Utility line and pipelaying construction, underground, N.O.C.
Applies to: Contractors engaged in underground utility line, cable, and pipelaying or pipeline construction.
Construction services performed by utility line construction and pipelaying contractors include, but are not limited to:
• Installation and maintenance of underground communication and power lines, including main, extension and outside service connection lines by utility contractors;
• Installation and maintenance of underground gas, oil or water mains;
• Pipelines such as those extending cross country.
Typical activities include, but are not limited to:
• Digging narrow trenches;
• Laying pipe or conduit;
• Making connections;
• Laying line or cable;
• Filling or backfilling trenches.
Typical machinery includes, but is not limited to:
• Backhoes;
• Mechanical or manual trench diggers;
• Dump trucks;
• Automatic equipment which in one operation opens the trench, lays the line and backfills.
Excluded activities in this classification:
• Land or road clearing and excavation (report in
0101);
• Overhead television, power, or telephone lines including poles or towers (report in
0509 or the applicable utility company classification);
• Asphalt surfacing/resurfacing (report in
0210 or
0212);
• Concrete construction (report in applicable concrete construction classification(s));
• Construction specialty services including the installation of guardrails, lighting standards and striping (report in
0219);
• Installation and hookup of electrical wiring from where the utility company's lines end to the structure's power meter by the contractor wiring a building (report in
0601);
• Construction of sewer lines, drainage systems, canals, ditches, or underground tanks (report in
0108);
• Installation of cable in buildings (report in
0601).
For administrative purposes, classification
0107 is divided into the following subclassification(s):
0107-00; and
0107-01.
0107-00 Utility line construction: Underground, N.O.C.
0107-01 Pipelaying, N.O.C.
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