道路工程外文翻译

The Early Days of SUE

The value of SUE became apparent to highway engineers when an engineering company in Manassas Park, V A, introduced the practice in 1982.The company combined two relatively new technologies- surface geophysics（近地表地球物理）and air/vacuum excavation（真空开挖）-to gather data（收集数据）on the exact location of subsurface utilities early in the development of projects.

1982年马纳萨斯帕克一家工程公司将地下实用工程引入到公路建设项目后，地下实用工程对公路工程项目的价值开始凸显。此工程公司结合近地表地球物理和真空预压开挖两种相对较新的科学技术来收集早期已建设项目中地下公用设备的准确位置。

One year later, the transportation department in nearby（在…附近）Fairfax County（费尔法克斯县）,V A（维吉尼亚州）,beame the first government agency （代理，中介；代理处，经销处）to use SUE on highway projects. In 1985 the Virginia（弗吉尼亚州）Department of Transportation(VDOT) became the first State agency（州政府机构）to use it.

此一年之后，维吉尼亚州费尔法克斯县交通部正式成为第一家将地下实用工程运用到公路项目中的政府机构，而1985年，弗吉尼亚州交通部也正式成为第一家应用地下实用工程的州政府机构。

“We discovered many years ago that the old ways of obtaining utilities information for design purposes were not working,”says Greg Wroniewicz, VDOT utility engineer. SUE does work, and we use it on nearly every highway project.

多年前我们就发现，用陈旧的方法获得地下公用设备的信息以此达到设计目的是不奏效的。交通部的工程师格雷格说。从地下实用工程投入到实际工程实践起，我们几乎将其运用到了每个公路工程建设项目之中。

FHWA began promoting SUE in 1991,shortly after its nationwide potential （全国性的潜在）was recognized（公认的；经过验证的） by Jim Overton（吉姆.

偶波特）, now retired but then-acting branch chief（分公司主要）,and Jerry （吉姆.偶波特）Poston,now deceased（已故的被继承的） but then-branch chief, of FHW’s former（从前的，前者的；前任n. 模型，样板；起形成作用的）Railroads（铁路大亨）, Uilities, and Ptograms Branch（Ptograms分支）. Poston was often heard to say that SUE would revolutionize the way utilities are handled on highway projects.（波士顿常常可以听到说苏会革命性的方式在公路工程事业都处理。）

1991年，联邦公路管理局开始促进地下实用工程。其在全国范围内的潜在力在此项举措实施不久后就被吉姆.偶波特和杰瑞。宝斯特认可。前者已经退休，但在当时正运作一家铁路分公司，而后者正接手一家铁路分公司。在波士顿常常可以听到这样的话，说地下实用工程对公路建设工程是具有革命意义的。

His prophecy certainly came true,”says Jon Obenberger, FHW A preconstruction group team leader. Reliable subsurface utility data now can be provided to highway designers, and it is no longer acceptable practice to design highways or construct projects without consideration of those data.

“当然他的预言成真了，”任职联邦公路管理局重建项目小组领导琼恩.奥博格瑞说，“现在，能为公路设计师提供可靠的有关地下公用设备的数据，而不在为这些数据绞尽脑汁就可以开展公路设计和公路工程施工工作已经成为不争的事实。

How Has SUE Evolved?（地下实用工程是怎么逐步形成的？）By the 1990s,the new approach had spread from Virginia（弗吉尼亚州）into nearby States(Delaware特拉华州, Maryland马里兰州, North Carolina卡罗莱纳州, and Pennsylvania宾夕法尼亚州) and then to more distant States(Arizona亚利桑那州and Florida佛罗里达).As the practice of SUE

spread, it evolved to include surveying测量, CADD,电脑辅助设计与绘图affixing 依附于of a professional engineer’s seal标志to deliverables可交付成果可交付物, and professional liability责任；债务insurance.保险截止1990年，这种新的方法已经传遍了弗吉尼亚州及附近的特拉华州，马里兰州，卡罗莱纳州和宾夕法尼亚州。甚至距离更为遥远的亚利桑那州和

佛罗里达。地下实用工程的演变包括测量，电脑辅助设计与绘图，依附于专业工程标志的可交付物，及专业责任保险。

SUE flourished in the 1990s as more States began using it, and more providers began to emerge. Probably the most significant advance in that decade involved the introduction of the concept of the quality levels, which enabled designers to certify on project plans a certain level of comprehensiveness and accuracy for the utility information.

地下实用工程兴盛于1990年，越来越多的州开始引用，同时更多的供应商开始浮现。在这十年中最大的进步就是将质量水平这已概念引进，而这使设计师证明了在项目计划中某一水平的综合性和准确性。

”By the end of the 1990s,however,some confusion still existed as to just exactly what SUE was. Some companies were claiming that SUE meant subsurface utility exploration or”pot-holing,”rather than subsurface utility engineering. The latter provides more accurate and comprehensive information than can be obtained by randomly digging