{"id":23,"date":"2014-05-07T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ga811.co\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2024-07-09T18:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:14:37","slug":"about-georgia-811-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"About Georgia 811"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><strong>Who we are. Who we serve. What we do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Georgia811Logo2024.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Georgia811Logo2024.png?w=300\" alt=\"GA811newlogo\"  align=\"right\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Georgia 811\u00a0is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to preventing damage to Georgia&#8217;s underground utilities and promoting public safety. We function as a communication system, connecting our member utility companies with professional excavators and homeowners who are planning mechanized digging activity such as excavation, tunneling, grading, boring and demolition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Although it is not required by Georgia law to notify the\u00a0Georgia 811\u00a0if a smaller, non-mechanized digging project is planned, we encourage residents to do so to ensure their personal safety and the safety of those around them. These projects can include installing a fence, deck, swing set or mail box; planting trees or landscaping.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">This notification system provides Georgia 811 members an opportunity to locate and identify any underground facilities they may have in an area where digging is planned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><strong>Call before you dig. The law protects us all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Georgia law mandates that, before beginning any mechanized digging or excavation work, you must contact\u00a0Georgia 811\u00a0by calling 811 or 1-800-282-7411\u00a0 at least 48 hours but no more than 10 working days in advance to have utility lines marked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who we are. Who we serve. What we do. Georgia 811\u00a0is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to preventing damage to Georgia&#8217;s underground utilities and promoting public safety. We function as a communication system, connecting our member utility companies with professional excavators and homeowners who are planning mechanized digging activity such as&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4682,"href":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/4682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}