In
Buried Assets – Capturing, Recording,
Maintaining and Sharing of Location
The quality, accuracy and reliability of asset owners’
records are variable,
Limited established industry standards to which buried
asset owners are required to adhere to,
Confusion and delays for those needing the information
to be able to work safely, and higher risk of asset strikes
causing:
– safety risks to the public;
– higher costs to the project, customers, general public, local businesses,
etc.;
– delays to the project, customers, general public, local businesses, etc.;
and
– risks of environmental damage.
There have been relatively few attempts
to improve the quality of records over time
Why develop PAS 256?
Why develop the PAS?
Street Works (Records) (England) Regulations 2002
These Regulations set out the way in which utilities and
others are expected to keep records about the location
of pipes, wires and other apparatus in the street.
“This is an area where it would be best for
industry to set standards, rather than
government. Encouraging progress is already
being made by the street works sector on a
non-regulatory basis,
and we will look to revoke
unnecessary regulations”.
Norman Baker, Minister
Builds on existing legislation, PAS128 and
HSG47
Drives towards improved accuracy and
starts to facilitate electronic sharing
Improves linkage between critical
infrastructure assets and other initiatives
for digital built Britain (e.g. Smart Cities,
BIM)
Data
Information Exchange
Locational Accuracy
Number of days to make information
available
Requirements for different asset
owners
Unidentified Buried Objects and
Wrongly Marked Objects
Safety and Protection
Guidance when discovering a
UBO or WRO
A Process
A template for notification
Unidentified Buried Objects (UBO)
The PAS may be tested by some
organizations, although some, such as
Heathrow are considerably further developed
Encourages organizations to embrace the
change now and start to include in new
contracts
A recognized transition as technology
becomes more convenient and cost effective
“All information on underground assets,
and appropriate associated above ground
assets, will be shared between
stakeholders in a consistent way, on
demand”
National Underground Assets Group
Identification of Asset Owners with an
interest at this location
Gas National Grid Gas &Box.NUAG.UK.ngrid.com Electricity UK Power Networks &Box.Ukpowernetworks.co.uk Water Thames Water &Box.Thameswater.com Comms Openreach www.openreach.co.uk/enquiries
Comms Virgin Media www.digdat.co.uk/enquiries
