CI/ASCE 38-02

ASCE 38-02 – Standard Guidelines for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data.   (Also referenced as ASCE/CI 38-02 or CI/ASCE 38-02).

Who better to guide you through the process of compliance with ASCE 38-02 than the firm that recognized the need, wrote the proposal, and chaired the development process of this standard?  So-Deep has a thorough understanding of every aspect of this standard.  Our principal, James H. Anspach, continues to chair this on-going ASCE committee and serves as ASCE’s Continuing Education Instructor for this standard.  He also investigates and explains, as an expert witness, its proper use during claims proceedings.

So-Deep provides engineering and utility mapping services geared towards managing the risks that existing utilities create for projects of any kind.  Using ASCE 38-02 in a competent manner helps manage this risk.  ASCE 38-02 is increasingly referenced in project owner procurements, contracts, and lists of standards.  It is quickly becoming a standard of care factor throughout the country.

“Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) has emerged in the past two decades as a means to better characterize the quality of subsurface utility information and to manage the risks associated with construction activities that may affect existing subsurface utilities.  It combines traditional civil engineering practices of utility data collection and depiction with new technologies and new concepts for defining utility information quality. A key component of SUE is affixing an attribute to utility information that denotes the quality of that utility information.  This attribution process is widespread and growing and will benefit from the application of this guideline.  This standard guideline clearly defines these quality attributes and will benefit the engineer, the project owner, and the contractor regarding projects involving excavation and/or other construction activities.” – excerpted from ASCE 38-02.

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