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This report investigates the public utilities plant along Montague road between Merivale street and Stanley place and the role of a construction engineer in their relocation or retaining them along their initial existence during either involving in road construction or building amenities along them.

MONTAGUE ROAD INVESTIGATION: CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER
EGB123 CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS LIMITED
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The report objectives have been achieved by identify all the public utilities plants that are
available along Montague road between Merivale street and Stanley place which comprises of
storm water drainage utilities, electrical power utilities, fresh water pipeline utilities, sewer line
utilities and telecommunication utilities, and correlating the utilities with the role a construction
engineer will participate either in their relocation or retaining them along their initial existence
during either involving in road construction or building amenities along them.
Furthermore, as a construction engineer it is advised to consider retaining the public utilities
plant on the original existence in order to minimize cost that may arise with their relocation,
which may arise is ensuring the correct terrain is achieved when either considering storm water
and sewage conduits, or cost of installation of new electrical and telecommunication cables.
Finally, the design of building amenities or roads by construction engineers should always
consider and factor in the existence of these utilities along the Montague road, to avoid any
disruption or alteration that may arise.
Content
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MONTAGUE ROAD INVESTIGATION: CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER.............................................................1
EGB123 CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS LIMITED.....................................................................................1
executive summary......................................................................................................................................2
1 Introduction.........................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Background..................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Aim..............................................................................................................................................4
1.3 Objectives....................................................................................................................................5
1.4 Scope and Limitations.................................................................................................................5
1.5 Sources of Information................................................................................................................5
2 Google Mymaps..................................................................................................................................6
3 Public Utilities Plant Investigation......................................................................................................7
3.1 PUP Considerations.....................................................................................................................7
3.2 Information Sources on PUP Existence and Location..................................................................8
3.3 Inventory of PUP in Montague Road Study Zone........................................................................9
3.4 Governance and Values Considerations.....................................................................................10
3.5 Engineering Systems Interrelationships.....................................................................................12
4 Conclusion and recommendations.....................................................................................................13
4.1 Conclusion.................................................................................................................................13
4.2 Recommendation.......................................................................................................................14
references..................................................................................................................................................15
Appendix 1................................................................................................................................................16
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
Utility can be described as a service that is offered, therefore public utility are fundamental
services that are offered to public, in general public utility are meant to be offered at a moderate
cost, meaning that this are services that are considered of economic interest, they comprise of
electricity, collection of waste water, drinking water supply, urban transport, treatment of waste
water and many more, there provision under jurisdictions are supposed to be of high quality at
each and every time (Utility Providers Services Committee, 2010).
The public utilities plant along Montague road had been commissioned and approved by the
public utility authorities, the public utility along the Montague road are deemed to cover pipeline
which comprises of fresh water, sewage and storm water, cables that comprises of electrical,
telecommunications and fibre optic.
The Montague road is classified as a district road and its configuration is a two way roadway
with a posted speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour, whereas Merivale street is the primary east
west street in reference to the Montague road that intersect Montague road to form a T junction,
the investigation on the public utilities plant will commence at the T junction of Merivale street
and Montague road to Stanley place that comprises of several stormwater manhole for inspection
of storm water drainage, several electrical poles having cables fixed on them for supplying
electricity to all the building along this road and also telecommunication cables too that aid in
communications and finally the water pipes that underneath that supply fresh water to the
buildings and other pipes that conveys sewage from the buildings towards sewage treatment
plant.
The role of engineer is to outline the planning, construction, budgeting and overall
administration of the improvement and to help in operational on other sectors such as plan
commissioning, design of sewer line and storm water drainages and even transportations among
other fields.
The core role of construction engineer includes projects construction oversight, where
authoritatively can validate on both the quality and quantity of materials and process that will be
used.
1.2 AIM
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The main air of this report is to investigate all the public utilities plant that are found along
Montague road between Meivale street and Stanley place, that must be considered in case a new
design of the Montague road will be done, and there position may remain permanent or seek for
advice on the public utility authorities before changing their position.
1.3 OBJECTIVES
The specific objective of the public utilities plant comprises of the following
1. To determine the location of stormwater drainage through locating the manholes along
Montague road.
2. To determine the distribution of electric power along the Montague road.
3. To determine the distribution of fresh water through pipeline along the Montague road
4. To determine sewer line along the Montague road
5. To determine the telecommunication distribution along the Montague road
1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
The correct flow and distribution of the fresh water and sewer line in regard to the direction of
flow will require the initial Montague road design plan, that will be required to be accessed
either from the local government infrastructures offices or the on the public utilities authorities
offices.
The detection of underground public utility plant will require electronic detective devices which
should be purchase and similarly, caution should always be taken on their relative errors, which
are required to be considered for accuracy of their operations on exact location of the
underground public utility plants.
1.5 SOURCES OF INFORMATION
The documentation that helped in preparation of this report comprises of goole map, design of
the road that will highlight the location of each and every public utilities underneath the
Montague road.
