{"id":1514,"date":"2020-06-22T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1514"},"modified":"2024-02-26T00:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T00:33:01","slug":"geostabilization-international-renews-gold-shovel-standard-certification","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/resources\/news\/geostabilization-international-renews-gold-shovel-standard-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoStabilization International\u00ae\u00a0Renews Gold Shovel Standard Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Start Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->\n<section class=\"wysiwyg section-padding bg-white\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-lg-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1511 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Gold-Shovel-Standard.png\" alt=\"Gold Shovel Standard\" width=\"375\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Gold-Shovel-Standard.png 1074w, https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Gold-Shovel-Standard-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Gold-Shovel-Standard-1024x931.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Gold-Shovel-Standard-768x698.png 768w, https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Gold-Shovel-Standard-660x600.png 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>GeoStabilization International has successfully renewed their Gold Shovel Standard Certification, a widely-recognized indication of increased safety awareness and a commitment to continuous damage prevention improvement.<\/p>\n<p>GSS Certification is a proactive indication of an increased investment in damage-prevention to drive safety, reduce damages, and minimize the risks associated with excavating on or around buried assets. GSS Certified excavators rely upon a robust safety management system, which specifically incorporates prevention of damage to critical buried infrastructure to increase public and workforce safety. Companies with the Gold Shovel Standard Certification must have a complete Damage Prevention-Safety Management System (DP-SMS). These companies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a leadership and management commitment to infrastructure damage prevention<\/li>\n<li>Require specific training for all workers on jobs with excavation<\/li>\n<li>Enforce whistleblower and stop work responsibility for workers<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a policy to adhere to specialized best practices of excavation operations<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a policy to hire Gold Shovel Standard subcontractors with few exceptions<\/li>\n<li>Use thorough investigation and corrective action procedures<\/li>\n<li>Have access to specialized tools to track and manage their operations to prevent damages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the Gold Shovel Standard certification, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.commongroundalliance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.goldshovelstandard.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- End Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoStabilization International has successfully renewed their Gold Shovel Standard Certification, a widely-recognized indication of increased safety awareness and a commitment to continuous damage prevention improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1511,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1514","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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