Nationwide information system for line research
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| Geographic information system for avoiding line damage in construction projects | |
| operator | BIL eG, Bonn |
| user | Companies from the energy industry, chemical industry, oil, gas and telecommunications, wind energy, information technology, construction industry |
| On-line | 2016 |
| https://www.bil-leitungsauskunft.de | |
The nationwide information system for pipe research (acronym: BIL ) is an online information portal that enables free pipe inquiries for the construction industry. BIL also supports the digitization of specialist processes of the participating network operators by providing functionalities for the span analysis and the automated data exchange with the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy in accordance with the INSPIRE Directive 2007/2 / EC. BIL is operated by a German cooperative, the members of which are network operators in all sectors.
Foundation and organization
BIL eG was founded in 2015 by 17 companies operating the pipeline network from the chemical, gas and oil industries with the aim of using qualified pipeline information to reduce the risk of damage to the underground supply infrastructure in the course of construction work. The cooperative is based in Bonn. BIL eG operates as a registered cooperative and operates on the market as a non-profit organization. Access to BIL eG and the operated community portal is open to all network operating companies, but is not a prerequisite for using the portal. Private individuals and company employees can use the portal at any time free of charge for the purpose of building inquiries. BIL eG has members from all line-operating sectors including electricity and telecommunications, water and new energies. The initiative for centralized pipeline information is supported by the following industry associations: German Scientific Society for Oil, Natural Gas and Coal eV (DGMK), German Gas and Water Association (DVGW), Mineral Oil Industry Association (MWV), Association of the Chemical Industry eV (VCI), Federal Association of Broadband Communication eV (BREKO) and Central Association of the German Building Industry eV (ZDB), Association of Gas Transmission System Operators (FNB Gas).
Cooperative members of BIL eG:
AIR LIQUIDE Deutschland GmbH, ARG mbh & Co. KG, BP Europe SE, Deutsche Transalpine Oelleitung GmbH, Fluxys TENP GmbH, GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, Gasunie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, GDMcom, GRTgaz Deutschland GmbH, NV Rotterdam-Rijn Pijpleiding Maatschappij, NGN Netzgesellschaft Niederrhein mbH, Nord-West Kavernengesellschaft mbH, Nord-West Oelleitung GmbH, Nowega GmbH, ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, OpenGridEurope GmbH, OXEA GmbH, PLEdoc GmbH, PRG Propylenpipeline Ruhr GmbH & Co. KG, RAG Montan Immobilien GmbH, Rhein-Main -Rohrleitungstransportgesellschaft mbH, StoragEtzel GmbH, Thyssengas GmbH, Westgas GmbH
BIL portal
Technical concept
The BIL inquiry portal concentrates exclusively on the core process of the inquiry by intersecting the geographical and alphanumeric information of the construction or planning measure with the operators' areas of responsibility stored in BIL - but invisible. All process steps, data and documents are archived and made available for inquiries by the inquirer and the operator. Later research is possible. Based on the recorded data, BIL enables statistical evaluations in the form of monthly and annual reports.
Inquiry process from the perspective of the construction industry
BIL requires the spatial input of the construction area as a polygon. The background for the acquisition is provided by map material with an official basis and aerial photographs. The ETRS89 coordinate system forms the geodetic basis . The inquiring party must also use the portal to indicate the type of construction project. BIL provides a list of different structural and civil engineering measures for this. Each type of construction measure generates a gap of different sizes around the construction area (construction site classification). For the operators, the effect on their areas of responsibility due to the spatial overlap is different depending on the measure. Naturally, larger spacing areas have to be taken into account with special structures than with local civil engineering. This enables the operator to keep the expansion of his areas low and at the same time ensure that he receives all relevant inquiries.
Inquiry process from the perspective of the network operator
Based on the request information, BIL creates a legally secured positive and negative list. The responsible operators receive the information from BIL when the responsibility has been analyzed, use this to check whether they have been affected and communicate all information via the BIL portal. This means that the operator remains responsible for the impact assessment and his plan information generates the relevant information for the inquirer. BIL does not keep any line data or equipment information from the operator. The main task and function of the BIL infrastructure is the digital responsibility check and communication via the portal. On the part of the operator, only the so-called areas of responsibility need to be stored in BIL, the extent of which the operator himself defines as a corridor around a pipeline or as an area around his supply area. The transfer of the area of responsibility (s) to BIL is carried out in standard graphic data formats under the responsibility of the line operator. The responsibility check can reduce the number of inquiries by up to 85 percent by filtering out potential zero information notices due to a lack of responsibility and thus do not require any processing by the operator. The processing of the line information or the creation of plans remains in the operator's system environment and the workflows established there. Depending on the complexity of the downstream solution, processing can also be fully automated with existing backend systems. The digital request (alphanumeric information and area polygon) can be downloaded directly into the operator's system to check whether it has been affected via a web service interface. The alphanumeric information is transferred to the database table of the downstream system and the graphic area information is displayed. For this purpose, BIL has developed a standard with the construction industry and line operators for the formulation of a complete digital construction request.
Communication platform between line network operators
The participating network operators can also use the platform to provide and aggregate information for their own specialist processes. The span field analysis can be considered as an example.
Span analysis
In the context of network expansion, network optimization must be carried out on the overhead lines of the transmission system operators (TSOs). In accordance with the planning principles of the German TSOs, a considerable increase in the regionally available current capacities is possible, based on the nominal thermal cable current under standard conditions. The close coordination of planning and measures between the operators of the electrical transmission networks and the operators of neighboring pipe or cable networks is essential in order to be able to assess the impact of electromagnetic emissions on parallel metallic conductors such as pipes or cables. The application “span field analysis” developed by BIL supports this process. The transmission system operator can automatically determine all nearby BIL participants for the route areas to be examined and then analyze and evaluate them in a differentiated manner. The determination is carried out 'span-specific' d. H. for one area between two neighboring power poles.
Data exchange acc. INSPIRE Directive 2007/2 / EC
The relevant data can be called up by the network operator in the portal and automatically exchanged with the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy .
literature
- BIL eG - The nationwide information system for line research . In: gwf Gas + Energie , No. 4/2019, pp. 67–69.
- BIL portal: Complete workflow control for construction inquirers and line operators . In: Business Geomatics of April 3, 2019
- Westnetz 50th BIL member . In: BBR - Pipeline construction, well construction, geothermal energy from January 30, 2018.