Why join the beforeUdig service?

A beforeUdig member is any utility, local authority or similar organisation that wants to protect its assets from damage and/or interruption from third party damage by excavation works. Asset Owners become members of the beforeUdig service by registering the location of their assets. They will then receive notifications of any intended works lodged as an enquiry with beforeUdig. By doing this, asset owners will be notified immediately when contractors or others who use beforeUdig are planning to excavate in or around their assets.

At the end of 2020, beforeUdig had more than 180 registered members, we received more than 176,000 excavation enquiries and notified members more than 728,000 times of work taking place near one of their assets.

Contractors use beforeUdig because it is easy to submit a single enquiry and quickly make contact with all relevant asset owners.

Benefits of becoming a Member

The benefits of becoming a member of beforeUdig:

• Minimise the risk of service interruption
• Ensure continuity of supply of essential services
• Prevent injuries to workers
• Reduce or avoid potential financial losses
• Improve public image
• Managing risk
• Leverage from enquiries made of other utilities
• Reduce costs in responding to plan requests

Becoming a Member

Contact us immediately if you are interested in protecting your underground assets - click 'Submit a request' at the top of the screen and select the 'Utility Contact Form'.

To become a member of the beforeUdig service we will need some information about your assets and organisation including:

• An area of interest or geographic boundary encompassing the locations of your assets
• An email address for the referral of notifications
• An email address for general communications
• Corporate details

The more we can understand about your business the better we can tailor our service to your needs.

Member Guides

To help you with any beforeUdig enquiries we've prepared a number of Guides for your use. These can be downloaded below:

beforeUdig Guide to Lodging an Enquiry

Members Guide to Supplying GIS Data