Storm water drainage design quotation

Objectives :

1. To be aware of the general approaches to urban drainage and flood mitigation

2. a. To be able to compute using excel the design discharges for inlets and pipes in an urban drainage
system, using the rational method.

b. To be able to determine required pipe ,ditch liner and inlet , diameters ,quotation and workers
needed in excel sheet.

Effects of urbanization on hydrology: the need for drainage and

flood mitigation
The effects of urbanization on hydrology can be summarised as:

- Runoff occurs more frequently (because ‘initial losses’ are less from impervious areas)

- Peak discharges increase

- The time of concentration decreases, as flow travels more quickly through gutters, pipes, pits, etc -
Pollution increases

Pipe and channel systems or Water Sensitive Urban Design

systems
The purpose of the pipe and channel system is to “improve” the conveyance of water through the
natural drainage paths, by use of gutters, pipes and constructed channels. It removes water from the
ground surface quickly. Whilst this approach is often necessary, there are a number of problems with it:

1. Concentration of flows downstream, such that an even bigger flooding problem is caused (and major
works such as retarding basins are needed to overcome the problem)

2. Degradation of receiving waters (e.g. creeks, etc) due to erosion and water pollution
 Design of urban drainage systems

The steps can be summarised as:

1.0 Layout of the system

2.0 Pit design - Determine design discharge for inlets - Selecting pit type and size

3.0 Pipe design: determining the pipe size

Pipe Design
– To design a pipe, we need to:

1. Determine the design discharge (already done in previous section)

2. Select the pipe diameter and invert (bottom of the pipe) To determine the appropriate pipe diameter
and invert, we need to consider: 1. Required ground cover (ie. ground above the pipe, to protect it from
damage) 2. Head losses, made up of: a. Pit losses b. Friction losses within the pipe We may also need to
take into account some secondary considerations, such as: 1. Minimum pipe slopes (to prevent blocking
due to sedimentation) 2. Minimum pipe size (typically 300 mm diameter) to allow maintenance.

Pros & Cons of Using Excel for Construction Project

Management
Excel is a flexible and easy project management tool because it is simple for project teams to update data and
create and share reports. Collaboration is easy, since everyone has Excel and is familiar with the software.
This is not the case with the limited licenses and steep learning curve of proprietary project management
tools.

But the same construction professionals who told us they relied on Excel were also quick to complain about
its shortcomings. The most frequently mentioned limitation on using Excel to manage projects include:

• Files are stored locally so sharing and backups becomes a problem

• Consistency and control across spreadsheets isn’t enforceable

• There are often user errors and version control issues

• Excel isn’t a database

It is a classic love/hate story. The construction project managers we meet love Excel for its simplicity and ease
of use, but dislike where that simplicity causes the tool to come up short.
The thing is, Excel in recent years has gained some lesser known capabilities – we consider them
superpowers really – that make it an even better construction project management tool than most realize.

How ms excel simplified our task

The end result is all you need to input is grade of concrete, grade of steel, reinforcement diameters,
clear span, width of supports, exposure conditions and the load on the beam, all the calculations are
done automatically and the reinforcement details are displayed. The necessary checks for shear,
deflection and moment resisting capacity are also performed, all in one beautiful spreadsheet.

Most of the data involved needs to be organised in a tabular manner and repetitive calculations and
numerous iterations are performed. MS Excel simplifies this process, you enter the formula in a cell, it
calculates accurately the quantities you need. If the formula is not available as an inbuilt function, then
you can enter it manually or write a custom function using Visual Basic in the Visual Basic Editor for MS
Excel.

You don't have perform calculations by hand or a scientific calculator, you don't have worry about
writing down tables and drawing charts on a paper and doing calculations all over again if there is an
error in one of the intermediary steps or if it is a repetitive task. You can simply edit formulas and tables
as and when required to suit your needs.