Pipeline Condition Assessment
Reliable Insights for Proactive Pipeline Management
Precision Assessments with Minimal Effort for Your Critical Sub-Transmission Assets
Sub-transmission pipelines are the backbone of your water network, bridging the gap between transmission mains and smaller distribution pipes.
Ensuring their reliability is crucial—but traditional assessment methods often demand significant resources or fail to provide the resolution needed. KenWave’s Dynamic Response Imaging™ (DRI) technology strikes the perfect balance between effort and quality, delivering high-resolution, actionable data through a simplified, non-invasive process.
By making condition assessments accessible and efficient, DRI empowers utilities to prioritize maintenance and investments with confidence.
High-Resolution Pipeline Data with Minimal Effort
KenWave’s DRI technology simplifies sub-transmission pipeline assessments by delivering precise, non-invasive insights without service disruptions.
Smarter Condition Assessments, Simplified
KenWave’s vibroacoustic technology provides sub-pipe stick resolution, detecting wall distress, residual thickness, leaks, and pipe class changes—all using existing access points like valves and hydrants.
Efficient Validation, Reduced Footprint
With targeted assessments and focused validations, utilities minimize unnecessary excavation and maximize their investment in proactive pipeline management.
KenWave makes sub-transmission pipeline assessments more accessible, accurate, and cost-effective—empowering utilities to manage critical assets with confidence.
Key Deliverables:
- Residual wall thickness and identified leak locations;
- Structural integrity grading based on percentage wall loss;
- Annual degradation rate evaluation, field observations, and recommended management steps.
- Supporting Excel tables and a color-coded GIS shapefile for easy integration.
- Factor of Safety (FOSR) Condition Grading;
- Probability of Failure (POF);
- Remaining Service Life (RSL);
- Deterioration curves developed from DRI data and historical inspections to enhance predictive accuracy.
Actionable Insights Without Complexity
By eliminating the operational challenges of invasive tools, DRI delivers detailed condition data with minimal effort, reducing risks and optimizing decision-making.
Elevate your sub-transmission pipeline strategy with minimal effort and maximum results.
Discover the accessible, high-quality insights KenWave’s DRI technology can provide. Contact us today to learn more or schedule a consultation.
Case Study: Greater Toronto Airports Authority and CIMA+
KenWave partnered with CIMA+ to conduct a non-invasive condition assessment and simulated leak detection on segments of the district heating and cooling system at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Case Study: Peel Region and CIMA+
KenWave partnered with CIMA+ and Peel Region to conduct a non-invasive condition assessment of two 6-inch (150 mm) ductile iron water mains, originally installed in 1975.
Case Study: Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC)
KenWave collaborated with HSA, HDR, and WSSC to perform a detailed condition assessment and leak detection on 5.7 miles of multi-material water mains using Dynamic Response Imaging™ (DRI) technology.