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A=COM <br /> Americas <br /> Drilling, Boring & Direct Push Probing S3AM-321-PR1 <br /> 1.0 Purpose and Scope <br /> 1.1 This document provides procedures designed to help prevent injuries to personnel working on the project <br /> and pedestrians, property damage, and adverse environmental impact as a result of potential hazards <br /> associated with drilling, boring and direct-push probing. These hazards include, but are not limited to, <br /> encountering underground utilities, subsurface installations, rotating equipment and potential overhead <br /> hazards. <br /> 1.2 This procedure provides the minimum requirements to be followed when drilling, boring, and probing work <br /> are performed. <br /> 1.3 This procedure applies to all Americas-based employees and operations and any other entity and <br /> its personnel contractually required to comply with this document's content. <br /> 1.4 The Manager is responsible for meeting all the requirements in this procedure. <br /> 1.5 AECOM's clients may have specific procedures which shall be followed to identify and map utility and <br /> subsurface structures on their properties or facilities. Provided the client's procedures meet or exceed those <br /> of AECOM, approval shall be obtained from the Manager and the SH&E Manager to follow the client's <br /> procedures. <br /> 2.0 Terms and Definitions <br /> 2.1 Underground Utilities—All utility systems located beneath grade level, including, but not limited to, gas, <br /> electrical, water, compressed air, sewage, signaling, and communications, etc. <br /> 2.2 Ground Disturbance(GD)—Any indentation, interruption, intrusion, excavation, construction, or other <br /> activity in the earth's surface as a result of work that results in the penetration of the ground. <br /> 2.3 Intrusive Activities—Examples: Excavation of soil borings, installations of monitoring wells, installation of <br /> soil gas sampling probes, excavation of test pits/trenches or other man-made cuts, cavity,trench, or <br /> depression in an earth surface formed by earth removal. <br /> 2.4 Subsurface Installations—Examples: Subterranean tunnels, underground parking garages, and other <br /> structures beneath the surface. <br /> 3.0 References <br /> 3.1 S3AM-003-PR1 SH&E Training <br /> 3.2 S3AM-118-PR1 Hearing Conservation <br /> 3.3 S3AM-208-PR1 Personal Protection Equipment <br /> 3.4 S3AM-209-PR1 Risk Assessment& Management <br /> 3.5 S3AM-213-PR1 Subcontractor Management <br /> 3.6 S3AM-305-PR1 Hand&Power Tools <br /> 3.7 S3AM-306-PR1 Highway and Road Work <br /> 3.8 S3AM-322-PR1 Overhead Lines <br /> 3.9 S3AM-322-FM1 Overhead Electrical Lines Acknowledgement <br /> 3.10 S3AM-325-PR1 Lockout Tagout <br /> 3.11 S3AM-326-PR1 Machine Guarding <br /> 3.12 S3AM-331-PR1 Underground Utilities <br /> Drilling,Boring,&Direct Push Probing(S3AM-321-PR1) <br /> Revision 2 July 31,2019 <br /> PRINTED COPIES ARE UNCONTROLLED. CONTROLLED COPY IS AVAILABLE ON COMPANY INTRANET. Page 1 of 12 <br />