Entries Tagged Pipeline Surveying & Mapping (GPS/GIS)

In July 2015, the city of Alpharetta, Georgia, was awarded a grant from the federal EPA for field inspections of its stormwater...

Sometimes collections systems are simple: Bury some pipe and let gravity do the work. Sometimes, it takes a more creative approach.The Department...

The Spar 300 from Vivax-Metrotech is a precise utility surveying system that collects positions to site coordinates. It continuously logs the utility...

Some projects protect waterways. Some preserve a city and nation’s history.As the capital city of Canada, Ottawa will play a central role...

The population of Gilbert, Arizona, has skyrocketed from under 6,000 in 1980 to more than 240,000 today. That growth required rapid construction...

The Spar 300 from Vivax-Metrotech is a precise utility surveying system that collects positions in site coordinates, in a package that adapts...

With the addition of the PipeLogix GIS Module added to ArcMap, supervisors can view all surveys performed on an asset. The toolbar...

Alvin Robertson recalls his first look at a deteriorating i manhole, which inspired a new program to systematically map, inspect and rehabilitate...

In the in the final part of our series on acoustic pipe inspection (or API) you’ll learn about the nature of the...

In the first part of our “What the Heck is Acoustic Pipe Inspection” series we explored the three latest methods of Acoustic...

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on acoustic pipe inspection. Watch MSWmag.com for more on this technology, including...

The city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, is focused on infrastructure renewal. For the past three years it’s been prioritizing its infrastructure needs,...

The Spar 300 utility surveying system from Vivax-Metrotech collects positions in site coordinates, in a package that easily adapts directly to a...

Someone asked me 15 years ago what I did for a living, and I proudly answered, "I inspect pipe." I could barely contain my enthusiasm. Here...