VRIOGS 012.2.1 - Public Transport Victoria

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VRIOGS 012.2.1 REVISION A
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1.0 CONVENTIONS 1
SECTION 2.0 DEFINITIONS 2
SECTION 3.0 SCOPE AND GENERAL 4
3.1 Scope 4
3.2 Application 4
3.3 Background 4
SECTION 4.0 CABLE ROUTE REQUIREMENTS 5
4.1 General 5
4.2 Underground Services of Other Authorities 6
4.3 Working Whilst Existing System is Operational 7
4.4 Cable Route Survey 7
4.5 Location of Cable Route 7
4.6 Cable Route Intersection with Access Roads 8
4.7 Types of Cable Route 8
4.8 Radius of Bends 9
4.9 Stability of Excavations 9
4.10 Programming of Works 10
4.11 Public Safety 10
4.12 Placement of Spoil 10
4.13 Blasting 10
SECTION 5.0 CABLE ROUTE MARKER POSTS, CABLE JOINT MARKER POSTS
AND EQUIPMENT PROTECTION RAIL POSTS 11
5.1 Equipment Protection Rail Posts 11
5.2 Cable Route Markers and Cable Joint Markers 11
SECTION 6.0 BURIED CABLE ROUTE (CABLE ROUTE TYPES 1, 2, 3, 4) 13
6.1 General 13
6.2 Depth of Cable Route 13
6.3 Protective Cover over Signalling and Communications Cables 13
6.4 PVC Cable Marker Tape in Trenches 13
6.5 Rock Areas 13
6.6 Cable and Conduit Ploughing 14
6.7 Buried Conduits 14
6.8 Capping of conduits 16
6.9 Method of joining conduits 16
6.10 Direction of laying conduits 16
6.11 Draw wires in conduits 16
6.12 Spare Buried Conduits 17
6.13 Conduits in Platforms and Other Paved Areas 17
6.14 Conduits in High Voltage Areas 18
6.15 Back Filling 18
6.16 Compaction 19
6.17 Buried Cable Routes through Water Courses 19
6.18 Cable Routes on Embankments 20
6.19 Cable Routes on Bridges and Viaducts 20
SECTION 7.0 GROUND LEVEL TROUGHING CABLE ROUTE (CABLE ROUTE
TYPE 5) 21
7.1 General 21
7.2 Troughing Route Capacity 22
7.3 Drainage 23
7.4 Lids or Cover 23
SECTION 8.0 GALVANISED STEEL TROUGHING (CABLE ROUTE TYPE 6) 24
8.1 General 24
8.2 Troughing on Bridges, Viaducts or in Tunnels 25
8.3 Wall Mounted Troughing 26
8.4 GST Over Culverts and Small Water Courses 26
8.5 Joining Sleeves 27
8.6 Fitting of Lids 27
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