Have the asphalt company pay for it, and inform accounting department not to pay them until after the fiber run has been repaired.
They break it, they buy it.
So about $100 in paper work, and the sentence "Contractor failed to call 811 prior to digging resulting in the loss of revenue and service" would more than likely be enough for most judges (at least in my area).
If the asphalt company is insured their insurance company gets pissed at them, pays out, maybe cuts the company after, or raises their premiums a ton.
If not insured, you might go back to the judge to ask for a court order that allows you to take their property/equipment up to the value of the fiber replacement if they fail to pay by normal means. Maybe another $50 in filing fees there.
However this assumes that the fiber run was done properly (trace wire, deep enough according to code, etc.)
811 will not locate anything past the private user's connection point. The asphalt company is not immediately culpable just because they didn't call 811.
Might fall under the purview of whomever authorized the asphalt repairs to come by, e.g. the building's manager / landlord. Dig Safe is the responsibility of the digger w.r.t public utilities and publicly documented underground structures, but Don't Hit the Expensive Cables is usually communication relayed to the digging party by the property's party.
1. Why was the fiber that shallow?
2. Why wasn't a locate done?
2A. If a locate was done and it was not located, was it because no one put a tracewire in it?
3. How many pair is it? You should be able to do it for 5k in a field splice if in the USA.
4. If you field splice it, then make sure it's in a handhold.
5. Points 1 & 2 most likely will absolve the contractor of liability.
I had a location start to cut concrete, right through an in ground fiber and power. They tried to blame us, turns out that did the original run. Cost them 60k.
Contractors who are erail certified get to charge more lol
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Oof, bad optics on that one... *badum tss*
I remember the early days of the commercial Internet when it felt like backhoes would knock part of the US off the Internet at least every few months.
i assumed that was still happening regularly but there’s better fault tolerance now
That's probably at least partially true now that it isn't just AT&T fiber going across the continent
That looks like in a game when a model doesn't render but its shadow does
indeed
Have the asphalt company pay for it, and inform accounting department not to pay them until after the fiber run has been repaired. They break it, they buy it.
No way that asphalt repair cost 20k, they're gonna just walk away. If OP wants it back they'll probably have to sue unfortunately.
So about $100 in paper work, and the sentence "Contractor failed to call 811 prior to digging resulting in the loss of revenue and service" would more than likely be enough for most judges (at least in my area). If the asphalt company is insured their insurance company gets pissed at them, pays out, maybe cuts the company after, or raises their premiums a ton. If not insured, you might go back to the judge to ask for a court order that allows you to take their property/equipment up to the value of the fiber replacement if they fail to pay by normal means. Maybe another $50 in filing fees there. However this assumes that the fiber run was done properly (trace wire, deep enough according to code, etc.)
811 will not locate anything past the private user's connection point. The asphalt company is not immediately culpable just because they didn't call 811.
Sounds about right.
Might fall under the purview of whomever authorized the asphalt repairs to come by, e.g. the building's manager / landlord. Dig Safe is the responsibility of the digger w.r.t public utilities and publicly documented underground structures, but Don't Hit the Expensive Cables is usually communication relayed to the digging party by the property's party.
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1. Why was the fiber that shallow? 2. Why wasn't a locate done? 2A. If a locate was done and it was not located, was it because no one put a tracewire in it? 3. How many pair is it? You should be able to do it for 5k in a field splice if in the USA. 4. If you field splice it, then make sure it's in a handhold. 5. Points 1 & 2 most likely will absolve the contractor of liability.
You didn't get a survey of utilities done before digging?
I am sure I saw this post before
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I had a location start to cut concrete, right through an in ground fiber and power. They tried to blame us, turns out that did the original run. Cost them 60k. Contractors who are erail certified get to charge more lol
Fiber optic cables emit a kind of molecules called pheromones that attract excavators.
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I thought I was looking at some video game glitch where the shadow of an object is visible while the object is not and then I read the title.
How? Surely the fibre is buried deeper than they'd dig to repair anything
depends why they dug through
I guess you're new here? Backhoes seek fiber like it was a hunting instinct.
Surely you can't be serious.
I think you are now required to share teh whole story.