So alot of you here own, or operate excavation equipment in the USA. There are also a fair number of you here that operate in Canada, Australia, New Zeland and other foreign countries. I'm interested in what type of regulations you all are facing in other countries. For instance is there a limit on disturbed area size before permits are required? How expensive and detailed are the permits that you must obtain for earthwork. Are you required to be licensed to operate equipment? For instance here in the usa, crane operators must be licensed in almost all cases if not all. Utility location, does it cost for locators to come out, do you have to call all the utilities individually or is there a 1-call system in place? Equipment, Do you have emmission compliance laws? Are there heavy fees / duties due if you import equipment into your country? Basically I'm doing this to further my own knowledge of the global business of heavy equipment operation. Canadian & Australian info much appreciated.
To.operate any industrial/construction equipment in the UK you must have the relevant licence,no exceptions. There are no charges for the utilities to find their services
I have heard that somewhere, UK maybe, you have to give the utilities a lot more than 72 hours.
I have never heard of this 72 hour wait in the UK.Most utilities come as soon as they are requested.Obviously weekends and bank holidays excluded
In Dane County in Wisconsin, the Madison, Wi area, or as we call it the "Socialist Republic of Dane" permits are required if the disturbed area is over 4,000 sq ft, quantity of material moved over 400 cubic yards, if a road or driveway is in excess of 125 feet in length or if in excess of 100 feet of existing road ditch is to be disturbed. As you can see this makes it impossible to do anything without permits, fees and all kinds of county government interference here.
Oh yes, I forgot about storm water run off plans and permits too. Fees accessed based upon how large the area is. Then you have to deal with the "silt fence police" after that. After every rain event in excess of 0.50" site has to be inspected and log kept on damage or corrective measures taken.
that has made me chuckle , we have usually finished by the time they get there , which is why we do all our own locating there is no legal requirement to have the relevant ticket to operate plant in the uk
The powers that be here, like you to have machine tickets and most sites require them. But if you drive your own machine on a private site then they can't make you have tickets.
We're pretty well over regulated down here, license/ticket required for any machine over 2 litres engine capacity. White card (safety induction) on job sites. Just about every largish job requires planning approval and there are council regulations on how much soil can be moved before you need approval. If you run a earthmoving business you need a builders license as do all the partners in the business, be they hands on or not.
Greg not all states across the United States require the Erosion Control Inspection after a rain? I though the biggest problem with stuff like that is Indiana is always been a pita.
So from what I gather, We still have it good regulation wise as compared to other 1st world countries... Hummm, lets talk about latin america...