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Standards

CRT-GA-NS-80002

General Site Conditions Design Criteria

Recommended Document Retention: ADM220 Administrative, Policy and Procedures; Policy, Directives and Procedures.

Rev. Technical
Reviewed By Approved By Date Description
No. Authority
Issued for Use:
0 Willy L. Friar 05/31/1999 Supersedes CRT-GA-NS-30001
Scott
1 Fahrney 10/31/2007 General Revision

Scott Validated for 2009. Clarified humidity

Paul Dubuisson
2 Fahrney 05/15/2009 conditions in 4.0.

Validated for 2010. Revised Kuparuk

Scott
Paul Dubuisson 4/1/2010 Bridge outage and North Slope Tundra
Fahrney
Travel periods.
3
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Paul Dubuisson 4/1/2011 Validated for 2011. No changes
Fahrney
4

Scott
Bob Bray Bill Arnold 4/1/2012 Validated for 2012. No changes
Fahrney
5

Scott
Jeff Huber Bill Arnold 4/1/2013 Validated for 2013. No Changes
Fahrney
6

Scott Updated 3.0 requirements for wind

7 Jeff Huber Bill Arnold 4/1/2014 velocity to comply with current version of
Fahrney
ASCE 7-10.

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8 Jeff Huber Bill Arnold 3/30/2015 Validated for 2015. No Changes.
Cook

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9 Jeff Huber Patrick Wolfe 6/6/2016 Validated for 2016. No Changes.
Cook

Becky S.
10 Jeff Huber Patrick Wolfe 5/31/2017 Removed Cook Inlet locations.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

General ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Geographical Data ..................................................................................................................... 5
Meteorological and SITE Data.................................................................................................... 5
Typical Indoor Design Conditions ............................................................................................... 6
Travel Limitations ....................................................................................................................... 7
References................................................................................................................................. 7

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General
This document lists the physical data needed for designing facilities on the North Slope
of Alaska. The list includes geographical, meteorological and environmental data. More
detailed environmental and meteorological information can be found in discipline specific
design specifications and guidelines.

Geographical Data
North Slope
(Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk, Alpine, etc.)
Coordinates 70° to 71° N lat.
148° to 151° W long.
Elevation Sea level to 100 ft

Meteorological and SITE Data

North Slope
Normal Summer Average Max. 63° F to 72° F
Temperature
Average Min. 14° F to 24° F
Range
Record Max. 83° F (6/1991)
Winter Average Max. 20° F to 26° F
Average Min. -45° F to -49° F
Record Min. -58° F (2/1989)
Design Temperatures Summer 60° F (55° F wet bulb)
Winter -50° F
Normal Relative Humidity Summer 50%
Winter 0% to 5%

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Wind Velocity Risk Category 135 mph onshore

Design, 3 second gust II 140 offshore
Risk Category 140 mph onshore
Per ASCE 7-10 III and IV 150 offshore
Risk Category 130 mph onshore
I 135 offshore
Normal Wind Direction Summer East (75° to 90°)
Winter West (255° to 270°)
Normal Precipitation Summer 0.2 to 0.9 in/month
Winter 2.1 to 5.5 in/month as snow
0.1 to 0.6 in/month as water
Annual Totals 3.2 in as water, 18.9 in of snow
Ground Snow Load Design 50 psf
Seismic, Maximum Adjust per Prudhoe Bay
Considered Ground ASCE-7 for Site
SS = 38% g
Motion, 5% Damping, Class
Permafrost Soils Site S1 = 10% g
Class B
Kuparuk
SS = 19% g
S1 = 6% g
Alpine
SS = 12% g
S1 = 4% g

Typical Indoor Design Conditions

North Slope
Temperature 40° F to 90° F
Relative Humidity (not normally controlled) 0% to 5%

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Travel Limitations
North Slope
Kuparuk River Bridge - Typical Outage 1 Week max between May 28 and June 15
Tundra Travel Permit - Typical Period Late December to Late April/Early May
Sealift Availability Typical Start July - August
Typical Close September - October

References

Website: http://akclimate.org/station-map Selected “Barrow”

Website: http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/
Website: http://www.weather.gov/afg/localClimate

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