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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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May/June 2018
MY DAVEY
COLLABORATION HELPS DOMINION ENERGY
A pilot program for Dominion Energy Ohio showcased
how Davey Resource Group (DRG) and Residential/
Commercial (R/C) services can serve the client's goal
of identifying and maintaining its natural gas pipeline
rights of way.
Looking to maintain 500 miles of pipeline, Dominion
tasked Davey with developing a turn-key solution for
50 miles in Northeast Ohio to see if it could be applied
to the larger network.
Kelly Kiel, project manager, DRG, said the work started
with her team mailing out postcards to property owners
where Davey employees might enter to identify and
catalogue pipeline rights of way.
"In Ashtabula County alone, we sent out close to 700
postcards prior to entering any property," she said.
"We did all the easement research for Dominion to
verify the property owners' rights. It was a lot of
courthouse work and developing the mailing list."
Above left: Davey R/C crews in Ohio collaborated with Davey Resource
Group to manage right-of-way clearance for Dominion Energy Ohio.
Showcasing Davey's solution-oriented capabilities, Kiel's
team took files provided by the client and used DRG
geographic information system (GIS) mapping software
to overlay data onto the Ashtabula County auditor's office
property maps. That let the team easily extract property
owner information to compile the mailing list for sending
notification fliers.
"It's definitely a multi-layered project," Kiel said.
Next, the DRG team traversed the rights of way and found
the gas pipelines using handheld pipeline locator equipment.
The project stipulated 10 feet of open space on both sides
of the pipeline, so DRG crews tagged trees that needed
removed to meet the requirements. The work included
locating each tree, identifying it, taking a photograph and
uploading all the data to a software program the client could
access and monitor in real-time.
After DRG planned the work, crews from several Ohio
R/C offices took over.
Above right: R/C crews from eight different offices worked on the
Dominion Energy Ohio project.
