Royal Avenue has an enormous amount of vehicle traffic and being beside Douglas College meant a large amounts of pedestrians. Extra care was taken to have barricades in place and road plates were left in place while the burst was going to avoid traffic congestion.
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The winch is being set-up after the sewer by-pass is in place. |  |
Lots of barricades to keep the pedestrian traffic safe. |
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The entrance pit
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Entrance pit
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The tool arrives in the exit pit. Note the piece of pipe that was forced into the pit on the bursting head.
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This pit is used for making the service connections. |
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The service connections are done while the bursting head is being removed at the top end.
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The winch is used to pull the head forward off the pipe.
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The road plates are left in place as long as possible to minimize the traffic disruption.
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The bolt with Teflon washer is cut off after the burst to remove the cable from the head
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Bursting head ready to be removed
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Phil and Mike remove the shock valve.
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Dom attached the service connections using inserting tees. | |
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The connection at the exit pit is ready for grouting. |
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