Manufacturing Industry

Computer-Automated Pipeline Mapping System Saves Time.(Brief Article)

Underground Construction, January, 2000

Paragon Engineering Services Incorporated, Houston, is applying its computer-automated system for pipeline mapping, engineering design and detailed drafting to two Williams Gas Pipeline-Transco pipeline expansion projects: MarketLink and Sundance.

Now awaiting construction start, the $528 million MarketLink expansion involves adding about 152 miles of looping in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to increase firm transportation on the line by 700 MMcf/d. The Sundance expansion calls for the addition of 150 miles of 42- and 48-inch diameter pipe to increase capacity by 674 MMcf/d on portions of the line from Mississippi to North Carolina.

According to Paragon officials, while mapping of the MarketLink line is now complete, work is just getting started on the...

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