Leading Practices for Cross Bore Risk Reduction, 88 pages
Course Instructors:
Mr. Mark Bruce,
President, Cross Bore Safety Association
Mr. Mike Kemper, Executive
Vice President, Mears Group
Dr. Samuel Ariaratnam,
Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment,
Arizona State University - Schools of Engineering
Synopsis:
The Leading Practices for Cross Bore Risk Reduction was finalized in 2019
with includes recommendations from representatives of utility owners,
pipeline installers, inspection service providers, regulators and
manufacturers. A strong focus is offered on cross bores of sewers and gas
distribution and with recommendations useful for all types of utilities. The
target stakeholder includes project managers for utilities, installers and
inspection providers with recommendations for improvement of regulatory rate
support, revision of regulatory safety regulations and Call Before You Dig
legislation. The goal of the document is to achieve faster and more
efficient risk reduction from existing cross bores and minimize the creation
of new cross bores using leading practices. Municipal ordinance revision
recommendations and sewer system operators can contribute to the effort with
resulting improvement for the public and cooperation recommendations which
can lower sewer operation costs due to required inspections of their sewer
systems. Risk modeling, QAQC and the use of GIS data structures are included
throughout the recommendations. In short the document includes details for
operations as well as improvements across all stakeholders, flow charts,
examples of project documentation and descriptive graphics. References
included are extensive and offer a path for further expanding the user’s
knowledge base of cross bores risk reduction.
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Mission Statement of CBSA
"The purpose of the Cross Bore Safety Association is to bring persons and organizations together to create comprehensive high quality standards, guidelines, best practices, means and methods, courses, training, instructional materials and other related resources for the education and training of owners, installers, regulators, users, inspectors, maintainers and others who can benefit from such so as to minimize the risk for injury, loss of life and property damage from utility cross bores in an effective and efficient manner.”
Focus of Efforts:
Highlighted on This Page:
● Mission
Statement
● Target
Areas of
Interest
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Initial Focus
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Definition of a Utility Cross
Bore
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Articles Bylaws
Definition of a Utility Cross
Bore
Cross bores are defined as an
intersection of an existing underground utility or underground structure by
a second utility resulting in direct contact between the transactions of the
utilities that compromises the integrity of either utility or underground
structure.
CBSA completed the Leading Practices for Cross Bore Risk Reduction, working with key industry associations, agencies and leaders, in December 2019. The 88 page Leading Practices, 32 chapters, 23 figures, 33 references and 12 examples.