Uniformat G3030

Concrete storm sewer

A concrete storm sewer has a useful life of about 90 years, the median of 4 published sources, which state 50–100 years.

Also listed as Storm sewer, concrete, concrete storm main, RCP storm

• Confidence C
• Version 0.6.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

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Basis

• 75 years · Brockton: Policy F06-2009-03 Capital Asset Amortization, p3 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 90 years · Greater Sudbury: Enterprise Asset Management Plan (2023), p28 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Kapuskasing: By-law No. 3103, Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p15 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 100 years · Cornwall: 2025 Asset Management Plan City of Cornwall, p336 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.
• 100 years · Cornwall: 2025 Asset Management Plan City of Cornwall, p336 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.

Open questions

• These are Ontario accounting lives from municipal capital asset policies, not planning or observed replacement data.
• No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.

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Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Storm sewer, concrete, v0.6.0. https://unfinished.one/c/storm-sewer-concrete/v/0.6.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_storm_sewer_concrete_0_6_0,
  title = {Storm sewer, concrete},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.6.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/storm-sewer-concrete/v/0.6.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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