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NSF Grant #: 0653277
I-215 Water Main Relocation, San Bernardino, CA
E-mail:
[email protected]
Undergraduate Students: Aleksandr Gostomelskiy (San Diego State University), Luis A. Leon (Southwestern
College). Senior Project Engineer: Dolores Ventura, P.E. (Infrastructure Engineering Corporation)
Introduction
I-215
- Infrastructure Engineering Corporation (IEC) is
an engineering and construction management
consulting firm primarily serving public agency clients.
IEC provides a full range of civil engineering including
facility design, water and wastewater master
planning, as-needed municipal services, and
hydraulic modeling.
Water Main to be
Relocated
- The California Department of Transportation
(CalTrans) is planning to improve the interstate
highway 215 along the County of San Bernardino.
These improvements will require the current water
pipes that supply the city inhabitants to be relocated
and redesigned.
- The City of San Bernardino hired IEC in order to
plan the water main relocation. CalTrans and IEC are
working in cooperation in order to provide the best
and the fastest service to the community of San
Bernardino.
Project Location
Vicinity Map
AutoCAD Plotting
Project
Prior to performing any design work, the project
engineer needs a plan showing the existing
underground utilities in the area of the project. In
order to complete this map, the following tasks were
performed:
1) Data Collection:
- Identify companies that own utility lines in the area
of our project.
- Request utility plans from these companies.
- Verify accurate information about the utility lines
location and their specifications.
2) CADD Plotting:
- Plot the utility lines using AutoCAD based on
topographic study and the plans provided by the
utility companies.
- A field inspection in order to check the utilities were
plotted correctly. This includes the street inspection,
checking road marks and measuring distances from
the known objects.
Results
- A final map of the area of the project indicating the
location of the existing underground utility lines.
- The accuracy of this plan prevents an increase in cost
and time during the construction stage of the project.
- Quality utility plans are critical in order to avoid
accidents. Digging during construction is potentially
dangerous; Hitting an underground fuel or gas line may
lead to a fatal accident. Other utility lines, like water
pipes, cables, etc. are vital for the community and
damaging them is absolutely unacceptable.
Conclusion
- Because the final result depends on the information
obtained from other people, the effective use of
various ways of communication can accelerate this
project.
Acknowledgements: Dolores Ventura, P.E., Senior Project
Engineer; Karen Dimmick, CADD Designer II, Jamie Taylor, EIT,
Engineer II, Dave Padilla, P.E., Senior Project Engineer; David
Nguyen, CADD Designer III