An Approach for Data Analysis, Evaluation and Correction: A Case Study from Man-Made River Project in Libya
The world-s largest Pre-stressed Concrete Cylinder
Pipe (PCCP) water supply project had a series of pipe failures which
occurred between 1999 and 2001. This has led the Man-Made River
Authority (MMRA), the authority in charge of the implementation
and operation of the project, to setup a rehabilitation plan for the
conveyance system while maintaining the uninterrupted flow of
water to consumers. At the same time, MMRA recognized the need
for a long term management tool that would facilitate repair and
maintenance decisions and enable taking the appropriate preventive
measures through continuous monitoring and estimation of the
remaining life of each pipe. This management tool is known as the
Pipe Risk Management System (PRMS) and now in operation at
MMRA. Both the rehabilitation plan and the PRMS require the
availability of complete and accurate pipe construction and
manufacturing data
This paper describes a systematic approach of data collection,
analysis, evaluation and correction for the construction and
manufacturing data files of phase I pipes which are the platform for
the PRMS database and any other related decision support system.
[1] O. Essamin and M. Holley, "Great Man Made River Authority (GMRA):
The Role of Acoustic Monitoring in the Management of the World's
Largest Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe Project," Proceedings of the
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the International Pipelines
Conference, Aug., 1-4, 2004, San Diego, California, USA.
[2] N. M. Amaitik, and S. M. Amaitik, "Development of PCCP Wire Breaks
Prediction Model Using Artificial Neural Networks," Proceedings of the
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the International Pipelines
Conference, Jul., 22-25, 2008, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
[1] O. Essamin and M. Holley, "Great Man Made River Authority (GMRA):
The Role of Acoustic Monitoring in the Management of the World's
Largest Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe Project," Proceedings of the
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the International Pipelines
Conference, Aug., 1-4, 2004, San Diego, California, USA.
[2] N. M. Amaitik, and S. M. Amaitik, "Development of PCCP Wire Breaks
Prediction Model Using Artificial Neural Networks," Proceedings of the
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the International Pipelines
Conference, Jul., 22-25, 2008, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
@article{"International Journal of Architectural, Civil and Construction Sciences:52656", author = "Nasser M. Amaitik and Nabil A. Alfagi", title = "An Approach for Data Analysis, Evaluation and Correction: A Case Study from Man-Made River Project in Libya", abstract = "The world-s largest Pre-stressed Concrete Cylinder
Pipe (PCCP) water supply project had a series of pipe failures which
occurred between 1999 and 2001. This has led the Man-Made River
Authority (MMRA), the authority in charge of the implementation
and operation of the project, to setup a rehabilitation plan for the
conveyance system while maintaining the uninterrupted flow of
water to consumers. At the same time, MMRA recognized the need
for a long term management tool that would facilitate repair and
maintenance decisions and enable taking the appropriate preventive
measures through continuous monitoring and estimation of the
remaining life of each pipe. This management tool is known as the
Pipe Risk Management System (PRMS) and now in operation at
MMRA. Both the rehabilitation plan and the PRMS require the
availability of complete and accurate pipe construction and
manufacturing data
This paper describes a systematic approach of data collection,
analysis, evaluation and correction for the construction and
manufacturing data files of phase I pipes which are the platform for
the PRMS database and any other related decision support system.", keywords = "Asbuilt, History, IMD, MMRA, PDBMS & PRMS", volume = "6", number = "8", pages = "583-5", }