Demonstration Of Risk Assessment In Utility Conflicts

AUTHOR

Sahil Dahiya*¹, Dr Sumesh Jain²

ABSTRACT  

Fast traveling connections between the cities or states are the major supporter in the growth of the economy of any country but in countries like India transportation means like highways play a vital role in the uprising of the economy as well as the safe and fast travel of the population. India has a very high population density than many other countries and thus is a cause of sophisticated and packed working system in various aspects of the country. Out of many sociological and environmental and financial causes, there is the problem of the Utility Relocation from the proposed project right of way (ROW), which is the reason for most project’s completion delay. Utility conflicts are a major problem that is faced during new construction or widening of a highway because there are various departments and organizations working in our highly dense country, they tend to have a conflict of utilities overlapping or intersecting with each other.  It has been observed that delay in utility relocation is one of the major reasons which leads to the untimely completion of highway projects. Improper accounting/estimating of the utility relocation in detailed project reports also affects adversely the execution of projects as sudden changes. Good risk-avoiding decisions on design and construction cannot be made without knowledge of where these systems are, how they are constructed, and design constraints for relocation or construction in their vicinity.  Therefore, a pre-planned detailed report needs to be documented and furnished describing the utility conflicts and their solution throughout the project. This paper will explore, explain and recommend educational and training needs as presented in recent research studies with interviews conducted with design engineers, survey teams, and utility authorities.

 Keywords:  Highway, traveling, utility conflict, utility relocation