RJN Group offered water and pressure pipe services, including predictive pipeline assessment, at WEFTEC in Chicago. The company’s engineers bring a toolbox of turnkey pressure pipe assessment solutions to help utility owners meet today’s challenges.
The company’s One Critical Pipe approach is a systematic process in which each step whittles down the program size by eliminating pipes from further analysis. It then incorporates proven technologies into a prioritized program tailored specifically to the system.
The first step is to evaluate system fitness by understanding the level-of-service goals; assessing maintenance history, pipe attributes, pressures and risks; rationalizing low-risk pipes, and prioritizing critical pipes.
The process then proceeds to target one critical pipe, conducting an on-site health check on it; identifying access points, operational staging and community impacts; weighing risk tolerance; comparing total repair versus replacement costs; and using optimal technology to complete the inspection.
The third and final step is to catalogue the project into a playbook: validating results against the intended outcome; reviewing data and deliver engineering recommendations; incorporating proven inspection methods into a tailored playbook; and using the playbook to drive a prioritized capital planning strategy. Visit www.rjn.com.
