Nah. The error was by the contractor who hit VM's plant. Had they done their job properly they'd have had the VM plant marked up and, if hitting it unavoidable, have informed VM and paid for VM to lower the plant to ensure safety and compliance.

Nah. You miss the point of my OP -- the microduct was well above the specified depth of 300mm which in my view is insufficient anyway. I predict lots of fun in the future ... but I hope our driveway does not have to be cut up yet again.

But? You said in three places that they were 300mm deep. The first two below are in this thread, and the third is the earlier post you refer to in the first.

In reply to a post by Malwaremike:

As part of discussion on fibre installation last year I posted that our crumbling footways were being cut up yet again by a ducting contractor, and expressed surprise that the ducts were only 300mm down.

In reply to a post by Malwaremike:

Installation around here is 8mm microducts laid in a 300mm deep trench cut along the footways and crucially under my driveway and that of my neighbour.

In reply to a post by Malwaremike:

The trenching is only 300mm deep.

Please view my post of May 23:

Two ducts across our driveway have been severed at a point only 200mm below the blacktop surface.

That did confuse me when I first read it. For me to work out which of your posts is incorrect is difficult, but a 3-1 ratio suggests 300mm.

In reply to a post by CarlTSpeak:

In reply to a post by Icaras:

They are essentially building a new network there, on a local level anyway.

New network = microducts - whomever is building them. Good to know, thanks.

I know. That�s what I�ve put.