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In Sydney, a service protection report is also referred to as a peg out. This is supposed to be a service that would identify all the water assets that are affecting your development and locate them as well. These assets are inclusive of the following:
- sewer
- stormwater
- potable water
- easements
- recycled water
However, you need to keep in mind that the list of such assets includes a lot more names than these.
Why is the report needed?
The report is supposed to help your structural engineer plot such water assets in the most accurate manner possible in your engineering plans.
After completing the service protection report your structural engineer would design the protective measures that have to be implemented so that the plan could comply with the technical guidelines that have been instituted by the administrative body known as Sydney Water. This would include constructions adjacent to, and over pipe assets. These have been instituted to make sure that the water assets in your city are not affected by your building work.
The main aim of such a service is to make sure that your construction is not within a certain distance of a water asset owned by Sydney Water. In these cases, the main aim is to make sure that the water asset in question can be pegged out.
When you have a service protection report you can determine the exact location of the water asset in question. This makes sure that your building work does not damage it in any way at all.
These reports are essential
As has been said already, distance is the key over here. For practical purposes, such areas are also referred to as zones of influence. The laws in Sydney make sure that you work with Sydney Water or a Water Servicing Coordinator, authorized by said body.
With the help of a service protection report, you all can find out the exact location of a water asset to the construction work to be undertaken in the same area. As has been said already, the main aim here is to determine if the construction work is within a zone of influence or not. This particular report is thus a key ingredient of all the civil and plumbing services being provided in Sydney. It is a legal requirement.
Examples of kind of construction covered
Such a report does cover all kinds of construction that can be done within a zone of influence.
A service protection report could cover the installation of a pool, making additions and alterations to your property, building a granny flat, carpet, garage, or deck, and designing building plans that are located over a sewer.
Conclusion
This kind of work is normally done by professionals known as quick check agents, who are employed by Sydney Water. They use certain calculations to determine if your construction work is within the zone of influence or outside the same. They normally calculate the depth of said asset and then multiply it by two to arrive at the necessary figure.
