Records & Documentation
This identifier is the most important reference for locating project land records.
What is the tract number?
An effective encroachment program combines public awareness efforts with ongoing monitoring of activities that interfere with pipeline rights.
What is information distribution to the public and encroachment identification?
This document outlines the scope, expectations, and methodologies for right of way activities on a project.
What is the Right of Way Execution Plan?
This legal process allows acquisition of property rights when negotiations fail.
What is eminent domain (or expropriation/condemnation)?
This stage of a pipeline project begins once right of way has been acquired and physical work can start.
What is construction?
A typical right of way tract file may contain approximately this many pages by project completion.
What is about 175 pages?
his activity ensures the ROW professional understands ownership, encumbrances, and curative needs.
What is title research?
These five phases form the typical project management lifecycle for pipeline projects.
What are Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing?
Obtaining these permits can take months or more and may significantly affect the project timeline.
What are non-environmental permits?
This project activity begins once pipeline installation is underway.
What is construction support?
This system allows digital records to be linked to mapping and alignment data.
What is GIS?
These two items must be fully acquired before construction can proceed.
What are easements and required permits?
This project phase refines scope, develops detailed cost estimates, and often precedes final funding approval.
What is FEED (Front End Engineering and Design)?
This principle ensures fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people in project decisions.
What is environmental justice?
These claims typically arise from crop loss, access issues, or surface impacts.
What are damage claims?
These agreements may restrict how a pipeline can be used or what product it may transport.
What are easement terms or conditions?
Early identification of landowner concerns and acquisition challenges helps reduce this common project risk.
What are schedule delays?
During this project phase, the team manages deliverables, costs, and schedule simultaneously.
What is the Execution Phase?
Interstate pipeline projects must receive authorization from this agency before eminent domain authority can be exercised.
What is FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)?
This outreach activity helps reduce public opposition and project delays.
What is public engagement or stakeholder outreach?
This reporting concept accounts for work completed but not yet invoiced or paid.
What is Work-in-Place (WIP)?
This metric helps project teams understand progress but can be misleading if not fully explained.
What is tract count?
A pipeline project is approved to move forward after a project manager is assigned and preliminary feasibility is confirmed during this phase.
What is the Initiation Phase?
Early acquisition is often prioritized in these high-risk route locations.
What are pinch points?
This phase ensures all records are archived and the project is turned over to operations.
What is the Closing Phase?