OREGON PIPELINE MANAGEMENT

PROJECT: SOURCE DRAWING

QUERIES AND REPORTS
GISC9315 Deliverable 3

Created by: Andrew Vsetula, B.A.

April 16, 2018
 1.0 Letter of Transmittal
2018-04-16
GISC9315-D3
Andrew Vsetula, B.A.
51 Lake St, St. Catharines

Kelly Dell,
GIS and Geospatial Management Program Coordinator
Niagara College
135 Taylor Road

Dear Ms. Dell,

RE: GISC9315 Deliverable 3: Source Drawing Queries / Reports

Please find within this report the completed source drawing queries and reports assignment.
For this deliverable, it was required that 3 provided layers of data be attached to an AutoCAD
drawing so that they could be queried by material and size. The purpose of this deliverable was
to conduct a cost analysis using the queries created for each of the pipe sizes. These cost
analyses would be based on the differences in size and materials for pipelines, as each required
a different cost.

There were no major issues encountered during the completion of this deliverable, the results
of the queries were exported into ArcGIS in order to enhance the quality and efficiency of
making a final map layout for this project.

Please contact me if there are any issues with the contents of the report and I will be happy to
assist with them.

Regards,

Andrew Vsetula, BA.

Niagara College Student

A.V./

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Table of Contents
1.0 Letter of Transmittal ......................................................................................................................... 1
List of Tables and Figures .......................................................................................................................... 3
2.0 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 4
3.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 5
4.0 Background ....................................................................................................................................... 5
5.0 Study Area ......................................................................................................................................... 6
6.0 Methodologies .................................................................................................................................. 7
6.1 Query Creation and Mapping ............................................................................................................. 7
6.2 Cost Analysis ..................................................................................................................................... 11
7.0 Findings ........................................................................................................................................... 12
7.1 Issues ................................................................................................................................................. 12
7.2 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................... 12
7.3 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 12
8.0 Appendices ...................................................................................................................................... 13
8.1 Appendix A: PVC Pipeline Final Map ................................................................................................. 13
8.2 Appendix B: Concrete Pipeline Map ................................................................................................. 14
8.3 Appendix C: All Materials Map.......................................................................................................... 15

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List of Tables and Figures

Figure 1: Study area for this project ............................................................................................................. 6

Figure 2: Attaching the data using an alias ................................................................................................... 7
Figure 3: Material size and selection parameter examples .......................................................................... 8
Figure 4: Example of a query used for PVC Pipelines ................................................................................... 9
Figure 5: Example query for Concrete Pipelines ......................................................................................... 10
Figure 6: Final map for PVC pipelines ......................................................................................................... 13
Figure 7: Final map for concrete pipelines ................................................................................................. 14
Figure 8: Final map summarizing all materials used for this project .......................................................... 15
Table 1: Cost summary table for PVC and concrete pipelines .................................................................... 11

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 2.0 Executive Summary
The contents of this report summarize all of the information, procedures and results found
upon completion of the GISC9315 Deliverable 3. This project used data provided by the city of
Oregon, U.S. and attached to AutoCAD for analysis. The project purpose was to summarize the
costs of relining sewer pipelines in the city of Oregon based on their sizes and materials.
Completing this project would provide the user with the knowledge and tools to find and
summarize information user queries in AutoCAD.
The Methodologies in this project involved attaching the raw data to the AutoCAD map2D
template and running a series of data queries. Each query selected pipelines based on their size
and material (PVC and Concrete). Once the query results were obtained, they were exported
into ArcMAp to be fitted into a formal map layout.
Reports were also created for each query to summarize the results. The cost results were
transferred from the report into Excel and a summary table was created to be placed in this
report

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 3.0 Introduction
One of the many useful features available in AutoCAD is the ability to query specific
information. Using queries allows users to select specific information within the layers being
used. In this case, a series of line data representing sewer pipelines will be queried for a cost
analysis prediction. The purpose of this project will be to connect to a provided set of data in
AutoCAD and query specific ranges of pipe sizes to determine the cost a maintenance.
Completion of this project will improve the analyst’s capabilities in querying data based on
specific parameters, exporting maps, and creating reports for analysis.

