WHEN DIGGING
When digging, contractors must hand-dig within 3 ft. of a marked line.
WHEN DRIVING STAKES
When driving stakes, such as for tents, staking must not take place within 5 ft. on either side of a marked line.
The campus has a variety of fiber, gas, electrical, irrigation, and other underground utilities that must be protected. It is the requestor's responsibility to inform all related parties of this requirement. The Facilities Management Utility Marking procedure establishes the process for the marking of underground utilities (e.g. electrical, sewer, water, irrigation, pedestrian lighting, telecom/fiber, etc.).
The following information will have to be provided in order submit a request for marking a site:
- Describe the reason for the request
- Describe (in detail) the location of the request. Include the nearest street intersection.
- Note the date when the marking should be completed
- Attach a map or sketch of the area to be marked
Please note: Utility marking is only as good as record drawings. Marking company and/or Facilities Management are not responsible for inaccurate utility drawings or resulting mismarked utilities.
3 Days
Utility Marking Company | Notice required 72 hours before work is to begin
3 Days
Miss Utility | Notice required 72 hours before work is to begin
7 Days
ODU Facilities | ODU Facilities Management requires 1 week notice
7 Days
ODU ITS | ODU Information Technology Services requires 1 week notice
Procedure to Request General Utility Marking
In order to request that utilities be marked on the ODU campus (including Virginia Beach Higher Education Center, Tri Cities/VMASC) the REQUESTOR must take the following steps:
Two currently available SWAM vendors:
This will cover ODU owned utilities:
- Includes: Water, Electric, Gas, and Sewer
- DOES NOT Include: Irrigation and Telecom/fiber optic lines
Requestor is responsible for:
- Verifying vendor information (vendor is still SWAM, will take credit card, etc.)
- Vendor has received request and can respond in required timeframe
- Providing vendor with current utility drawing as necessary. For those without access to digital library, contact Facilities Management.
Miss Utility: (811 or 1-800-552-7001)
This will cover all non-ODU owned utilities (Dominion Power, Virginia Natural Gas, Cox Cable, HRSD, city water and sewer, Verizon, etc.
Submit a Telecomm Work Order (learn more)
You can submit an ODU work order via FM:Systems maintenance work order system.
Request an As-Built sketch of utilities found and send a copy to Facilities Management maintenancesupport@odu.edu (please include work order # if applicable).
For excavations impacting any Athletics' areas, contact the Athletics Department
- Greg Smith - (757) 683-6026
- Rick French - (757) 683-4235
Costs / Charges
There will be charges associated with having a site marked: (all rates subject to change)
- Vendor charges (vary)
- ITS charges $47.50/hr for marking telco/fiber
- Irrigation marking rate is $55/hr.
Utility Marking for University Events
Event utility marking is required to ensure that University utilities are protected from the staking of tents and amusements, driving grounding stakes or other specially permitted event activities.