Through one of the busy intersections was a line that was replaced by pipebursting.
512m of 15" pipe was upsized to 16".
45m of 18" pipe was upsized to 20".
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2 pumps were used to handle the flow of the bypass. |  |
Back flow valves. |
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The By-pass pipe.
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Entrance pit
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This empty lot was used as a staging area the HDPE Pipe. | |
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The bypass line was laid through a temporary trench through driveways and covered with steel plates to cause the least inconvenience.
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The winch is set-up inside a manhole.
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The entrance pit was quite long as it was used for 2 directions of bursting.
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The head is "threaded" through the Trench shoring cages. | |
| The manhole seen in the bottom of the images was "windowed" to allow for the pipe to pass through it at a easy angle for entry into the host pipe. |  |
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