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2025 Damage Prevention Awareness Seminars (DPA)

Blue Stakes of Utah 811’s mission is to promote public safety, protect underground facilities, and minimize service interruptions by processing locate requests and providing damage prevention education. We accomplish this as the communications link between excavators and facility operators as the statewide one-call center in providing efficient and cost effective customer service.

By participating in our Annual Damage Prevention Awareness Seminars, you can gain damage prevention education.  You can view our schedule by clicking the button below.
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2025 Damage Prevention Awareness Seminars (DPA)

Blue Stakes of Utah 811’s mission is to promote public safety, protect underground facilities, and minimize service interruptions by processing locate requests and providing damage prevention education. We accomplish this as the communications link between excavators and facility operators as the statewide one-call center in providing efficient and cost effective customer service.

The Damage Prevention Awareness Seminars are held in January and February each year for all professional excavators and facility operators throughout the state of Utah. These seminars provide education on topics such as Pipeline Awareness, Safety Is Our Priority, Pipeline Safety Enforcement Code, Blue Stakes of Utah 811, Excavation Safety 101 Online Training Portal, Electronic Positive Response (EPR), and the Blue Stakes Mobile App available from the Apple and Google Play Stores. By participating in our Annual Damage Prevention Awareness Seminars, you can gain valuable damage prevention education and are eligible for CEU credits.
Please click on the Register button under the event location(s) below that you plan on attending:
A limit of 6 attendees per company per department per seminar will be enforced to accommodate attendance for all companies that would like to attend.
Exhibitor display tables are reserved for Pipeline Operators/Owners, Power companies, Locators, and State Officials.
There will only be one display table per company.
*New Seminar Location for 2025

January 7 (Tue) – *Dixie Convention Center

1835 S Convention Center Drive, St. George, Utah 84790

January 8 (Wed) – Marriott Courtyard Hotel

1294 S Interstate Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84720

January 14 (Tue) – *Territorial Statehouse (The Pod)

75 S 100 W, Fillmore, Utah 84631

January 15 (Wed) – *Fat Cats Saratoga Springs

212 W Pioneer Crossing, Saratoga Springs, Utah 84045

January 16 (Thu) – *Fat Cats Saratoga Springs

212 W Pioneer Crossing, Saratoga Springs, Utah 84065

January 22 (Wed) – *Fat Cats Bluffdale

13901 S Redwood Road, Bluffdale, Utah 84321

January 23 (Thu) – *Fat Cats Bluffdale

13901 S Redwood Road, Bluffdale, Utah 84065

January 28 (Tue) – Riverwoods Conference Center

615 S Riverwoods Parkway, Logan, Utah 84321

January 29 (Wed) – *Fat Cats Clinton

2062 W 1800 N, Clinton, Utah 84015

January 30 (Thu) – *Fat Cats Clinton

2062 W 1800 N, Clinton, Utah 84015

February 4 (Tue) – Park City Hospital (Blair Education Ctr)

900 Round Valley Drive, Park City, Utah 84060

February 5 (Wed) – Uintah Western Park Convention Ctr

302 E 200 S, Vernal, Utah 84078

February 6 (Thu) – Carbon County Fairgrounds

310 S Fairgrounds Road, Price, Utah 84501

February 12 (Wed) – Blanding Arts & Events Center

711 W 100 S, Blanding, Utah 84511

February 13 (Thu) – Hoodoo Curio Collection by Hilton

111 N 100 W, Moab, Utah 84532

February 19 (Wed) – Snow College Campus (Admin Building)

800 W 200 S, Richfield, Utah 84701

February 20 (Thu) – Juab County Fairgrounds (Bldg. 14)

400 W Center Street, Nephi, Utah 84648

Blue Stakes of Utah 811 Damage Prevention Awareness Seminar

This informative FREE breakfast seminar is designed for everyone involved in preventing damage to buried utility lines. The purpose of the seminar will be to provide education on protecting underground facilities and promoting public safety during excavation.

Time

Event

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Check-in, Displays, & Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:10 am

Welcome

8:10 am – 8:20 am

Governor Cox

8:20 am – 8:40 am

Pipeline Awareness

8:40 am – 8:50 am

Assistant Attorney General Schmid

9:00 am – 9:50 am

Blue Stakes of Utah 811

9:50 am – 10:10 am

Prize Drawing & Vendor Displays

Contractors who attend a Blue Stakes of Utah 811 Damage Prevention Awareness Seminar are eligible to receive two continuing education credit hours in alternating years with verification of attendance toward their contractor licensing as required by the State of Utah’s Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL) as follows:

    • Contractors (2 core credit hours)
      License number ending with 5501, 5551
    • Plumbers (2 professional credit hours)
      License number ending with 5508, 5509, 5510, 5518, 5519
    • Electricians (2 professional credit hours)
      License numbers ending with 5502, 5503, 5504, 5505, 5506

Drinking Water and Wastewater Professionals who attend a Damage Prevention Awareness Seminar are eligible to receive 0.2 CEU’s with verification of attendance towards their certification number.

Please ensure your registration includes your correct license number(s) to receive your continuing education credit.

Attendees who register and do not attend and do not cancel before the seminar may be charged a $25.00 fee.

A limit of 6 attendees per company per department per seminar will be enforced to accommodate attendance for all companies that would like to attend.

Highlights from the 2024 Damage Prevention Awareness Seminars

Highlights from the 2025 Damage Prevention Awareness Seminars

  • Overall Attendance at ALL Seminars: 2,576
  • Number of Unique Individuals Attended: 2,232
  • First Time Attendee Percentage: 34%
  • Number of Unique Companies Represented: 663
  • All/Most of the objectives were met rating: 99%
  • A Lot/Some Practical Knowledge Gained rating: 96%
  • Overall Excellent/Very Good Seminar rating: 92%
  • $100, $50, $25 American Express Gift Cards awarded to 51 seminar participants. Blue Stakes and other exhibitors gave out many different gifts.
  • Our Blue Stakes App has been downloaded over 9,800 times
  • Opportunity for additional online safety training and CEU credits with our Excavation Safety 101 Online Training Portal
  • DOPL, Drinking Water, and Wastewater Continuing Education Credits requested by seminar participants (976) should be posted to your account by the end of March 2025
  • Click the PDF below to download the Blue Stakes of Utah 811 2025 Damage Prevention Awareness presentation


Damage Prevention Awareness 2024 Videos

Damage Prevention Awareness Blue Stakes Presentation

Damage Prevention Awareness
Promotional Video

Damage Prevention Awareness
Full Presentation

Damage Prevention Awareness
Pipeline Awareness Presentation

Damage Prevention Awareness
Locate Safety Presentation

Damage Prevention Awareness (DPA) Seminar Resources

2025 Damage Prevention Awareness Presentation

You can download a PDF version of the last year DPA presentation here.

Damage Prevention Awareness Q&A

You can view the Q&A on our FAQ page here.

Annual Meeting of Members

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of Members is held in the fall each year for all participating member facility owners. Some of the agenda items include: Damage Prevention Video and Breakfast, Message from the Board Chair, Board Member Introductions and Elections, Financial Audit Report, Center Activity Report, and a Question & Answer discussion.

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Education Resources

Blue Stakes offers many events and resources. If you would like to schedule a safety training class, request damage prevention materials including handouts, banners, copies of the Excavators’ Guide, or have questions regarding DOPL, Drinking Water, or Wastewater CEUs, please contact Spence Felsted at education@bluestakes.org or click the button below to contact us. 

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