn dmm f-‘bu 1 - name. A lot of the enlrttes dewntewn
and gas contracts on the eatslerts of i ‘run in the street, meanindg that he
Davtdsen ceanty Patnck had thrs te ’ Oeatei i» Wei ins in an aiuun

say abeathrs darly responsibrlrttes, g ' mad» and inteieeetioiu Aaynu ran
t-0,, R amt, ham we m,..,,“,,,,(m 5 , imagine wtth the trame |n Nashville,
W}, mm,m,,,, wt“ 0",,“ the I thrs can cause a satety concern Pamck
mm,’ warm mm,,“,,,;m.,..g Wm, rnentrans that at tnnes, he wlll gt! help
Hum). mmpam, My honking up 77 ‘ ~ a near. ether lecators wrth namc control
and ,,.a,k,,,g ....,g i. probably my a -: —- -t In order to sately mark attlttres In the
half of what we do. Communlcalmg . read They have even had to etinieleut
and ,,,,,1,,_m,k,,,g, mug “bk to punk MM Mum Um between 2:00 and 4 no In the rnommg ID
on you, tea. and d.a,,g,,,g you, Plan, ' cernplete locates bcfnm the name pltks
several nnre. a day depending en tn. He wurks closely wrth several of up on ~'nnie of the Pioleeta where tiaftie
what comes your way " Patrick kcup~ the mayor contracters lncludlng cwtl i~' a Particularly big euneein

:15 eyes out for excavaloxs that may lCon~tzucturf> land as respensrble tor a Unformnmly moth“ mugglz H

e dlgglng wtthent a on:-call tlcket, arge part o (12 engerng pre,ect en “mm H“ mm of the comma”

keeps up wrth recnrnng tlckcts far [-440 ads:/tzelld as lplroyects that n‘:cuId mmk makes it a pmmy to bu“
ongoing proyects and help. rernrnd aroun an er r t s rarnpns n er er ‘hm mlammmp and hi has “m up to
cantracter. when then hcknl l~ nnanng ID balanre all trese pmltcta and get mm WM‘ ‘Datum “CO Om mm and
rts Cxplratlon date. hlls ether work eernpleted, Pitgrrlled Pam‘ ‘hf mm Job and am can ‘he
amp ,...m t.., (W, 9.. a ::l*1el;;*:1§|°':-t‘:{'|t[il;'::tn'fY*;g""’ ‘gt me caatraetartr He that more attea
P‘°d“°“°“ ‘W’ ‘”‘‘‘'’= ‘“ ‘”““"5 waltang lcrgctluu, they éaa be asfered 'h‘“' “°‘ " 1‘°"” "'°',',“"° mm “ml
Shortly thereatter, he was muvcd to ‘hat they have the mm“ am am bonat at relatinnsliip You have to ~et
a pre,ect crew that was created when mm‘ (0 mp “mm wk WMC theae guya up for »~ueees~v you have to
the Coogln Faber pmlects starterl tn the mmimzm M mdmm help thein every atev of the we» Yen
Nashnlle area. He toend that locatlng 5‘ ’ P ' can't lu~'t eleai a tieltet because they

In Nashvrlle was where he wanted to [asked Pnlnck ta gwe me an rrlea et aren't going to be digging for a month.

what challenges he taces lncatlng in They need that stuff ini design You've

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