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Approval RAJA CHAKRABORTY SUMAN MONDAL
JOB PROCEDURE FOR UNDERGROUND MDPE PIPE NETWORKS
DOC:- TGSPL/IOCL/COIMBATORE/C-5/QCP-JP-01 Rev. No. 00 P a g e 2 of 12
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Purpose 4
2. Scope 4
3. Reference 4
4. Responsibilities 4
5. Methodology 5
5.1 Excavation 5
5.2 Laying 6
5.4 Backfilling 7
5.5 Moiling 8
5.8 Restoration 9
5.9 Testing 10
5.10 Purging 10
6. Assistance in Commissioning 11
7. Standard of Work 11
8. Appendix / Formats 12
JOB PROCEDURE FOR UNDERGROUND MDPE PIPE NETWORKS
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1.0 PURPOSE
The purpose of this procedure is to lay guidelines and requirements and to establish a method or
system to control LAYING OF MDPE PIPELINE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR
COIMBATORE GA (GROUP C-5) FOR CGD PROJECT
2.0 SCOPE
3.0 REFERENCES
4.0 RESPONSIBILITIES
5.0 METHODOLOGY
5.1 EXCAVATION
Trench shall be excavated by using manual/machine on the cleared, graded and center tine marked
right of use as per alignment sheets. In case of rocky area/RCC floor area separate procedure has to
prepared and submitted to IOCL /TEPL for their approval.
All sewers, drains, ditches and other natural waterways, encountered while trenching shall be
maintained open and functional by providing proper temporary installations if required. Suitable
dewatering pumps shall be deployed to dewater, if required.
The trench shall be excavated to a minimum width to provide clearance on both sides of the pipe as
indicated in the Client Specifications relevant to trench dimension and to a depth sufficient to provide
the minimum cover.
In those areas where rock or gravel or hard soil is encountered in the bottom of the trench compact
padding is required. The thickness of the compacted padding shall not be less than 150 mm all
around the pipe. Padding material approved by TEPL/ IOCL. Shall be graded soil/sand and/or other
materials containing no gravel, rock or lumps of hard soil.
When permitted to open cut a paved road crossing by authorities and/or TEPL/ IOCL the paving shall
be removed in accordance with restrictions and requirements of the authorities having jurisdiction or
as directed by TEPL/IOCL.
Trench gaps shall be provided as necessary to permit land owners or tenants to perform their work on
both sides of construction right-of-way.
The paving shall be restored to its original position after the pipeline is installed,
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Where the contour of the ground may require extra depth to fit minimum radius of bends Customary
to good pipeline practice or where deep trench is required at approaches to roads, Railways, or water
courses additional depth shall be excavated after obtaining permission from concerned authorities
and or TEPL/ IOCL.
M/s TGSPL shall excavate to additional depth where the pipeline approaches and crosses other
pipeline, sewers, drain pipes, water mains, telephone conduits and other underground structures, so
that the pipeline may be laid with at least 30 cms free clearance from the obstacle or as specified in
the drawings or such greater minimum distances as may he required by authorities having
jurisdiction.
Necessary care to be taken to protect the underground utilities/structures and shall excavate the
trench manually where use of trenching machine/excavator may result in damage to the property and
sub-surface structures likely to be encountered during excavation M/S TGSPL has to obtain all
existing and planned underground services from relevant authorities and shall follow these plans
accordingly.
Wherever necessary soil dams and dewatering of trench etc. to be carried out to avoid up floating of
pipes to the satisfaction of Consultant / Client.
5.2 LAYING
Laying of MDPE pipelines shall commence only after ensuring proper dimensions and clean surface
of the trench. The trench bottom shall he free from the presence of cuts, stones, roots, debris, stakes,
rock projections up to 150mm below underside of pipe and any other material which could lead of
perforation/ tearing of the pipe wall.
After ensuring above the MDPE pipe coil shall be uncoiled smoothly through proper equipment's/
care inside the trench ensuring no damage to pipe coil during laying. We must ensure that pipe caps
are provided before lowering of pipeline. The trench after this can be released for back filling leaving
adequate lengths open at the ends, for jointing.
Where given specific approval by the Engineer In-Charge a pipe may pass through an open drain or
nalla. Where this is permitted the pipe shall reinstalled inside a concrete or steel sleeve for protection.
The sleeve material shall be procured and laid by M/s TGS. In general the GI Sleeve and MS sleeves
material specification shall be confirming to IS 1239 (Heavy Duty) specification of reputed make.
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Valves shall be installed at locations shown on the Design Plan or as directed by the Engineer In-
Charge and joined with PE pipes by electro-fusion techniques. The valves shall be supported on a
bed of fine fill of grit size not greater than 5mm to achieve equivalent support as the incoming and
outgoing pipe work.
