Cooperative agreement # RITARS-14-H-HOU : final report.

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• Creators:
  Glennie, Greg
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Houston. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Excavation Gas Pipelines Geographic Information Systems Materials And Structures Protection Remote Sensing Risk Assessment
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RITARS-14-H-HOU
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Houston. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Abstract:
  The University of Houston, in partnership with the Gas Technology Institute, and with support from the
  
  Commercial Remote Sensing & Spatial Technologies Program at the U.S. Department of Transportation
  
  undertook a pilot project to mitigate pipeline damage due to excavation by developing a real-time
  
  excavator encroachment notification system. The system used Global Positioning System (GPS)
  
  technology, smart phone motion sensor devices, two-way messaging, and Internet Geographic
  
  Information System (GIS) services to monitor pipelines, in real-time, for encroachment from excavation
  
  activities. In cooperation with several pipeline industry commercial partners, the team, led by UH
  
  undertook a pilot study to assess the effectiveness of the prototype low-cost encroachment notification
  
  system to monitor encroachment in real-time, and actively pursued commercialization opportunities for
  
  the resultant hardware and software products. The primary market for GEENS is the utility market and a
  
  secondary market is utilities that operate and maintain electric, telecommunications, and water centric
  
  infrastructure. Commercialization and outreach activities included 13 demonstrations and presentations
  
  at industry events such as the American Gas Association Annual Operations Conference; exhibitions at
  
  industry conferences such as national and state trade association shows; direct outreach to utilities as
  
  well as excavator manufacturers and insurance agencies; and advertisements in trade journals and
  
  informational webinars to the targeted industries. Partnerships with excavation contractors and with
  
  consulting and service organizations in the industry were also developed. Based on the results from pilot
  
  testing and from benefit-cost analyses, it is concluded that GEENS represents a smarter and more
  
  efficient method for reducing pipeline damage incidents and that the benefits from GEENS far outweigh
  
  the cost of technology implementation.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a5dfdc0973e4040a20d55739be9d102bef0fd80b273875fd4cc02234c632482c
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32119/dot_32119_DS1.pdf
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