VOLUME 3 - VOL. 3-06 - DRAINAGE - Construction Specifications and Standard Drawings - May 2025

Oct 28, 2026

City of Edmonton Design and Construction Standards Volume 3: Drainage, effective May 2025, provides construction specifications and standard drawings with guidance that does not replace professional judgement or good practice. It outlines terms of use and responsible engineer seals, and lists revisions specific to Vol. 3-06. The revision log includes document-wide terminology updates, compliance and safety wording changes, adjustments to excavation permissions, approvals process clarifications, concrete inspection/testing wording, and selected standard drawing or section modifications.

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CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages154

Reading Time6 h 28 min

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Responsible Engineers

Revisions in Vol. 3-06: Construction Specifications and Standard Drawings

Document Wide Changes

Section/Drawing Number Changes

VOLUME 3 DRAINAGE VOL. 3-06 CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONSAND STANDARD DRAWINGS MAY 2025 TERMS OF USE The “City of Edmonton Design and Construction Standards Volume 3: Drainage”, henceforth known as“Volume 3”, is made available for use in the City of Edmonton effective as of May 2025. Volume 3 is presented as accurate and complete as of the effective date. Use of Volume 3 shall not absolve any user from the obligation to exercise their professional judgement and follow good practice. Should any user have question as to the intent or accuracy of any specification or drawing herein, or concern that conflict may exist between the manufacturers’ or suppliers’ recommended installation procedures and Volume 3, the user is advised to seek clarification by sending an email [to](to DRENG@epcor.com)[ ](to DRENG@epcor.com)[DRENG@epcor.com](to DRENG@epcor.com). | Professional Engineer Seal | Responsible for Sections | | --- | --- | | | 1 to 11, 24, and 29 | | Sunil Munasinghe, P.Eng.
Engineer, EPCOR Water Services | | |
Max Mao, P.Eng. Engineer, EPCOR Water Services | 12 to 23 and 25 to 28 Standard Drawings | | Permit to Practice | | | Tanner James, P.Eng. Manager, EPCOR Water Services | | The following is a list of revisions in Vol. 3-06: Construction Specifications and Standard Drawings | Section/Drawing Number | Changes | | --- | --- | | | Deleted the tables of Vol 3-01, 3-02, 3-03, 3-04, 3-05 , and 3-06 which showed the description of each sub-volume when split Volume 3 in 2021. | | Document Wide | Replace “manhole(s)” with “maintenance hole(s)”. | | 1.3.2.6. | Changed “ Straight faced or full faced excavation in excess of 1.5 m will not be permitted unless approved by the Engineer and by Alberta Occupational Health and Safety.” to “Straight faced or full faced excavation in excess of 1.5 m will not be permitted unless approved by the Engineer.” | | 1.3.7.1 | Changed “Conduct operations to EPCOR safety standard procedures, Tunnel Safety Regulations , and the applicable provisions of all relevant regulatory and inspecting authorities”to “Conduct operations to comply with all federal, provincial and local legislation as well as EPCOR Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Requirements. Apply appropriate HSE policies, practices, programs , and procedures applicable to the work being performed.” | | 2.3.3.2 | Changed “EPCOR shall approve the method of correction” to “The method of correction shall be approved by EPCOR.” | | 2.3.5.1 | Changed “Conduct operations to EPCOR safety standard procedures, Tunnel Safety Regulations , and the applicable provisions of all relevant regulatory and inspecting authorities”to “Conduct operations to comply with all federal, provincial , and local legislation as well as EPCOR Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Requirements. Apply appropriate HSE policies, practices, programs , and procedures applicable to the work being performed.” | | 4.1.3.4 | Changed “The Contractor in accordance with CSA A23 .1 will carry out inspection and testing of concrete and concrete materials for the purposes of quality control.” to “The Contractor will carryout inspection and testing of concrete and concrete materials for the purposes of quality control in accordance with CAN/CSA-A23 .1.” | | 8.1.4.1 | Changed “The Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation, and Code.” To “Comply with all federal, provincial , and local legislation as well as EPCOR HSE requirements.” | | 8.1.4.2 | Changed “EPCOR Tunnel Safety Regulations” to “Apply appropriate HSE polices, practices, program, and procedures applicable to the work being performed.” | | [10.2.2.1](10.2.2.1) | Changed “25 MPa at 28 days” to “35 MPa at 28 days”. | | [11.3.3.3](11.3.3.3) | Changed “Any deviation from these values shall first be approved by the Engineer.” to “Any deviation from these values shall be approved by the Engineer before commencing construction.” | | 12.2.5 | Changed “ to 3 m bury.” to “ to 3 m buried depth.” | |

FAQs

What is Volume 3 in the document and when is it effective?

Volume 3 is the City of Edmonton Design and Construction Standards Volume 3: Drainage. It is made available for use effective as of May 2025.

Does the document replace professional judgement?

No. Use of Volume 3 does not absolve users from exercising professional judgement and following good practice.

What kinds of updates are recorded in the Vol. 3-06 revision list?

The revision list records changes such as document-wide terminology updates, revised compliance and safety wording, modified approvals and procedures language, and selected numeric or section/drawing-specific edits.

Oct 28, 2026

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