PDFWAC 296-17A-0107

Classification 0107.

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.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 14-17-085, § 296-17A-0107, filed 8/19/14, effective 9/19/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020, 51.16.035, and 51.16.100. WSR 12-11-109, § 296-17A-0107, filed 5/22/12, effective 7/1/12. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-0107, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035, 51.04.020. WSR 00-14-052, § 296-17-50601, filed 7/1/00, effective 7/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-50601, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1) and 51.16.035. WSR 93-12-093, § 296-17-50601, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93; WSR 89-24-051 (Order 89-22), § 296-17-50601, filed 12/1/89, effective 1/1/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-50601, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-50601, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; WSR 80-17-016 (Order 80-23), § 296-17-50601, filed 11/13/80, effective 1/1/81. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.030 and 51.16.035. WSR 79-12-086 (Order 79-18), § 296-17-50601, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80.]