Notice the signs
Observe
Collect the connection permit, district confirmation, as-built route, property line, cleanouts, easements, pump ownership, prior invoices, camera orientation, and the exact location where the condition was observed.
Note 32
Place the condition before choosing the work
Protect the room
Safety line
Avoid opening public structures or excavating from a camera distance. Traffic control, utility marking, trench safety, contaminated soil, and wastewater exposure need an authorized plan.
Material note
Local boundary
Use the Cohasset Sewer Department for town system, connection, and any published grinder-pump boundary. Private contractors can document conditions but should not decide the town's obligations on their own.
Service flow
Written scope
The estimate should mark upstream and downstream endpoints, access, locating, town notification, drainlayer requirement, excavation, bypass or outage, testing, backfill, surfaces, and unresolved ownership assumptions.
Close the loop
Verification
A complete record pairs town correspondence with field location, video direction and distance, repair photographs, inspection, test, and restored-surface status. Keep private and public closeout documents distinct.
Current primary source