Protection in Place definition

Protection in Place means any action taken to avoid damaging a Utility which does not involve removing or relocating that Utility, including staking the location of a Utility, exposing the Utility, avoidance of a Utility’s location by construction equipment, installing steel plating or concrete slabs, encasement in concrete, temporarily de-energizing power lines, and installing physical barriers. The term includes both temporary measures and permanent installations meeting the foregoing definition.

Protection in Place means any action taken to avoid damaging a Utility which does not involve removing or relocating that Utility, including staking the location of a Utility, exposing the Utility, avoidance of a Utility’s location by construction equipment, installing steel plating or concrete slabs, encasement in concrete, temporarily de-energizing power lines, and installing physical barriers. This term includes both temporary measures and permanent installations meeting the foregoing definition.

Protection in Place means any action taken to avoid damaging a utility facility which does not involve removing or relocating that facility, including but not limited to staking the location of a facility, exposing the facility, locating construction equipment so as to avoid impacts to facilities, installing steel plating or concrete slabs, encasement in concrete, temporarily de-energizing power lines, and installing physical barriers. For example, temporarily lifting power lines without cutting them would be considered a Protection in Place; whereas temporarily moving power lines to another location after cutting them would be considered a phased Utility Adjustment and not a Protection in Place. The term “Protection in Place” includes both temporary measures and permanent installations meeting the foregoing definition.

Examples of Protection in Place in a sentence

• Developer's obligation to provide Protection in Place for Utilities includes any Early Adjustments, whether or not timely completed.

• The DBT shall be responsible for Protection in Place of all utilities impacted by the project as necessary for their continued safe operation and structural integrity.

• Developer's obligations to provide Protection in Place for Utilities includes Early Adjustments, whether or not timely completed.

• The Utility Owner must agree to all Protection in Place work that pertains to Utility Owner’s facilities.

• A Utility Agreement is not required for any Utility Adjustment consisting solely of Protection in Place in the Utility’s original location within the Project ROW, unless the Utility Owner is being reimbursed for costs incurred by it on account of such Protection in Place.

• For example, temporarily lifting power lines without cutting them would be considered Protection in Place; whereas temporarily moving power lines to another location after cutting them would not be considered Protection in Place and would instead be a Temporary Relocation.

• If no reimbursement is required to the Utility Owner, a Utility Joint Use Acknowledgment or Utility Installation Request, Form 1082, as required in Section 6.2.4.5 and set of plans detailing UAR compliance is required pertaining to the Adjustment or Protection in Place work.

• A Utility Agreement is not required for any Utility work consisting solely of Protection in Place in the Utility’s original location within the Project ROW, unless the Utility Owner is being reimbursed for costs incurred by it on account of such Protection in Place.

• Each Utility Adjustment (as well as each Utility remaining in place in the Project ROW and not requiring any Protection in Place or other Utility Adjustment) shall be addressed in a Utility Assembly prepared by the Developer and submitted to TxDOT for its review and comment, and for TxDOT’s approval of any items for which this Section 6, including Attachment 7 -- Utility Forms and Attachment 8 – Utility Assembly and Tracking Report Requirements, requires TxDOT’s approval.

• DB Team's obligation to provide Protection in Place for Utilities includes any Early Adjustments, whether or not timely completed.

More Definitions of Protection in Place

Protection in Place or “Protect in Place” shall mean any activity undertaken to avoid damaging a Utility which does not involve removing or relocating that Utility, including staking the location of a Utility, avoidance of a Utility‟s location by construction equipment, installing steel plating or concrete slabs, encasement in concrete, temporarily de-energizing power lines, and installing physical barriers. For example, temporarily lifting power lines without cutting them would be considered Protection in Place; whereas temporarily moving power lines to another location after cutting them would not be considered Protection in Place.