Mark McGarragh and Gordon Crichton attended the recent launch of the PAS 128 specification for underground utility detection, verification and location at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
To view the seminar online visit:
www.ice.org.uk/Events-conferences/Recorded-lectures/Lectures
We were particularly interested in Andy Rhoades presentation with regards to Heathrow airport. They had a near miss whereby a lightning rod was literally inches from piercing a main fuel line due to a lack of briefing, and understanding of the the utility plans.
The result was potentially catastrophic! Such pollution from an incident would cost £100k to £1m's to clean up and could take a least 2 months - shutting down Heathrow airport.
Further info on PAS 128:
As the demand on the nation’s infrastructure continues to grow due to new developments, the need to replace and/or maintain existing utilities increases. It is therefore essential that accurate information about where underground utilities are actually located is available.
Historically this has been hard to achieve as the detection, verification and location of utility assets have been subject to interpretation and inaccuracies. This has led to the safety of workers and the public being put at risk, unnecessary work that has often needed to be aborted, damage to third party assets and inefficient design solutions.
PAS 128 aims to provide a clear and unambiguous provision for those engaged in the detection, verification and location of active, abandoned, redundant or unknown utilities. It is applicable to surveyors, geophysicists or subsurface utility engineers as well as engineers, constructors, project managers and utility owners who are responsible for recording information about underground utilities.
To download the PAS 128 specification visit:
shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030267400
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