Laying graphs with details of depth, length, offsets from fixed references, other utility crossings,
fittings, size of casing pipe used for the pipeline shall be prepared on daily basis and submitted to Site
Engineers of the Owner for approval. These details will be further incorporated into As-Built Drawings.
The procedure for jointing of PE pipe and fittings is enclosed. Only Bar coded electro-fusion machine
(Automatically Readable) that can read the bar code of the fittings automatically shall be used for
jointing of MDPE pipe / fittings. Manual feeding electro-fusion machines are not acceptable for jointing
purpose.
We shall flush the Pipeline (with air to remove dust, water, mud etc. before fusing the joints. Before
joining, the M/s TGSPL shall place packing sand under the pipes on both sides of the joint to keep the
pipes in line and at the correct alignment during the jointing process. Alignment clamps with the
correct size shells should be used to align the pipe during the electro-fusion cycle.
Only, Approved Jointers shall carry out fusion of all joints. M/s TGSPL shall provide the list of jointers
to be used on the job and make arrangements for qualification Testing of the jointers in presence of
Owner / Owner's representative. All approved Jointers shall bear Identity cards signed by
Owner/Owner's representative.
5.4 BACKFILLING
Backfilling shall be done after ensuring that appurtenance have been properly fitted and the pipe is
following the ditch profile at the required depth that will provide the required cover and has a bed
which is free of extraneous material and which allows the pipe to rest smoothly and evenly.
Dewatering shall be carried out prior to backfilling. No backfilling shall be allowed if the trench is not
completely dewatered.
Prior to backfilling it should be ensured that the post padding where required of compacted thickness
150mm is put over and around the pipe immediately after lowering.
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The backfill material shall contain no extraneous material and/ or hard lumps of soil, which could
damage the pipe and/ or coating or leave voids in the backfilled trench. In case, it is required and
directed by Engineer In-Charge, screening of the backfill material shall be carried out with specified
equipment before backfilling the trench.
Where small pieces of rock, gravel, lumps of hard soil or like materials are encountered at the time of
trench excavation, sufficient earth or select backfill materials shall be placed around and over the pipe
to form a protective cushion extending at least to a height of 150mm above the top of the pipe. Select
backfill materials for padding that are acceptable shall be screened soil, containing no gravel.
After laying of PE pipe lines, back filling with available soft soil up to depth of minimum 300mm,
placing brick as per given drawing or instruction of IOCL / TEPL, back filling with available soil up to
minimum depth of 200 mm above bricks, putting approved warning mat of 0.5mm thick and 250 mm
wide with traceability provision (as per attached specification), The warning mat is to be unrolled
centrally over the pipe section and ther6after further backfilling will commence. Backfilling activity
shall include proper compaction by jumping jack compactor and watering in layers of 150mm above
the warning mat.
Proper crowning of not more than 150mm shall be done. All the excavated material required to be
used during the Restoration process shall be stacked and kept separately and properly. Wherever
Road cutting/ Tiles removal/ PC cutting has been done during excavation for laying, the area shall be
back filled and compacted immediately so that no inconvenience is caused to the general public.
5.5 MOLING
The Moiling shall be carried out as per the requirement specified by IOCL/ TEPL, and approved
procedures. The M/s. TGSPL has to carry out thorough survey of the underground utilities before
going for the Moiling, to avoid the damage to the other utilities.
For manual Moiling the M/s TGSPL shall ensure that the size of the hole shall not be more than 20%
of the size of the casing / carrier pipe whichever is applicable. After completion of Manual Moiling the
hole shall be properly compacted / filled with soil by watering and by approved procedures, the pits
shall be backfilled, compacted & restored.
The length of the Hole (excluding the sizes of the pits on both ends) shall be considered for the
measurement of moiling length. However, intermediate pits will consider in the moiling length.
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One of the above techniques is required to be carried out by the M/s TGSPL where conventional
trenching/Moiling is not possible viz. railways, major waterways, highways, roads etc. Details of such
crossings shall be obtained by the M/s TGSPL and construction drawings shall be prepared by the
M/s TGSPL in consultation with TEPL/IOCL. Execution of the work shall be based on the TEPL/ IOCL
approved drawings. The M/s TGSPL has do the thorough survey of the underground utilities before
commencement of BORING/ RAMMING/ DIRECTIONAL DRILLING to avoid the damage to the other
utilities.
The type of HDD to be carried out i.e. conventional (with or without casing) shall be at the discretion
of IOCL/TEPL. And prior approval is to be taken before starting the HDD.
The length of the HOLE (excluding the sizes of the pits on both ends) shall be considered of HDD
length.
The tentative sizes of the HDPE casing pipe for Moiling/ HDD shall be as follows:-
5.8 RESTORATION
Wherever the restoration is required, the roads, footpaths (including roads and footpaths inside
colonies) shat be restored to original condition, and the same shall be done as per concerned local
authorities norms and to the satisfaction of the concerned local Authority. To retard curing of the
installed concrete, wet sack cloth is to be placed on the finished surface and kept damp for a period
of 36 hours.
