Contingency Planning for Microtunneling: An Essential Activity
Abstract
This paper describes why contingency planning is an essential activity on any microtunneling and other trenchless construction projects, then summarizes what design engineers, owners, and contractors need to consider in developing contingency plans. The definitions for these terms are as follows:
Contingency: An event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility; a possibility that must be prepared for; a future emergency
Plan: A scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of an objective
As these definitions suggest, a contingency plan is one that is developed in advance of possible events to address possible events that will require a rapid response. These definitions also suggest the reasons why owners, designers, and contractors often don’t develop contingency plans: the events are only possible and may not occur, and developing extensive, formal plans to deal with them, should they occur, often seems like a waste of resources.
2009
International No-Dig Show Proceedings
Craig Camp
Jacobs Associates, San Diego, CA
