b'LOCATESWORKING TOGETHER TO END LATE LOCATESBY MATTHEW BRADFORDProgress is being made on solutions suggested during a 2019 symposium on late locates C hange is on the horizon for Ontariosdone effectively, says Simpson. Ontario One utilities locates system. In response toCall is a central player, sure, but there are also the construction industry concerns, Ontarioexcavators who put in the requests, the utilities One Call held a Late Locates Symposium inand the municipalities who are responsible for December 2019 that brought together stake- providing the locates for those requests, and then holder groups (e.g., excavators, utilities,the locate service providers (LSPs) who carry municipalities, locate service providers andthem out. When it comes to addressing the very One Call staff) to brainstorm solutions for late locatesreal problem of late locates, all of these parties in time for the 2020 dig season.are part of the solution.We already know about the issues, so the focus of the symposium is to get all these decision-makers inONE ISSUE, MANY STRATEGIES the room and find real, immediate solutions, saysOntario One Calls symposium featured brain-Ian Simpson, Director of Education, Marketing andstorming sessions and roundtables to address Compliance with Ontario One Call.the root of the late locates issue. Out of these collaborations came five initiatives and focus areas Late locates are an industry problem, and there arethat aim to facilitate quicker, more accurate and multiple players responsible for getting that processmore consistent utility locates services.22 H 2 OSWCASpring 2020'