本推荐规程涵盖了陆上管道施工期间安全有效地执行检查活动所需的基本要求及其相关参考。本推荐规程详细介绍了运营商管道施工检查员在整个管道施工过程中的监控和检查要求。本文件旨在说明一般检查职责。专业检查领域超出了本文件的范围（在线检查和异常评估不包括在本文件的范围内）。 本文件的范围仅限于气体和液体管道施工。内容侧重于与美国和加拿大行业最佳实践相关的项目。尽管内容的组织方式与新设施的建设一致，但相关内容也可应用于与现有设施相关的建设（如维护相关活动）。本文件的使用者包括管道业主公司以及从事管道施工检查或寻求成为认证检查员的个人。 管道所有人公司和管道检验服务公司也可使用本文件制定其检验流程和检验员职责，以及制定和加强其检验员培训计划。

This recommended practice covers the basic requirements and their associated references needed to perform inspection activities safely and effectively during onshore pipeline construction. This recommended practice provides the details related to the role of the operator's pipeline construction inspector, in terms of monitoring and inspection requirements throughout the pipeline construction process. This document is written to address general inspection duties. Areas of specialty inspection are beyond the scope of this document (in-line inspection and anomaly evaluation are not included in this document's scope).The scope of this document is limited to gas and liquid pipeline construction. Content is focused on items that are relevant as relating to best practices within the industry in the United States and Canada. Whereas the content is organized in a manner consistent with construction of new facilities, where relevant, the content can also be applied to construction associated with existing facilities (e.g. maintenance-related activities).Users of this document include pipeline Owner Companies and those individuals either engaged in pipeline construction inspection or seeking to become certified inspectors. Pipeline Owner Companies and pipeline inspection service companies may also use this document to develop their inspection processes and responsibilities for inspectors, as well as to develop and enhance their inspector training programs.