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2 GOOGLE MYMAPS
The public utilities plants under investigation are along a small portion of Montague road
between Merivale street junction with Montague road and Stanley place, as shown on the URL
below.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YbpWPO3AfSDqzESaUWDpb6IOe3qT4wXE&usp=sharing
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3 PUBLIC UTILITIES PLANT INVESTIGATION
3.1 PUP CONSIDERATIONS
The activities that involves altering public utility plant is an expensive means when construction
engineer will involves himself or herself in a project of road construction, therefore the size and
location of all the public utility plant should be determined in the initial phase of the road
process of design in order to allow an appropriate adjustment if proposals will be included with
an aim of reducing cost that will be incurred, and before any commencement of the construction
of the Montague road is done, the consultation of the relevant public utility plant authorities
should also be considered in order to obtained accurate data, in addition consideration should
also be projected on the future adjustment or upgrading of the installed public utilities plants, the
role of a construction engineer in the perspective of the public utility plant should not be limited
to:
1. Identify the position of telecommunication devices which includes; coaxial cables, fibre
optic cables, facilities of satellites communication, communication towers and local
connections conduits.
2. Identify the position of water conduits and devices, which includes water towers, pressure
mains, pipes conduits and pump stations locality.
3. Identify the position of Sewer lines and waste water conduits, which comprises of pressure
mains, pumps stations and larger mains
4. Identify the position of all electrical devices that includes overhead cables, electrical poles,
transformers and all underground cables.
5. Identify the position of gas mains and pipelines of oils.
It will be important for a construction engineer to assess if the relocation of the above public
utilities plants are important in order to facilitate the construction process, and in case of an
objective of relocation has been decided then the relevant authorities of public utilities plant are
supposed to be informed earlier for the to be aware of which public utility plants are going to be
affected in the process of construction of Montague road between the junction of Merivale street
and Stanley place along the Montague road. In case of minor changes have been advised by the
construction engineer then no alteration will be made to the existing PUP without changing the
standard of the design of Montague road.
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3.2 INFORMATION SOURCES ON PUP EXISTENCE AND LOCATION
The engineers who involve in design of the Montague road will always ensure that the existing
public utilities plant serve their respective purpose without altering them in case a relocation
objectives have not been specified or required, and in case a relocation will be proposed then the
engineer must obtain a proposal that is written and accepted that activities around such the
services from the public utility plant provider.
Earlier restrictions should be identified before the process commences on Montague road from
the services providers in case it could be since the other public utilities plant providers will only
accept the relocation of the services devices at a particular time of the year, but at a particular
point of time such restrictions are not practicable and therefore the coordination that will be
required between the construction of the road and the public utility plant services will be
considered and planned for the commencement of the construction of the road.
Furthermore, the construction engineer should always consider in his or her design and during
implementation process that the public utility plant provider will also be required to access the
utility for either maintenance , repair or service purpose, and this must be considered either if the
relocation of this utilities will be done or when the their protection reserve will be accepted, this
may include access tracks to access power lines services, construction of brick paving in steady
of in-situ concrete base on the poles of street light.
The public utility plant manholes are considered to be located on the pavements unless if the
utility was initially existing which may require a higher cost to be maintained at its locality.
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3.3 INVENTORY OF PUP IN MONTAGUE ROAD STUDY ZONE
The process of identify all public utilities plant along Montague road between Merivale street
and Stanley place has been done then the conflict of work will be determined. The correct
information gathered from any services of public utility plant along Montague road varied
because it depend on which purpose it serves and its life existence, at the point where the
clearance of the public utility plant is critical to the proposed work it will be important to locate
the utility service and a survey is done to accurately point it position.
Identification of the conflict will be followed by the investigation that will be carried out in order
to determine if the public utility plant will be relocated or if its position will be protected, but
majorly it is advisable for protection of the utility service to be done rather than involving in
costly relocation.
The public utility plant provider will always require the proponent of the road project to correctly
identify the position and existence of the service utility in the case where the details of the
existing public utility plant is missing.
In addition, if the public utility plant provider will provide the plans then it must be
accompanied with all the details of the existing plant locators, that will be used in locating all the
public utilities plant, but at a particular point the excavation is done in order to expose the utility
service in order to accurately identify their location or electronically method may be applied but
responsibility of the limitation and constraints of the electronic device lies with the construction
designer, since this are prone to affect the data that will be gathered.
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3.4 GOVERNANCE AND VALUES CONSIDERATIONS
Based on the Australian legislations, public utility services are classified as essential and
therefore they subjected to the public rules, and there provision could be either through the
municipal or through other delegated structures, during their provision they always bound to be
accessible, adaptable, equitable, universal, transparency and containable at all-time unless
otherwise.
