Avista 230717-21 Sandpoint Construction

IPUC Construction Inspection
Inspector(s): Perkins (5.0), Brooks (.5) Date(s): 17-21 July 2023
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Company/Owner: Avista Utilities Unit/OPID: 31232
Address: See in comments City/District: Sandpoint district
Contractor/Job #: Foreman: Mark Employees: See OQ's
See in comments Plaster
Job Description: See in comments Circle: Distribution
Operator Supervisor: One-Call Ticket: Y
On-Site: Y Brian Schrimsher See in comments
Total Inspection Days: 6
Tasks: Rating Critical Procedure# Comments
1. Materials-Handling, Storage, SAT 3.12-13
Labeling
2. Trenching/Boring -Depth, Clearance SAT 3.15
3. Beddin Backfill SAT 3.15
4. Pipe Installation Tracer Wire SAT 3.13
5. Valve Installation SAT 2.14
6. Coating Condition N/A 2.12
7. Manuals-Field Procedures, O & M SAT 1.4
8. Testing-Pressure, Duration, Type SAT 2.12-13/3.18
9. OQ Qualifications SAT 4.31
10. Casing Seal/Installation N/A 3.42
11. Service Line Installation SAT 3.16
12. Tie-In/Hot Tapping SAT 3.22
13. Meter Location/Regulator Testing SAT 2.22
14. Equipment Calibration Verification SAT 5.11,14,21
15. EFV Installation SAT 3.16
16. MAOP N/A 4.15
17. Pure SAT 3.17
18. Safety Equipment SAT
19. Abandonment SAT 5.16
20. Line Locating SAT
21. Plastic Pipe SAT 3.23,24,25 Lyco fittings, electro-
- Joiner(s) Qualified fuse, bolt on tee, butt-
- Fusion Tools fuse
- Heat Plate
- Joining Procedure
22. Steel Pipe N/A 3.22
- Welder(s) Qualified
- Pipe/Coating Inspected/Repaired
- Cathodic Protection
-Non-Destructive Testing
- Welding Procedures
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IPUC Construction Inspection
Additional Comments:
-July 17, 2023: (1 Standard Travel)
--Traveled to Sandpoint, ID to conduct new construction inspections.
-July 18, 2023: IPUC inspector observed a NPL crew cut& cap 6" PE main in 2 locations at 3414 N
Boyer Road for Boyer Road relocate in Sandpoint Idaho. Items observed include: abandonment of 700'
of pipe and sealing of pipe ends, line locating, trenching, tracer wire, electro-fuse caps,blowdown of
pipe, squeezing, lyco fittings, bedding/backfill. Verified OQs of three NPL employees. Quizzed
employees on applicable AOCs. All procedures were followed.
-July 19, 2023: IPUC inspector observed a NPL crew tie in 1945' of 2" PE to 4" main in 2 locations at
509909 Hwy 95 (Sturgeon Station truck stop) Items observed include: line locating, trenching, tracer
wire, electro-fuse 4"x2"tees and couplers, fusing 2-2" valves on piping, squeezing, lyco fittings, 2 hour
pressure tests on entire pipe, install 41b anodes on tracer wire, valve riser install and bedding/backfill.
Verified OQs of three NPL employees. Quizzed employees on applicable AOCs. All procedures were
followed.
-July 20, 2023: IPUC inspectors observed a NPL crew finish tie in of 1945' of 2" PE to 4"main in 2
locations at 509909 Hwy 95 (Sturgeon Station truck stop) Items observed include: tracer wire, lyco
fittings, purging of pipeline and gas quality testing, squeezing, blow down/setting and gas quality testing
of service line/meter, install 41b anodes on tracer wire, valve riser install and bedding/backfill. Verified
OQs of three NPL employees. Quizzed employees on applicable AOCs. All procedures were followed.
--July 20, 2023: IPUC inspectors observed a NPL crew install 3/ service line from stub to 101 Tonka
Way, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Items observed include: tracer wire, squeezing, lyco fittings, purging of
pipeline, gas quality testing,pressure test of service line/riser and meter install, setting of 7" water
columns on meter and bedding/backfill. Verified OQs of three NPL employees. Quizzed employees on
applicable ADCs. All procedures were followed.
-July 21, 2023: (1 Standard Travel)
--Traveled to back to Boise, ID to conclude new construction inspections in Sandpoint District.
Corrective Action Required: Yes No X
Follow-up Required: By Date: Yes No X
Inspector(Lead): Date: 21
Perkins Div July 2023
Reviewer:
Date:
Brooks
IPUC Form 4