This section includes in-depth documentation and detailed schematics to support safe and efficient project execution
Clients need to conduct regular onsite checks of their water assets to ensure site security, structural impacts and water quality impacts to the supply are not compromised.
A standardised list of items to be inspected, should be documented and site personnel should be trained to be aware of anything that does not appear to be ‘normal’.
More detailed inspections should also be carried out by independent contractors, who are experienced in a wider range of issues likely to affect the safe supply of drinking water to the consumers.
These specialist inspections should be conducted between one and four years, depending on the condition and operating environment of the assets. Tanks in poorer structural condition, known to have vandalism issues or already identified issues that have not been yet been renovated, should be inspected more frequently.
The ‘fresh eyes’ approach is important to identify the ‘hard to locate’ issues that are common in our water supply systems
Recording of site renovations enables a quick reference point of when, what and who performed the works.
This assists in reviewing the quality and durability of the works performed and the timelines of these projects.
Better planning is required before conducting renovation projects.
Combine works together to make effective use of time and equipment whilst on site, to address not just immediate but medium term issues such as coating defects and corroded pipework.
Look for evidence of sunken roof areas, cracked sheeting, increased flexibility or movement in the framing.
This can indicate loose or missing internal fixings, cracked or broken welds on main rafters or supporting wall brackets.
Work carried out after a new tank is constructed can often cause serious structural defects to develop. Back-filling up against lower wall areas can create a transfer of stress to other parts of the tank, that were not allowed for in the engineering design This can reduce the life expectancy of the asset and require significant remedial works to be carried out.
Clients need to conduct regular onsite checks of their water assets to ensure site security, structural impacts and water quality impacts to the supply are not compromised.
A standardised list of items to be inspected, should be documented and site personnel should be trained to be aware of anything that does not appear to be ‘normal’.
More detailed inspections should also be carried out by independent contractors, who are experienced in a wider range of issues likely to affect the safe supply of drinking water to the consumers.
These specialist inspections should be conducted between one and four years, depending on the condition and operating environment of the assets. Tanks in poorer structural condition, known to have vandalism issues or already identified issues that have not been yet been renovated, should be inspected more frequently.
The ‘fresh eyes’ approach is important to identify the ‘hard to locate’ issues that are common in our water supply systems
Recording of site renovations enables a quick reference point of when, what and who performed the works.
This assists in reviewing the quality and durability of the works performed and the timelines of these projects.
Better planning is required before conducting renovation projects.
Combine works together to make effective use of time and equipment whilst on site, to address not just immediate but medium term issues such as coating defects and corroded pipework.
Look for evidence of sunken roof areas, cracked sheeting, increased flexibility or movement in the framing.
This can indicate loose or missing internal fixings, cracked or broken welds on main rafters or supporting wall brackets.
Work carried out after a new tank is constructed can often cause serious structural defects to develop. Back-filling up against lower wall areas can create a transfer of stress to other parts of the tank, that were not allowed for in the engineering design This can reduce the life expectancy of the asset and require significant remedial works to be carried out.