26 Del. C. § 805: Duties of designers.

It shall be the duty of each designer:

(1) To contact the approved notification center and obtain the identity of facility owners or facility operators whose facilities are listed, as required by § 803 of this title, in the area of the proposed excavation or demolition.

(2) To obtain the information prescribed in § 803(6) of this title from each facility owner or operator identified as required by § 803(2) of this title.

(3) To show upon the drawing the type of each facility, derived pursuant to the request made as required in paragraph (2) of this section, the name of the facility owner or facility operator and telephone number of the approved notification center, and instructions to “notify the approved notification center not less than 3 business days, but no more than 12 business days, prior to the excavation or demolition activities.

(4) To meet with each facility owner or facility operator who requests more information on the scope of the project.

(5) To make reasonable efforts to prepare the construction drawings to avoid damage and minimize interference with a facility owner’s or facility operator’s facilities in the construction area consistent with existing easements or otherwise consistent with this statute where no easement exists.