Pipelines 2020
Use of Subsurface Utility Engineering Data for Multiple Disciplines on Mega Projects
Publication: Pipelines 2020
ABSTRACT
It is well recognized that utility conflicts pose one of the top risks on complex infrastructure projects. Subsurface utility engineering (SUE) is often used as part of the design process to provide utility coordinators and design engineers with valuable data needed to complete project designs. That same SUE data can also be used by other disciplines on the project. The geotechnical team is one of those disciplines that can use SUE data to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the geotechnical programs. This paper will explore the use of SUE on large infrastructure projects and identify how it can be integrated into other disciplines focusing on the geotechnical inspection program and generation of the geotechnical baseline report (GBR). Ontario has been a leader in the use of private public partnership (PPP) projects and has made use the use SUE as standard practice at the preliminary design stage of most large projects funded by the government. Megaproject, the Hamilton LRT will be used as an example of how SUE data was used on a large-scale urban PPP project.
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Pipelines 2020
Pages: 402 - 408
Editors: J. Felipe Pulido, OBG, Part of Ramboll and Mark Poppe, Brown and Caldwell
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8321-3
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© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Aug 6, 2020
Published in print: Aug 6, 2020
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