Common Ground Alliance, Gold Shovel Association Explore Efforts to Take Damage Prevention to Next Level

Common Ground Alliance and the Gold Shovel Association will explore establishing a new arm of CGA that will integrate GSA into the organization in a continued and combined effort to reduce damages to critical underground infrastructure, as well as protect those who work and live near these important assets.

The collective industry commitment of both associations is expected to further the ongoing, common focus on lowering damages, and will provide an opportunity to take damage prevention to the next level. Building on CGA’s Best Practices and foundational Damage Information Reporting Tool data, and GSA’s metrics development, this newly created branch will amplify the efforts of the associations’ collective mission of reducing damages to buried utilities, which cost the U.S. and approximate $30 billion annually.

The collective knowledge and industry commitment of both associations is expected to further an ongoing common focus on reducing damages to the critical underground infrastructure that communities depend on every day.