Millennium Projects
Technical Details
Millennium Project Number: M-2001-009
Project Title:Urban Utility Center Technology Laboratory
Project Start Date: 2001
Projected End Date: 2006
Technical Details:
This is a two part project that will include, first, the creation of a Trenchless Technology Demonstration Laboratory (TTDL) at the Urban Utility Center for the performance assessment of "thin-walled" PE liners (Subline, Rolldown, Swage Lining) and CIPP liners (Starline, Paltem). This laboratory will perform tests that will evaluate the ability of thin-walled HDPE and CIPP liners to bridge holes and gaps in the host pipe primarily focused on urban infrastructure pipeline systems.
Another primary objective of the Urban Utility Center is to facilitate the cooperation between the NYCDEP and the NYC utilities for the demonstration and performance assessment of innovative infrastructure technologies and, thereby, enhance the technical capacity for upgrading the performance of the aging infrastructure systems. Within this context, it is proposed to establish the TTDL laboratory. It is anticipated that this laboratory, working with the Agencies' Laboratories in field demonstration studies, will provide the NYCDEP and NYC utilities with a cooperative framework to jointly conduct mutually defined laboratory projects for the continued performance assessment of new technologies. Secondly, the laboratory project, in concert with NYC agency and inter-utility cooperation, will foster the development of public and private relationships that will result in mutual benefits associated with avoidance-interference conflicts on NYC construction projects.
These projects are being co-funded by KeySpan and Con Edison in cooperation with the Urban Utility Center.