In July 2019, South Burnett Regional Council engaged SHEPHERD to review and update its Water and Wastewater Asset Registers and GIS as Stage 1 of Council’s Water and Wastewater Regional Strategic Planning Project funded under the Maturing the Infrastructure Pipeline Project 2 (MIPP2).
Our Project Team was lead by SHEPHERD Senior Asset Engineer and RPEQ Chris Egbars and consisted of SHEPHERD Partner and RPEQ Stephen Hegedus, Senior Asset Engineer Nabin Shrestha, Asset Management and GIS Specialist Craig Smit and Consultant Engineer Ian Clarke.
The Challenge
Reconstruct asset registers in new Tech 1 hierarchy format using available information including incomplete Tech 1 registers, as constructed plans, existing GIS, staff knowledge and outputs from field inspections of above ground facilities. Also, capture condition ratings and operational status of assets at these facilities.
Challenges included many facility inspection sites spread throughout ten (10) towns, ongoing asset hierarchy and asset description refinements, and identifying below ground assets at facilities.
Our Solution
Complete field inspections of approximately 5,100 water and sewerage assets comprising bores, pumps stations, reservoirs and treatment plants at ten (10) towns and communities – Blackbutt, Boondoomba Dam, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Murgon, Nanango, Proston, Wooroolin and Yallakool.
Update asset registers with 51,000 inground pipework assets and 5,100 above ground assets with descriptions and in new Tech 1 hierarchy format.
Fortnightly progress reporting and onsite meetings with client to plan the forward work including inspections, address needs as they arose for development of registers and hierarchy according to new Tech 1 format.
SHEPHERD outputs were reviewed by Council’s technical staff and recommended changes/revisions were undertaken accordingly.
Key Outcomes
The project was successfully completed in January 2020 and achieved the following outcomes for Council:
