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Pipelines and Underground Utilities
NYSAPLS 53rd Annual Surveyor's Conference and Exhibition
Pipelines and Underground Utilities
Spencer H. Robinson PLSIroquois Gas Transmission System
Background or (How did I get here)
Herbie doesn't like to make toys...‘
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Pipelines and Underground Utilities
• Dig Safely New York
• Strategy for locating underground utilities• Pipeline and utility easements• Pipeline Surveying • Opportunities for surveyors• Questions, discussion,
Survey and Design RequestsIs there anything there?
Where is it?
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REQUEST FOR DESIGN INFORMATION
Utilize Dig Safely New York and the Design Ticket Process.
Requests can be made:via the internet using i-notice,
visit www.digsafelynewyork.com for
more informationvia phone by calling 811 or 800-
962-7962
WHAT HAPPENS
• Facility owners (operators) will:–Provide a means for information to
be obtained–May include maps, meetings or
markings• Designers should provide email, fax
and phone numbers for contact information
One-Call Process
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County and Town Drop-down lists
Select Town
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Worksheet
National Pipeline Mapping System
https://www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov/
Internal Line Inspection (Pigging)
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Typical Pipeline Easement
PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
Route Survey and Easement acquisition
PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
• Pipe inventory “Pipe Tally”
Every Joint of Pipe must be accounted for
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PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
• Right-of-way preparation.
Surveying and clearing the right-of-way.
Ditching for pipeline
Hauling and stringing the pipe.
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Bending the pipe.
Welding.
Lowering in the pipe
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Backfilling the pipeline
What are these Guys looking at?
The first female crew
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Pipeline Surveying
Mapping a Gas Boom
Taken from
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101022-mapping-a-gas-boom/
The Marcellis Shale
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Pipeline Markers
“There ain’t no pipeline here”
CALL BEFORE YOU DIG!
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Anchor Drop Test
Anchor Drop Test
Throgs Neck Bridge Drill with FDNY
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Pipelines and Underground Utilities