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3 Strategies to Minimize Utility Issues During Construction
3 Strategies to Minimize Utility Issues During Construction
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• Trenchless utility installation or rehabilitation of existing utility infrastructure. A recommended practice is to conduct utility investigations as early as possible during proj ect delivery, with each quality level contributing to a reduction in the level of uncertainty about utility facility locations, depending on project needs.
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Although ownership remains in place, a frequent problem is that utility owners remove abandoned facilities from their inventories. QLD utility investigations often miss abandoned facilities.
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• Use content from the UCM process to prepare the utility statement that is necessary to prepare the construction bid package, showing utility work completed prior to construc tion, utilities not in conflict with the project, and utility work that must be completed during construction. A recommended practice is to schedule reviews of the utility conflict layout and list by subject matter experts in areas such as geometric design, structures, retaining walls, soundwalls, right of-way acquisition, environmental impacts and remediation, drainage, construction manage ment, traffic operations, lighting, and ITS.
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Prepare or revise critical path schedule for utility relocations. Notify utility owners of required relocation or adjustment.
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Having a construction engineer review utility conflicts and utility relocation plans helps identify issues that utility relocations might face in the field as well as issues the highway contrac tor might find during construction. Effective constructability reviews often involve utility owners.
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Rightof-way acquisitions happening too close to the letting date increases the risk for right-of-way acquisitions and utility relocations to be part of the critical path, often making it necessary to complete these activities during the highway construction phase. Prepare Robust Utility Relocation Documentation Supporting documents required to prepare utility agreements are the utility relocation plans, the utility relocation schedule, and the utility relocation cost estimate.
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Dimensions of utility structures, particularly when elements are not to scale. Utility Depiction Symbology and legend used to depict existing utility facilities, relocation and Required proposed utility facilities, and utility conflicts.
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Utility construction plan consisting of: • Detailed activities (highway contractor and utility owners) by phase and location of work to ensure integration with the highway construction.
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, access restrictions for highway contractor, coordination with other utility owners and stakeholders, and assumed duration for work by other stakeholders. This information helps identify areas where it is necessary to restrict highway construction because of active utility relocation activities.
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In addition, utility crews often do not have metal locators to find property corners, or it is not obvious where to search for the corners, and utility owners often do not have professional surveyors on staff. Staking proposed roadway structures or other proposed utility installations is also critical to avoid the risk of secondary utility relocations, particularly when planning the installation of utility relocations that are too close to those features.
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Another reason is that the number of utility owners that need to be invited could easily exceed the meeting capacity. Nevertheless, for small projects or projects that do not have complex utility relocation issues, including utility owners in the highway preconstruction meeting is certainly advisable.
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Regardless of whether utility relocations are reimbursable or not reimbursable and whether utility relocations are included in the highway contract or handled by utility owners directly, both DOT and utility owners should have an interest in the utility inspection tasks and their outcome. A common belief at DOTs is that utility relocations should be the sole responsibility of utility owners, but utility owners also often believe that DOTs cause utility relocations with their projects and therefore should be fully responsible for them.
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