- comprehensive Direct Assessment Proposals
that integrate the effect of site specific factors and features
on pipeline integrity management
- a geographically accurate depiction of
the pipeline and surrounding areas
- field booklets to provide pertinent information
for the project personnel
- web cam capabilities
- integrity and other direct assessment data
collection and evaluation in the field
- ILI tool grading refinement through statistical
analysis
- thorough integration of new ILI data with
previously generated data
- compilation of project specific information
and results on menu driven cd-rom for client reference
The GIS is a powerful tool for identifying
information critical to successful direct assessment proposal
development. Many factors are considered in the selection of
anomalies for investigation, and GIS illustrates these for efficient
evaluation. Once an investigation program is finalized, the
GIS facilitates facets of the implementation of excavation operation
initiation, such as locating and staking dig sites with GPS,
planning access routes, and landowner identification. It serves
to effect communication of the program to all of those involved,
as the maps included in the field booklets are generated by
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