Precast Solutions - March/April 2008 - (Page 23)

businesses that benefit from the overall legacy of highperformance local storm sewers. The economic health of a community is an important and correct consideration that engineers and designers must weigh when specifying storm sewer materials and products. Professional engineers must completely build a knowledge base to make sound design decisions and prepare complete specifications and standard installation details for all piping products. Firsthand field experience and observations can be reinforced only with a complete understanding of the body of knowledge published about all pipe materials available for storm sewers. Experience and knowledge can be strengthened by observing contractors installing various products and materials and how those products react to field conditions and installation techniques. Engineers should evaluate the durability and service conditions of various storm sewers after they have been in use for 10, 20 or even 50 or more years. Only by visiting pipe production facilities can designers and specifiers see how products are manufactured and how vigorously the producer verifies the quality of the finished product. If you are part of the design and specifying community, we encourage you to research and fully understand the differences between pipe products. Apply your training, knowledge and best judgment to protect the public, your firm, the civil engineering profession and personal reputation when selecting storm sewer products and materials. The legacy of the civil engineering profession for high-performance storm sewers should be an “A” on our nation’s pipeline infrastructure report card. Future generations deserve the best effort by today’s civil engineers so that they are not burdened with the cost of our country’s current appetite for fast, easy and cheap goods and services. It is the duty of our consulting engineers and the engineers serving our municipalities and state governments to facilitate the strongest, longest-lasting and most cost-effective infrastructure in the world. Al Hogan, P.E., is Eastern Region engineer with the American Concrete Pipe Association. MARCH/APRIL 2008 | PRECAST SOLUTIONS 23 http://www.grifcote.com http://www.grifcote.com

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