The Pressure Pipe Inspection Company teams up with several US partners to set the standards for condition based asset management
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada - March 7, 2005 - The Pressure Pipe Inspection Company (PPIC) announced today that, together with several partners, they will be conducting a series of seminars across the US. These seminars are designed to help pipeline operators set the standards for the condition based asset management of their water and wastewater transmission mains.
Municipalities, pipeline operators, government officials, manufacturers and consultants are invited to attend these seminars where they will learn of the latest technologies in condition assessment and leak detection. More importantly, attendees will learn how to cost-effectively manage their aging pipeline infrastructure. During this one-day information exchange, case studies will be presented and customer experiences discussed.
PPIC, and its partners, are conducting these seminars because various estimates assume that American water utilities will need to spend between $150 and $450 billion over the next twenty years to bring their water infrastructure up to par. However, these figures assume that utilities will replace their pipelines as they reach the end of their design life. If a "bottom up" condition based asset management approach is adopted, experience shows that this figure can be drastically reduced. By establishing the condition of each pipe in a water transmission system, and selectively rehabilitating only those individual pipe whose structural or mechanical integrity has been compromised, operators can realize significant savings through eliminating the unnecessary replacement of large lengths of transmission mains.
In more detail, PPIC will discuss how it's Remote Field Eddy Current / Transformer Coupling condition assessment methodology establishes the baseline condition of Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP). The company will show how Acoustic Emission Testing (AET) can be used to detect which PCCP pipe are actively deteriorating. Finally, PPIC will demonstrate how the Sahara water transmission main leak location system can pinpoint leaks in large diameter pipes of any material composition.
Partners participating in this program of seminars are internationally and nationally recognized and respected engineering firms and consultants. They will cover topics such as: the assessment of risk of failure; repair priorities for PCCP pipe with broken wires; asset management and repair options; and water loss control methods for water transmission and distribution pipes.
Given the age of many large diameter water and wastewater transmission mains, many pipeline operators are faced with both service disruptions and burdensome financial costs. A condition based asset management program will enable these operators to anticipate and minimize these concerns.
About PPIC
A world leader in large diameter water and wastewater pipeline condition assessment, the Pressure Pipe Inspection Company (PPIC) offers forward looking solutions to help customers address aging infrastructure challenges in a reliable and cost effective manner. Our innovative services pinpoint damaged sections of a pipeline to help optimize infrastructure investments, stop leaks, reduce risk and ensure compliance. PPIC has inspected over 6,000 miles of critical pipeline assets over the past decade. For more information, visit www.ppic.com.
For more information, contact:
Michael Stadnyckyj
the Pressure Pipe Inspection Company
+1 905-624-1040 x 301
mstad@ppic.com