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Pipeline Marker Maintenance and Replacement Process

Pipeline Marker Maintenance and Replacement Process [Project Name] [Your Name] Introduction XXXX has defined requirements for materials, installation methods, and placement of permanent pipeline markers along the ROW.  These markers are intended to provide a warning to potential excavators of the presence and approximate location of the pipeline.  They are also used to communicate contents …

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Mitigating the Risk of “Unlocatable” Facilities

by Chris Thome Unlocatable underground facilities pose a significant risk to excavators and the communities in which they work.  Any facility operator with plastic pipe, concrete, or dielectric cables understands the challenges these assets can pose over time.  Tracer wire can break or corrode, and “detectable” buried warning tape can have a short lifespan. System …

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