Dec 12, 2013 ... Assessing the Underworld advances the Mapping the Underworld ... event for the
Assessing the Underworld ... Welcome and Introduction.
Assessing the Underworld advances the Mapping the Underworld (MTU) initiative into a new sphere of influence and is part of a 25-year vision to make street works more sustainable. It builds upon two existing MTU research themes, which aimed – to develop the means to locate, map in 3-D and record, using a single shared multi-sensor platform, the position of all buried utility assets without excavation and to integrate this information with the utility service company records in a single, integrated, searchable We are pleased to announce the launch database. This new phase of MTU uses the geophysical tools combined in the MTU multi-sensor platform to assess the condition of the buried pipelines and cables, and of the ground in which they are buried, and of the road structures that overlie them. For example a deteriorated water pipeline will give a different response to the geophysical techniques than a pristine pipeline, while wetting of the adjacent soil or voids created by local erosion due to leakage will result in a different ground response to unaltered natural soil. The influence of time is accounted for by a sequence of surveys that might be analysed alongside variations in climate and local conditions, and pipeline and cable condition variations as predicted by deterioration models.
event for the Assessing the Underworld project. Alongside our vision for the new project, we will be presenting the final outcomes and findings from the Mapping the Underworld Project (MTU) and seeking your input in how novel sensor technologies might open up new applications in exploring and exploiting the space beneath our streets. Thursday 12th December 2013 British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham
The project’s ambition is therefore to research and prove the concept of the creation of a single, integrated model for the UK’s utility and transport infrastructures and explore the role of the MTU geophysical techniques in providing buried utility service infrastructure condition attributes alongside positional information. Adding condition data for road (and subsequently rail and other transport infrastructure) into the model, and incorporating deterioration models for the three interdependent infrastructures (utility services, geotechnical, and transport) any civil engineering intervention in this system can be undertaken intelligently, being informed by a level of integrated and coherent information heretofore unavailable. The scope of this project is potentially extremely broad, and thus to prove the concept the particular cases of buried utility service pipelines and cables beneath a road structure will provide the focus of the research. The context of the road will necessarily extend to consideration of the underlying support provided by the subgrade and its local drainage conditions.
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Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition and Poster Viewing Welcome and Introduction Mapping the Underworld – Final Outcomes Assessing the Underworld – The Conceptual Framework Assessing the Underworld – Novel Sensor Developments Assessing the Underworld – Informing More Sustainable Streetworks Tea and Coffee, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Streetworks Asset Management A US Perspective. Subsurface Utility Engineering – What Can ATU Do For You? Workshop Session – “What is on Your ATU Wish List?” Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing, Wish List Priority Voting Raising Industry Standards – Towards a UK Code of Practice for Utility Surveying Uncertain Foundations – Ground Deterioration Modelling in a Changing Climate Material Underworld – the BGS Subsurface Capability Workshop Session 2 – “ATU’s Challenges and Enablers” Tea and Coffee, Exhibition and Poster Viewing, Challenges Priority Voting Underground Space in Cities Infrastructure Interdependencies and Novel Business Models Feedback and Plenary Discussion Close, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
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[email protected] 0121 414 3544 www.mappingtheunderworld.ac.uk Assessing the Underworld is an EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) funded research project. Assessing the Underworld wishes to thank the British Geological Survey for hosting the launch event. The MTU and ATU research teams would particularly like to acknowledge their 57 practitioner project partners from industry and other stakeholder organisations who have helped to steer the new research and guide MTU to a successful conclusion.
ATU’s collaborating partners are: University of Birmingham (Chris Rogers, David Chapman, Ian Jefferson, Phil Atkins, Nicole Metje, Alexander Royal) British Geological Survey (Helen Reeves, David Gunn) University of Leeds (Tony Cohn, Barry Clarke, Derek Magee) University of Sheffield (Joby Boxall, Rich Collins, Sean Anderson, Tony Dodd, Rob Dwyer-Joyce) University of Bath (Steve Pennock) University of Southampton (Steve Swingler, Jen Muggleton, Emiliano Rustighi, Paul Lewin) University of Newcastle (Stephanie Glendinning, Paul Hughes) URS (Robert Armitage)
