DO NOT DIG HOLES OR PENETRATE THE GROUND IN ANY WAY WITHOUT CONTACTING FM! It could save your life!

Have you ever looked up on campus and noticed that power lines are missing? That's because they are underground. Power lines, telecommunication fiber optics, water lines, sewer lines and steam lines are criss-crossed underground throughout campus. Uncontrolled digging and piercing of the ground could damage our underground infrastructure, resulting in the disruption of the above services, and more importantly, causing possible injury or death. FM MUST BE CONSULTED through the request for a Digging Permit prior to penetrating the ground by digging holes, driving stakes, and so on. ABSOLUTELY NO DIGGING WITHOUT A DIGGING PERMIT. Contact Brian Foley at the FM Engineering Center at 581-2682 or e-mail brian.foley@umit.maine.edu.

Partial Utility Grid Map

Backhoe Digging Trench

Laying Pipe Through Tangle
of Utilities