ISO 37175:2024

International
Standard
ISO 37175
First edition
Smart community infrastructures —
2024-08
Operation and maintenance of
utility tunnels
Infrastructures urbaines intelligentes — Exploitation et
maintenance des tunnels techniques
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Benefits to stakeholders . 3
4.1 General .3
4.2 Authorities.4
4.3 Investors.4
4.4 Developers .4
4.5 Operation providers .4
4.6 Maintenance providers .5
4.7 Pipeline operators .5
4.8 Citizens .5
5 Basic elements and overall requirements . 5
5.1 General .5
5.2 Utility tunnel body .6
5.3 Ancillary facilities .6
5.4 Pipelines .6
5.5 Operation and maintenance management platform (OMMP) .7
6 Operations and maintenance . 8
6.1 General .8
6.2 Operations .8
6.2.1 General .8
6.2.2 Duty .8
6.2.3 Detection and monitoring .9
6.2.4 Routine inspection .9
6.2.5 Safety operations .10
6.2.6 Financial management .11
6.3 Maintenance . 12
6.3.1 General . 12
6.3.2 Requirements . 12
6.4 Management . . . 12
6.4.1 Emergency management . 12
6.4.2 Data management . 13
6.4.3 Space management . 13
6.4.4 Energy savings and emissions reduction .14
7 Evaluation and continuous improvement . 14
7.1 General .14
7.2 Sustainability evaluation . 15
7.2.1 Evaluation principles . 15
7.2.2 Evaluation elements . 15
7.3 Continuous improvement . . 15
7.3.1 General . 15
7.3.2 Technology improvement .16
7.3.3 Management improvement .16
7.3.4 Improvement methods .16
Annex A (informative) Evaluation elements . 17
Annex B (informative) Application of BIM, GIS and CIM in OMMP .20
Bibliography .21

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Introduction
A utility tunnel is typically constructed underground to carry pipelines. A utility tunnel is also used to carry
communications cables such as telecommunication cables, radio cables and television cables.
In a smart community, a utility tunnel is an important part of the infrastructure that accesses energy
distribution, city information / data acquisition as well as transmission systems, while also being crucial for
the redistribution of social resources. It is a valuable aspect of public infrastructure and a lifeline to ease the
congestion of community traffic by fully utilizing the community underground space.
If the utility tunnel is well-planned, constructed and managed, it can have the following advantages:
— effectively conserves underground space;
— reduces the need for repetitive road /
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