Right-of-Way Route Selection Workshop

Diversify Your Career Skills

This workshop is designed to teach the student to actually select a route on an approximately 7-mile
pipeline project in Texas. All discussion is based on Texas, but can be applied to other states, including
those with property descriptions using the Rectangle Survey System. Route selection is based on a
collaborative effort by all the disciplines working on a project.
This Workshop is an advanced Right of Way Route Selection designed for experienced individuals or
Project Managers and Team Leaders.

Syllabus

• Preliminary Reconnaissance
• Create a Route Map for proposed Right of Way
• Pipeline and other Utility Crossings
• Existing Rights-of-Ways
• Locations for Facilities
• Mapping Ownership, Road & Aerial maps
• Visual Inspection of the Terrain
• Road, Railroad and Waterway crossings
• Visible Obstructions to construction
• County Appraisal District or County Tax Assessor office
• Routing issues in Congested areas
• Using Google Earth Program
• Right of Entry for Survey

The course writer and instructor:
Don Valden

Enrollment Options

Self-Paced Online


  • 8 Course Contact Hours
  • Course Duration is 6 Months

$495