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Utility As-Built Information Value Awareness

Utility As-Built Information Value Awareness. Utility As-Built Presentation . Erik Smith – DTE Energy/Detroit Edison Rich Zielinski – Consumers Energy/Gas Doug Strauss – Alfred Benesch & Co. Utility As-Built Workshop. Share information that is currently being documented

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Utility As-Built Information Value Awareness

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  1. Utility As-BuiltInformationValue Awareness

  2. Utility As-Built Presentation Erik Smith – DTE Energy/Detroit Edison Rich Zielinski – Consumers Energy/Gas Doug Strauss – Alfred Benesch & Co

  3. Utility As-Built Workshop • Share information that is currently being documented • Share As-Built Practices • Develop link between as-built records and designers • Develop link between plan information with the needs of construction

  4. Utility As-Built Workshop • Utility Companies, design firms, MDOT and contractors attended • Presentations were given by each highlighting the work • Attendees all agreed more needs to be done in the future

  5. Utility As-Built Workshop

  6. Utility As-Built Workshop

  7. Utility As-Built Workshop

  8. Utility As-Built Information Why are we here today?

  9. Utility As-Built Information • The As-Built Process • Accessibility to As-Built Data • Construction Safety • Cost Effectiveness

  10. Utility As-Built Information History Conditions, experiences and hurdles that exist in providing accurate information on older existing facilities.

  11. Utility As-Built - History • Most actual utility constructed locations were not collected and recorded • Only Special Conditions are likely documented on distribution systems • Each utility has their own system and requirements for what is to be recorded

  12. Utility As-Built - History • Recorded data is typically a mapped location or references physical features or ROW’s that have changed over time • No system in place that maintains as-builts, permits, or field changes for utilities or owners of the ROW • Recorded data is difficult to locate & found hard to read

  13. Utility As-Built - History

  14. Utility As-Built - History

  15. Utility As-Built - History • In older corridors preplanning early on with design allows time for collecting exact field information on existing facilities as it specifically applies to the project • Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) • Increasingly, Existing utilities are marked in the field by the utility and then surveyed to project coordinate system, without a future

  16. Utility As-Built Information Present Recognizing road blocks to exchanging more complete as-built utility information.

  17. Utility As-Built - Present • Focus is on the need for as-built utility information, improving safety, and cost • Some utility companies are recording information during construction • Electronic filing of as-built data is being used

  18. Utility As-Built - Present • Recording older existing systems may not be cost beneficial • Obtaining field data on the older existing systems on a project basis has become easier and more economical with technology • Miss Dig has improved and now can be utilized during the design phase

  19. Utility As-Built - Present • Utility as-built recordings are being done to a project datum and coordinate system or referencing existing features • Permitted utility relocations aren’t overseen and inspected • During construction an unexpected utility relocation isn’t being recorded

  20. Utility As-Built Information Future Going forward utilizing technology in a safe and costly manner to record, store and transmit as-built information.

  21. Utility As-Built - Future • Develop a process that evaluates the level of as-built data collection for each project • Utilize State Plane Coordinate system • Develop a standardized collection process • Embrace technology for collecting, storing and transferring information

  22. Utility As-Built - Future • Utilize technology to improve communication between owners, designers, and utilities • Develop a central filing system within all agency’s • Improve communication between utility coordination and the permitting processes

  23. Utility As-Built - Future • Ownership of the information needs to be taken by all parties • Expectations needs to be clearly presented during the coordination and permit process • Disclaimers and the accuracy of the provided information will always be there

  24. Utility As-Built Information Next Steps By working together, getting on board and identifying opportunities, a safe and beneficial as-built process can be achieved.

  25. Utility As-Built – Next Steps • Development of a Best Practices Manual for Standardization of Utility and owner agency as-built information • Research other DOT’s utility as-built requirements • Training within all agencies

  26. Utility As-Built – Next Steps • Engage the right people in the early phases • Continuous feedback and sharing of processes and information storage types • Disclaimers and level of accuracy • Miss Dig laws will always apply

  27. Utility As-Built Information Thank You Remember Safety is priority one!

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