Pipeline Condition Assessment
Our Expertise
ADE’s Pipeline Condition Assessment (PCA) department provides data and information concerning the performance of pressure water pipelines using a variety of methodologies and techniques based on pipe material. Our work is rooted in more than 30 years’ experience in the manufacture, installation, operation and performance of pipes and pipelines. Outcomes include the probability of failure and failure regimes for pipeline sections.
Our methodologies & techniques are: |
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Fit for purpose, addressing the failure mechanism for the relevant pipeline material and operational constraints |
Cost effective |
Equipped for providing quantitative outputs, which in turn can be extrapolated in space and time, producing data for both past and future performance |
We enable our clients to: |
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Come to informed decisions |
Identify high risk pipelines or sections of pipelines |
Develop a Capital Expenditure Program for up to 20 years |
Meet regulatory requirements |
Make cost-effective decisions regarding pipeline replacement or maintenance |
Services
Condition Assessment of Pressure Water Main |
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Undertaking of Informed Desktop studies |
Design of appropriate cost effective investigation methodologies |
Conducting of Field surveys using a variety of techniques to obtain relevant data and Investigations |
Analysis of all relevant data |
Providing reporting and recommendations |
Desktop Survey of Pipelines |
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Estimating the probability of failure |
Consequences of failure |
Criticality analysis |
CapEx programming |
Failure Investigations |
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Determining the causes of failure of pipes and pipelines |
Indication of the likelihood of additional failures |
Design an appropriate Methodology for assessment |
Leak Detection of Pressure Water Mains |
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Small In-line inspection tool |
Non-invasive correlation |
Long term real time monitoring |
For more information about ADE’s PCA division and their services, see the PCA website.
Enquiries
PHILIP ferguson
Operations Manager - PCA (NSW)