4.0 Background
The city of Springfield, Oregon has request that an analysis be conducted on a set of provided
sewer pipelines data for a cost analysis. This analysis is to gain an estimate for the costs of
maintaining sewer pipelines in the area. Each pipeline has a series of different sizes, and thus
will cost a different amount to maintain. This is where the user will conduct a series of queries
in order to determine a summary of the costs of maintaining the pipelines. There are two
materials of pie being examined for this analysis: PVC and concrete. Each material has a range
of different sizes which will be separately queried to determine the cost to maintain each.
The data provided by the city of Springfield, Oregon consists of the following:

 San_Sewer.dwg
 Streets.dwg
 Taxlots.dwg
These data were retrieved from the X: drive under the resources folder and were attached to
the AutoCAD by creating a custom alias.

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 5.0 Study Area
Figure 1 below shows the study area for this project, Springfield, Oregon. This is the area of
study in which the underlying pipelines will be queried.

Figure 1: Study area for this project

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 6.0 Methodologies
6.1 Query Creation and Mapping
To begin this project, the data provided by the city of Springfield, Oregon first needed to be
copied from the X:Resources folder to the user’s personal X: drive so that the data could be
altered and new data could be written to the same file. A new map layout was then established
using the “Map2d” layout found under the AutoCAD layout selection. Now the data could be
attached to the map drawing.
The data was attached using the attach function found within the “drawings” section of the “Map
Explorer” tab. In order to attach the data, a new alias administration needed to be created.
Images of the alias can be seen below in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Attaching the data using an alias

This alias was created manually and refers to the X: drive in which the data was located; the data
could now be attached to the drawing. The three files provided (San_Sewer, Streets, and Taxlots)

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were then attached to the drawing. Once the data were attached, they could be viewed using
the “quickview” function, then query establishment could commence.
2 sets of a number of queries needed to be created in order to find the cost values required as
per the terms of reference. These queries allowed separation of the different types of pipelines
by size as they each differ in cost. To begin, queries were defined using the “define” function on
the current query. The 2 different types of query designs were separated by the material type
being obsereved (PVC and Concrete), with the PVC queries being created first as they required
simple selections. All queries were created using the data selection method (as opposed to
location, properties). First the material was selected from the data class section and the operator
was set to “= PVC”. The material and size selection parameters can be seen below in .

Figure 3: Material size and selection parameter examples

Now that the material had been established a series of queries were created with the sizes of the
pipes changing with each, as larger pipe sizes cost more to maintain. In order to define the first
query, the definition expression for size was changed to “= 6” so that only pipes with a size of 6
could be selected. The colours were changed so that different selection could be visible and
differentiated. A report was next established to include the material, size and length of the
pipeline. This report would output a text file which would later be used in Microsoft Excel to
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calculate final costs once the selection was completed. Now the query was ready to be executed,
a report was executed to obtain the text file, and the draw tool was also executed so that the
results would be displayed. Once the results were verified, the remaining queries of PVC type
could be created.
To create the remaining queries for this section, the above steps were repeated with the size
parameter, colour, and report filename being the only parameters which needed to be changed.
This was repeated until all of the required query results were obtained. Once all of the queries
were computed, the results were exported to an ESRI shapefile so that they could be analyzed
and placed on a proper map layout using ArcGIS. This final layout can be found in Appendix A.
Each of the created reports would be later loaded and combined using excel to determine final
costs. An example query, as well as the results in AutoCAD can also be seen in Figure 4 below.

Figure 4: Example of a query used for PVC Pipelines

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 The queries for pipes of concrete material were to be created next. The process for these queries
was relatively similar to that of the PVC pipelines, with some changes to the parameters. For
these queries the material parameter was set to “= CON” to specify concrete. Since these
selections feature ranges of sizes rather than specific values, the object data expression was
modified to suite these needs. The expression for the first query for example was as follows: >=6
AND <=8 (see Figure 5 below for more examples and results.)