5.9 TESTING
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Pressure testing will be carried out with compressed air. Compressed air will be provided by M/s
TGSPL for testing purposes.
For main line the test duration shall be 24 hrs. With these tests, the pressure should be allowed to
stabilize for a period of 30 minutes after pressurization. The holding period may then commence and
continue for 24hours. For secondary pipeline network and service lines measuring instruments shall
have been calibrated and their accuracy and sensitivity confirmed. For testing of Network, calibrated
pressure gauges of suitable range shall be supplied by the M/s TGSPL. The pressure gauges shall
be calibrated from time to time as desired, by Engineer-in-Charge. All testing shall be witnessed and
approved by the EIC or his delegated representative. Tie-in joints may be tested at working pressure
following commissioning.
Only, The service line for connectivity of PE pipelines from secondary network to tertiary network,
depending on case to case basis testing will be carried out independently and shall be pneumatically
pressure tested at 6-10 kg/cm2 for reduced test duration of 4hrs. The service testing in this case will
be performed after the service installation is complete but before the service tee has been tapped.
Also in some cases the tapping of the service tee will be delayed pending the completion and purging
of the main pipelines.
Test procedure with sketches showing the pipeline got to be tested, vent points, gauge location, and
inlet pressure point is to be prepared & approved by TEPL/IOCL site engineers as the same shall
depend on the location & the extent of laying of PE Connectivity pipeline.
5.10 PURGING
Nitrogen purging shall be carried out prior to commencement of gas charging. Gas charging &
commissioning shall be carried out when purging has been successfully completed and test records
are available with line under positive nitrogen pressure of at least 0.3 to 0.5 kg/cm2.
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The valve pit shall be constructed in accordance with location and drawings provided by M/s
TEPL/IOCL.
Permanent Marker (As per typical Drawings Placed at Tender) shall be Installed at regular intervals
as per the instructions of the Engineer In-Charge immediately after laying of the pipeline. The
installation of the type of the Permanent Marker shall be decided by the EIC depending on the site
condition.
6. ASSISTANCE IN COMMISSIONING
M/s TGSPL shall provide the required personnel, Vehicles, labor, supervision, tools, equipment,
instruments and technical assistance for performance tests and commissioning activities as per
requirement of IOCL/TEPL.
7. STANDARD OF WORK
All work carried out under this contract shall be to standards, codes of practice; construction
procedures and other technical requirements as defined in the technical specifications.
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Note: In case on any conflict between the above procedure and project specification the
later shall govern, without any prejudice to the terms and conditions of the contract.
PROJECT :LAYING OF MDPE PIPELINE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR COIMBATORE GA (GROUP C-5) FOR CGD PROJECT
TGSPL TEPL/IOCL
Sign.: Sign :
Name: Name :
Date : Date :
Project: LAYING OF MDPE PIPELINE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR COIMBATORE GA (GROUP C-5) FOR CGD PROJECT
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Project: LAYING OF MDPE PIPELINE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR COIMBATORE GA (GROUP C-5) FOR CGD PROJECT
DATE:-
REPORT NO.:-
LOCATION:-
Contractor Name:- M/s.TECHNO GLOBAL SERVICES LTD
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MDPE Laying Report No. Date :
DOC. No.: TGSPL/ IOCL/COIMBATORE/C-5/QCP-IR-01C Rev 0)
Project
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0 0Y I N G O F M D P E P I P E L I N E A N D A S S O C I A T E D Society & Street Name:
WORKS FOR COIMBATORE GA (GROUP C -5) FOR CGD
PROJECT
Dia. Of Pipe: Loop No. From Chain age: To Chain age:
Pipe length Moiling with HDPE casing: Pipe length Moiling without casing:
Pipe length HDD with HDPE casing: Pipe length HDD without casing:
Whether Soft padding& warning mat provided:
Protective cover type (Bricks/ slab): Qty. Of protective cover provided:
TGSPL TEPL/IOCL
Sign Sign
Date Date
Name Name
PROJECT : LAYING OF MDPE PIPELINE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR COIMBATORE GA (GROUP C-5) FOR CGD PROJECT
e)HDD Pulled Length (mtr): k) Attach HDD Bore Plan/ Profile: YES / No
NAME:- NAME:-
SIGNATURE:- SIGNATURE:-
Project: LAYING OF MDPE PIPELINE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR COIMBATORE GA
(GROUP C-5) FOR CGD PROJECT
1 Flushing Done (Pipe cleared from water /Mud / debris and dust) Date
1. 3.
2. 4.
Test Results :
Remarks If any:
SIG: SIG: SIG:
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