tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24623504.post7247714943655597794..comments2024-02-22T07:53:51.695+11:00Comments on Cameron Shorter: Collaborative mapping of Sydney down underCameron Shorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11881171259428356695noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24623504.post-8107426286411764152009-05-23T06:35:23.530+10:002009-05-23T06:35:23.530+10:00Colloboration needs good utility records.
Whether...Colloboration needs good utility records.<br /><br />Whether part of a utility circulation process, co-build design process, construction or operation process, you must be ready to produce utility “records” as evidence that an event, set of activities, or task occurred and was completed. The record, field note, sketch, or plan needs to contain relevant, factual, and timely data in a form that is understandable to those who must make the decision. The goal is to create a good record, that is accessible, retrieveable, has a know distribution list, and those accessing are able to share it, manipulate it and use it to make decisions with.<br /><br />In Canada we are creating a CSA standard - "s250 - Mapping of Underground Utility infrastructure" involving utility companies, municipalities, contractors, excavators, locators, regulators and other parties interested in protecting and min damage to underground utilities.<br /><br />This CSA committee is responsible for developing and maintaining standards related to mapping and recording of existing in-service underground utility infrastructure and related appurtenances below, at, or near grade and those that are either abandoned or that are reserved for future use. <br /><br />This new standard will specify the mapping requirements of records that provide the identification and location of underground utility infrastructure<br />This standard is intended to promote the use, and drive the advancement of mapping records, during the planning, design, construction, and operation of an underground utility.<br /><br />Key Challenges:<br />-Need to remind ourselves of the benefits of having a standard<br />-Need to maintain interest in the standard by committee members and all stakeholders<br />-Need to assess how the standard will be embraced and then sustained<br /><br />Expected outcomes:<br />--Improved reliability and accuracy in the location of underground utility infrastructure mapping records & supporting data<br />--Improved safety of company & contractor employees and the general public by decreasing utility hits/strikes<br />--Lower cost in the utility design life cycle by sharing accurate & complete utility records in a timely fashion amongst all users (municipalities, carriers, contractors, designers, consultants, locators…)<br /><br />For more information - contact<br />Bob Gaspirc, Chair, CSA s250 at<br />gaspirc@toronto.ca<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Why:<br /><br />-Good records lead to informed decisions<br />-Codification of best practises<br />-Provides a technically neutral language<br />-Creates a consistent and repeatable approach to mapping and recording of facility information<br />“as per CSA S250”<br />-Promotes communication among utility infrastructure stakeholders and reduces infrastructure life-cycle challengesBob Gaspirchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218471514963224409noreply@blogger.com