HOW TO REDUCE UTILITY TRENCHING COSTS

Trenchless equipment lets utilities run pipe and cables without disturbing the road. Public works authorities can help implement trenchless use by prohibiting cuts and by providing utilities and their contractors with trenchless technology information. The City of San Francisco studied the effect of trench cuts on the life of its streets. The city found the average street has a useful life of 26 years, if it experiences fewer than three trench cuts. With three to nine cuts, the lifespan of streets is 18 years; with more than nine cuts, it drops to 13 years.

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• Publication Date: 1997-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 18-20
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cutting; Pavements; Pipelines; Public utilities; Service life; Trenching
• Uncontrolled Terms: Utilities
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement life
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Pipelines; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738447
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 7 1997 12:00AM