Verify Where Collected Water Can Go

Trace accessible cleanouts, catch basins, sump components and visible discharge points. Mark uncertain or concealed sections. Begin the water-source file with a date and its symptom, drainage segment and outlet; attach the available evidence before making the investigation, repair or excavation decision. The next checkpoint is “Record pump model and controls only if safely accessible.” Keep sanitary, storm and surface routes distinct. Keep that action beside its observation. The drainage-scope reviewer can then distinguish the intake water-source file from drainage closeout record material added during later pricing or investigation.

• Keep sanitary, storm and surface routes distinct.

The comparison should address sump controls, discharge route, freezing and maintenance questions, property impacts and watercourse review; otherwise two prices may describe materially different work. A sump or surface outlet question must keep storm, sanitary, property-line and watercourse considerations separate until confirmed. Note backup-power questions without promising operation; then keep sanitary, storm and surface routes distinct. Label each drainage photograph, drawing and prior record by symptom, drainage segment and outlet and date. When an unviewed drain or below-grade condition remains, record it in the water-source file; identify the drainage-scope reviewer review or drainage closeout record document that could resolve it. Surface water at one location cannot establish the route or condition of the buried drainage system.

• Note backup-power questions without promising operation
• Keep sanitary, storm and surface routes distinct

Observe whether discharge affects walkways, slopes, neighbours or erosion from a safe position. Do not assume permission or suitability. Describe each symptom, system segment and outlet separately, citing its supporting drainage photograph, measurement or dated document. Keep property-line matters unresolved until confirmed. A finding at one symptom, drainage segment and outlet may alter the proposed investigation, repair or excavation decision; unobserved parts of the property drainage system stay outside the available evidence.

• Keep property-line matters unresolved until confirmed.

“Record watercourse proximity as a question” belongs on its own line in the water-source file. For the symptom, drainage segment and outlet, pair the drainage photograph evidence with any concealed or untested property drainage system limits. Identify freezing and maintenance concerns for review. Keep property-line matters unresolved until confirmed. Cross-reference the drainage investigation or construction response answer to its drainage photograph; include the water-source file drawing, a product document for the drainage investigation or construction response, or a dated reply from the drainage-scope reviewer. Place the investigation or authority checkpoint before excavation advances, below-grade work is covered or an outlet assumption becomes embedded in the price.

• Identify freezing and maintenance concerns for review
• Keep property-line matters unresolved until confirmed

Use City plumbing and watercourse resources based on the proposed connection, excavation and property context. Before proceeding, do not treat a web page as project approval. Give task ownership to the drainage-scope reviewer; place its checkpoint before the investigation, repair or excavation decision, then name the expected drainage closeout record. This separates current water-source file evidence from the proposed drainage investigation or construction response. Put manufacturer information and drainage-scope reviewer input in the drainage closeout record; file authority questions under the relevant property drainage system decision.

• Do not treat a web page as project approval.

Resolve “Describe facts when contacting the City” before ranking proposals. State the baseline symptom, drainage segment and outlet, proposed drainage investigation or construction response, exclusions, quantities and written change process. Retain written direction and permit references. Do not treat a web page as project approval. Review each drainage photograph while it can still change the investigation, repair or excavation decision. Record a dated investigation, repair or excavation decision choice or assign the remaining unviewed drain or below-grade condition. Track that uncertainty in the drainage closeout record, outside the lump-sum total.

• Retain written direction and permit references
• Do not treat a web page as project approval

Finish this outlet register as a water-source file: include its starting evidence, location map, proposed drainage investigation or construction response and unresolved limits. For “Verify Where Collected Water Can Go,” justify each drainage investigation or construction response inclusion and assign the next unviewed drain or below-grade condition. In the water-source file, list the approvals, product records and drainage closeout record expected. Continue with “Record Where and When Water Appears”, “Specify Excavation, Pipe, Interfaces and Restoration”, and “Normalize Investigation, Excavation and Restoration” for related property drainage system decisions. Use the water-source file guide links for any wider drainage investigation or construction response comparison. Attach each dated Port Coquitlam or provincial reference to the outlet, permit or system question it actually addresses.

• Name the next investigation, repair or excavation decision, responsible drainage-scope reviewer and water-source file evidence still required
• Retain dated official property drainage system sources and guide links within the drainage closeout record