What is Utility Engineering?
Utility Engineering is a branch of Civil Engineering that focuses on the planning, position, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and asset management of any and all utility systems, as well as the interaction between utility infrastructure and other civil infrastructure.
What is Engineering Surveying?
Engineering Surveying as those activities involved in the planning and execution of surveys for the development, design, construction, operation and maintenance of civil and other engineered projects. Engineering surveying may be regarded as a specialty within the broader professional practice of engineering and includes all surveying activities required to support the conception, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of engineered projects. Engineering surveying excludes the surveying of real property, for the establishment of land boundaries, rights of way, easements, and the dependent or independent surveys or resurveys of the public land survey system. ASCE believes that this definition should be adopted by state engineering licensing boards.
Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute
Was formed in response to the growing need to address new and existing utilities throughout the project development process as an engineering task discipline.
Promotes and standardizes the practices now in use that have proven to work to reduce risks and manage uncertainty.
Provides a forum for best practices, education, and information sharing.
Includes committees working on utility investigations; trenchless technologies; coordination between project and utility owners; asset management; utility condition assessment; data security; conflict identification and mitigation; and utility planning, design, and relocation design.
Divisions
Pipeline - Advance pipeline engineering, relative to transmission of liquids gases or solids by pipelines.
Utility Risk Management - Provide leadership related to utility investigations, coordination, design, and data management and security.
Surveying and Geomatics - Provide leadership for the acquisition and management of spatial data, encourage the advancement of geomatics and professional development.
Asset Management - Advance and disseminate knowledge related to the holistic life-cycle asset management of utility infrastructure.
Standards - Responsible for identifying new topics for standards development and growing the overall UESI standards program.
Goals
Provide a national and international forum for exchange of technical and professional ideas.
Identify and disseminate developing technologies and research.
Develop and promote asset management best practices.
Enhance collaboration with ASCE’s technical, professional, and educational groups.
Develop partnerships with national and international organizations that are similar in nature to the Institute.
Identify, reduce, and manage uncertainty in surveying and utility infrastructure.
Assist in the development of associated public policy.