The process of laying down new pipelines has many logistical challenges. Beyond just the process of constructing the pipeline and ensuring it operates smoothly and safely, these construction teams also need to make sure they put the pipelines in the proper place.
A professional pipeline surveyor in Texas can be an invaluable help when companies lay new pipelines. Here are just a few of the ways these surveyors can assist in the pipeline routing process.
Determining the most efficient layout
Pipeline surveyors will help you find the most efficient path on which you should lay out your pipelines. They do this by using Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping tools, which allow them to find certain geographic issues that could play a role in the laying of the pipeline, such as chasms, significant changes in terrain and any other geographic issues that might not be as obvious on standard topographical maps.
After analyzing these maps, surveyors will be able to recommend the best layout to save the most money and material based on environmental constraints, costs and any existing or proposed structures.
This new technology is frequently used in pipeline surveying and has made the surveying process significantly more accurate than the days in which surveyors had to rely on topographical maps.
Identifying potential legal challenges
Land surveyors also research ownership of land, analyze previous surveys on record, determine the status of federal and state land and collect any other important right-of-way documents and information about recorded easements. This helps their clients to get all the information they need about potential legal challenges to the laying of the pipeline in its proposed path.
Reducing costs
Professional land surveyors provide services such as feasibility studies, construction studies, BOM development and preliminary mapping for IFC and IFB proposals. They’ll also provide environmental and land use impact studies, engineering support, governmental analysis and HD scanning. All of this information helps to improve accuracy, which in turn lowers the expected costs of the project.
Identifying potential logistical challenges
It’s not just the legal challenges that land surveyors can help you pinpoint. They also find hidden geographic issues that could pose logistically challenging during the course of the project. The goal is to determine whether the terrain in various areas can physically handle the pipeline. In addition, surveyors will look for any possible environmental hazards that could cause problems down the road.
After uncovering these possible logistical challenges, surveyors will make recommendations to their oil clients based on all of this information they’ve uncovered, and will then recommend the best route for the pipeline and additional alternate routes to help minimize costs and take other considerations into account.
These are just a few of the primary benefits associated with working with a pipeline surveyor in Texas for your next project. It is the best way to ensure you save costs through greater accuracy of the layout and construction. For more information about how to proceed with your project, contact the experts at D.G. Smyth & Company today.