About Us

Blue Stakes of Utah 811 is the non-profit membership association formed by Utah’s facility operators to accomplish its mission of promoting public safety, protecting underground facilities, and minimizing service interruptions.

Statistics

Blue Stakes of Utah 811 has been around for almost 50 years providing this free and important service. View Blue Stakes Performance Indicators using the dashboard below.

50

years in business

629,667

locate requests were processed in 2023

74.48%

of all locate requests were submitted online in 2023

84.58%

of all calls were answered in under 40 seconds in 2023

Key Performance Indicator Dashboard

Center Staff

Blue Stakes of Utah 811’s staff implements and executes the direction provided by the Board of Directors and serves as the communications link between the excavators and facility operators by processing locate requests and providing damage prevention education.

President

Paul Huntsman

Director – Public Awareness & Education Operations

Spence Felsted

Director – Notification Center Operations

Jeanette Dietrich

Director – Human Resources & Administrative Operations

Laura Raven

Director – IT Operations

David Bell

Information Technology Department

Public Education Department

Member Services Department

801-208-2100, Option 3

Web Services

801-208-2100, Option 2

Locate Requests

801-208-2100, Option 1

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors meets regularly to discuss issues relating to the Blue Stakes Center, its member facility operators, and the service it provides to excavators and the public. If you have a question or suggestion you would like the Board of Directors to consider, please click on the following email link – Board of Directors. Your question will be discussed at the next regularly scheduled board meeting. A response will be emailed to you following the meeting.

Utility Classification

Contact Name

Company Name

Board Position

Cable Television / Broadband

Paul Harvey

Comcast

Chair

City & Municipality Owned Utilities

Tammy Wambeam

Salt Lake City Public Utilities

Vice Chair

Enbridge Gas Utah

Jeff Hansen

Enbridge Gas Utah

Treasurer

Sewer

Jill Jones

Central Davis Sewer District

Secretary

Rocky Mountain Power

Kevin Hill

Rocky Mountain Power

Lumen 

Kirk Larson

Lumen

Water

Troy Tucker

Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District

Power

Nathanial Johnson

Utah Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Gas / Oil / Petroleum Gathering & Transmission 

Bob Checketts

Kern River Gas Transmission

Local Telephone Carriers / Fiber Optics

Aaron Leach

UTOPIA Fiber

Long Distance Telephone Carriers / Fiber Optics

Mark Paff

Verizon

Advisory Board Member – Construction / Excavation

Glen Perry

COP Construction LLC

Employment Opportunities

Blue Stakes is regularly adding new team members!  We offer competitive pay and paid training. Click the button below to learn more about the employment opportunities that we offer, including when the next hiring cycle will begin.

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