Figure 5: Example query for Concrete Pipelines

The AND feature would ensure that the parameters were selection collectively rather than
separately. The colours were changed and the reports were created using appropriate file names
just as in the previous set of queries. All of the steps were then repeated as before with only the
range of sizes needing to be changed. A final map layout was also created using the same practice
as before, and can be found in Appendix B.

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6.2 Cost Analysis
After all of the required queries were created and the reports were exported, the results could
be assessed to obtain cost estimation summaries required as per the terms of reference. The
results of this analysis have been summarized in Table 1 below.

Oregon Sewerline Maintenance Cost Summary

MaterialSize (In) Quantity Total Length (ft) Total Cost ($/ft)
PVC 6" 21 2464.25 $ 54,213.51
PVC 8" 104 17484.58 $ 437,114.40
PVC 10" 16 4029.92 $ 108,807.87
PVC 12" 2 442.82 $ 16,827.13
PVC 15" 0 0.00 $ -
Total PVC Maintanence Cost: $ 616,962.91
CON 6"-8" 140 14514.36 $ 29,028.71
CON 10"-12" 33 6900.73 $ 20,702.20
CON 15"-18" 21 5193.29 $ 25,966.46
CON 20"-24" 0 0 $ -
Total CON Maintanence Cost: $ 75,697.37
Table 1: Cost summary table for PVC and concrete pipelines

These result were found by loading each of the reports into Excel individually and then copying
them into a single Excel spreadsheet. The different resulting pipeline costs were individually
calculated based on the size differences. First the total length for each size of pipe was calculated
using the SUM function, and the total cost for each size was calculated by multiplying the cost
per foot by the total length. All of the results were then summarized in the table above.

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 7.0 Findings
7.1 Issues
Very few issues were encountered during the completion of this deliverable. Due to some of
the complexities and format restrictions found in the AutoCAD layout design, the query results
were exported to an ESRI shapefile format so that a map layout could be created using ESRI
ArcMap.
Creating the proper query format took several attempts for success, the colours of the display
had to be adjusted to see the differences in pipeline sizes in the drawing and on the final map
layout.
There were also 2 cases in which a query for a specific pipeline size outputted no results (15”
PVC and 20”-24” Concrete). Since the parameters were reviewed for correction, it was assumed
that there were no pipelines which suited those queries. It should also be noted that all of the
final costs were determined using exact measurements provided for the project, but the actual
costs may be higher due to any extra material which may be provided for the project.

7.2 Conclusions
Upon completion of this project, all of the report results were summarized in an MS Excel table
where the total quantities and cost values were calculated. The user has gained sufficient
experience in attaching source data to AutoCAD drawings and querying various types of
information based on different properties. Additionally more experience has been gained in
exporting data into different file formats, as well as creating reports which can be used for data
management.

7.3 Recommendations
The summary table which has been created from the outputted reports has been finalized to
display the results of the analysis. The final total costs for relining the PVC sewer pipelines
accumulated to $616,962.91, while the final cost for relining concrete pipelines came to
$75,697.37. Overall it was found that the cost of relining PVC pipelines was much greater than
that of concrete. It is worth noting however that there was a greater quantity of concrete
pipelines (191) compared to the number of PVC pipelines (143). This could also have an impact
on the final cost of relining the pipelines due to transportation of resources and labour. It
should also be noted that the final cost estimates summarized in this report are based on that
of the exact material length and do no account for additional lengths which may be required as
pipe materials do not always come in the exact measurements required for a project.
If the City of Springfield was to conduct a full relining of all of the suggested pipelines for both
PVC and concrete materials, the total cost would accumulate to approximately $692,660.28.

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 8.0 Appendices
8.1 Appendix A: PVC Pipeline Final Map

Figure 6: Final map for PVC pipelines

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8.2 Appendix B: Concrete Pipeline Map

Figure 7: Final map for concrete pipelines

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8.3 Appendix C: All Materials Map

Figure 8: Final map summarizing all materials used for this project

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