Repairs

Pipe repair objects are associated to a Pipe object. Pipe repairs are commonly carried out on a section of pipe rather than the entire pipe.

The start of the repair (relative to the upstream end of the pipe) and the length of the repair are defined in the repair object.

The repair is displayed on top of the section of pipe in the GeoPlan Window and on the strip plan in the Long Section Window. See Displaying Pipe Repairs on the Network Views for more information.

Pipe repairs and CCTV surveys

Pipe repairs in Collection Networks may also be associated with CCTV surveys.

Pipe repairs may be generated as scheduled tasks for selected CCTV surveys or CCTV survey defects. The CCTV survey ID (before) field of the repair is set to the ID of the CCTV survey used to identify the requirement for the pipe repair.

Check the CCTV required field to flag the repair as requiring a review CCTV survey to verify that the pipe repair has been carried out correctly. The repair will not be automatically closed when updating scheduled tasks if a completed review CCTV survey does not exist.

CCTV surveys may be generated as scheduled tasks for selected pipe repairs. The Review CCTV survey ID (after) field of the repair is set to the ID of the generated CCTV survey to be used to verify that the repair has been carried out correctly.

See Pipe Repair Data Fields (Collection) and Scheduled Tasks for further details.

Manhole repair objects are point objects associated to a manhole (Node object in a Collection Network, Manhole asset object in a Distribution Network).

The repair is displayed as a symbol at the XY coordinate of the repair object (the coordinates of the associated manhole by default).

Pipe clean objects are associated with a run of pipes. The start and end node of the run of pipes to be cleaned and the US Node ID, DS Node ID and Link Suffix of the pipes to be cleaned are defined in the pipe clean object.

The pipe clean object is displayed on top of the run of pipes.

General maintenance objects are point objects that can be associated with many asset types.

The object is displayed as a symbol at the XY coordinate of the maintenance object (the coordinates of the associated object by default).

Hydrant maintenance objects are point objects associated with a Hydrant object.

The maintenance object is displayed as a symbol at the XY coordinate of the maintenance object (the coordinates of the associated hydrant by default).

Meter maintenance objects are point objects associated with a Meter object.

The maintenance object is displayed as a symbol at the XY coordinate of the maintenance object (the coordinates of the associated meter by default).

Valve maintenance objects are point objects associated with a Valve object.

The maintenance object is displayed as a symbol at the XY coordinate of the maintenance object (the coordinates of the associated valve by default).

Valve shut off objects are polypoint objects.

The valve shut off object contains details of valves that need to be closed in order to temporarily isolate the pipe on which a repair object is located.

A valve shut off may be associated with the following types of scheduled task:

• pipe repair
• general maintenance
• hydrant maintenance
• meter maintenance
• valve maintenance

Schedule a valve shut off from a selection of valves

To schedule a single valve shut off task from a selection of one or more valves:

1. Make a selection of valves on the GeoPlan (the pipe isolation trace is a useful tool for selecting valves required to isolate a pipe)
2. Select menu option Network | Scheduling | Create scheduled tasks. The Create Scheduled Tasks dialog is displayed.
3. On the creation dialog, select Valve shut off as the Task Type to Create and click Create a single new task for selected items.
4. Click OK.

A valve shut off object including the currently selected valves will be created.

Generate a valve shut off when creating a repair

To automatically generate an associated valve shut off when creating one of the repair types above, check Select valve shut offs on the Create Scheduled Tasks dialog.

If the object for which the task is created can be isolated by closing valves in the network, the generated valve shut off object will be populated with the valves found. Otherwise the valve shut off object will be left empty. The Valve shut off ID field of the task created will be populated with the ID of the valve shut off object created.

Generate a valve shut off for an existing repair

To generate an associated valve shut off for an existing repair:

1. Click the Schedule valve shut off tool on the Scheduling Tools Toolbar.
2. In the GeoPlan window, click the repair for which the valve shut off is to be generated. The Create Scheduled Tasks dialog is displayed.
3. In the creation dialog, Task Type to Create will be set to Valve shut off and Create a single new task for selected items is selected automatically. Click OK.

If the repair clicked on can be isolated by closing valves in the network, the generated valve shut off object will be populated with the valves found. Otherwise an empty valve shut off object will be generated. The Valve shut off ID field of the repair clicked on will be populated with the ID of the valve shut off object created.

Pump station electrical maintenance objects are point objects associated with a Pump Station object.

The maintenance object is displayed as a symbol at the XY coordinate of the maintenance object (the XY coordinate of the associated pump station by default).

Pump station mechanical maintenance objects are point objects associated with a Pump Station object.

The maintenance object is displayed as a symbol at the XY coordinate of the maintenance object (the XY coordinate of the associated pump station by default).

Asset network and user defined object functionality is only available if the InfoAsset Manager Suite option is enabled on your licence. Contact Innovyze for information about adding this option to your existing licence.

User defined repairs can have any geometry (point, polyline, polygon, none) and will be displayed accordingly on the GeoPlan. See User Defined Objects for further details.