The local government undertakes the largest portion of stewardship responsibilities of the
maintenance, services and repairs of the public utilities plant along Montague road, and in case
of any alteration that will be needed then consultation with the relevant local government
agencies at each and every stages of process that will be required, therefore agreement is
required to be in detailed in case the alteration of the public utility service offered by the local
government, though if the project is owned by the local government then the project manager
should confirm for the payment and facilitation of the project at least one financial year in
advance before the project construction, alteration and installation of public utilities plant
commences.
Water Corporation
The water corporation do not anticipate on designing its relocation or protection or improvement
of it public utilities, therefore in case of relocation or creations engineers will be required in
designing of sewer lines and all the devices that will be required for effective conduit, similarly
they will be required in designing both open and piped drains and bore mains (Holman, Bass,
Rosman, Smith, Semmens, Glasson and Klerk, 2008).
The Montague road project will affect the water cooperation drainage services, therefore an
upgrading of this utility service will be required at the end of road construction.
Similarly, pipeline services will be required to be fixed in case damages are done before the
completion of the road project in order to avoid inconveniences to the human beings and animals
that may be of need of fresh water.
Water corporation will engages its contractors while making connection to an operating
infrastructure, in order to ensure that mitigation is undertaken during connection of its public
utilities plant services to areas under risks and before the activity is commenced then an approval
by Water Corporation will be required.
Alinta energy gas supplier
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Alinta is the gas energy supplier whose mandate is to regulate and supply the steel gas mains
along Montague road
The gas mains will require survey to be done to ensure that adequate coating layer has been
achieved on the gas mains (Bahadori, 2016).
Consideration will also be done on the depth of the cover to be applied on the gas mains.
Western power electrical power supply
The electrical power supply is down by western power whose mandate based on its engineer is to
install all electrical cable, install street light, install underground power and also install
telecommunication cables along Montague road (Durley and Kosky, 2002)
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3.5 ENGINEERING SYSTEMS INTERRELATIONSHIPS
The management of public utility plant along Montague road is based and ensuring that that the
utility services are identified, and in case of any agreement with the plants owners to relocate
them or restore is met then the necessary will be done, with a great consideration on the financial
cost that will be required in whole the process.
Construction engineers role in Montague road is to ensure that the service main point of the
checking the system, repairing the system and maintenance that no guiding will be constructed to
them, and also ensuring that the road construction or pavement constructions will not interfere
with the existing direction of flow in regard to water a waste water.
Construction engineer will coordinate with other engineers in either giving them the advice on
the depth of a particular utility plant so that they cannot affect other utilities which may not be of
their respective field of practise.
The obligation of checking frequently the utility plants services by specific specialist are
mandatory, this will help sustain the continuity and accessibility by the public to the services
throughout, without any delay and unnecessary breakdown due too poor maintenance.
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4 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
4.1 CONCLUSION
In conclusion, construction engineer is a pivotal person needed during the investigation of public
utility plant along the road, whose responsibility as mentioned is to ensure that the installation of
all the public utility plants have followed all requirement with no obstruction required on them,
either in a form of construction on top of the main service points or destruction in terms road
construction or building construction next to them, furthermore, the public utility plants mainly
require concrete construction either by constructing their lain basement, footing or foundations,
which will basically require the technical knowledge of the construction engineer to design,
supervise and implement them where necessary.
In addition, the public utility plant are critical services that mainly will be allowed by either the
local government or the national government to pass through the government land or property
which are mainly covered along the public roads in order to minimize cost of buying private
lands, with the consideration that the utilities will be found along the roads therefore their
relocation or alteration will be critical, it will be required for the construction engineers to
consider their existence in case they are involved either in road construction or any other public
construction amenities they will participate in.
The existence and provision of the public utilities are essential to human being since the cost that
will be required to be remitted by individuals who will benefit from them is moderate as
compared to if the services will be provided by private companies.
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4.2 RECOMMENDATION
It will be recommended that proper method to be used in case the public utility plant are required
to be accessed without interfering with other utilities either besides them or beneath them.
Secondly, the structure of the regulation should also incorporate private utilities plant, this will
competitively help in providing proper services and improvement by the local government
responsible for provision of this general economic interest, in order to prevent monopoly, and
provision of substandard service to the public.
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REFERENCES
Utility Providers Services Committee. (2010). Utility Providers Code of Practice for Western
Australia. Perth: MRWA.
Bahadori, A. (2016). Oil and gas pipelines and piping systems: design, construction,
management, and inspection. Gulf Professional Publishing.
Durley, S., & Kosky, C. (2002). Telecommunications in road reserves: administrative guidelines
for road authorities (No. AP-R178/02).
Holman, C. D. A. J., Bass, J. A., Rosman, D. L., Smith, M. B., Semmens, J. B., Glasson, E. J., ...
& de Klerk, N. H. (2008). A decade of data linkage in Western Australia: strategic
design, applications and benefits of the WA data linkage system. Australian Health
Review, 32(4), 766-777
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YbpWPO3AfSDqzESaUWDpb6IOe3qT4wXE&usp=sharing
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APPENDIX 1
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