How can civil engineers tackle pipeline infrastructure challenges? A new package on ASCE AMPLIFY offers the answers.
Utility Engineering: ASCE Standards and Manuals of Practice covers numerous aspects of pipelines engineering, offering civil engineers an in-depth look into the intricacies of the discipline. It includes two standards, seven manuals of practice, and one technical report.
“We’re delighted to add the new utility engineering package to the ASCE AMPLIFY platform, providing civil engineers worldwide with access to the trusted and accepted standards, manuals of practice, and reports needed to solve pipeline engineering challenges and stay current in their profession,” said ASCE Executive Director Tom Smith.
“Having just finished the UESI Pipelines conference with record attendance, this new utility engineering package provides an essential resource for pipeline engineers, including agile and future-ready design standards and technical content that support system innovation,” he continued.
Launched in December 2023, ASCE AMPLIFY hosts a vast catalog of standards, MOPs, and more. This subscription-based service brings key guidelines across the full spectrum of civil engineering disciplines into one place, giving civil engineers the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of important civil engineering practices.
The new utility engineering package makes it even easier for civil engineers to explore AMPLIFY’s pipelines engineering offerings.
“At ASCE, we have such a rich library of research and resources. The most important thing we can do for our members is to help connect them to those resources, so they can put them into practice,” said ASCE President Feniosky Peña-Mora. “With this new standards package on ASCE AMPLIFY, we are streamlining the way civil engineers access critical information that supports the success of key civil engineering projects.”
One standard within the package, Standard Guideline for Investigating and Documenting Existing Utilities, ASCE 38, details the correct procedures for utility investigations and documentation, providing a credible system for classifying the quality of utility location information in design plans.
Sustainable Design of Pipelines, MOP 151, evaluates potential environmental impacts of a project to promote improvements in sustainable planning, design, construction, and operation.
The package also includes Subsurface Utility Engineering for Municipalities, a technical report that incorporates existing and emerging technologies to accurately locate and map underground utilities before construction to minimize risks, reduce costs, and enhance safety.
These are only some of the publications featured in Utility Engineering: ASCE Standards and Manuals of Practice. Others include:
- ASCE 75: Standard Guideline for Recording and Exchanging Utility Infrastructure Data
- MOP 92: Manhole Inspection and Rehabilitation
- MOP 108: Pipeline Design for Installation by Horizontal Directional Drilling
- MOP 115: Pipe Ramming
- MOP 145: Design of Close-Fit Liners for the Rehabilitation of Gravity Pipes
- MOP 152: Surveying and Geomatics Engineering
- MOP 155: Direct Steerable Pipe Thrusting
Learn more about the Utility Engineering standards package on ASCE AMPLIFY.
