March 29, 2021
The city of White Rock had a sewer main that needed replacement just up from the west end of the beach with the exit pit was just west of the intersection of West Beach Avenue and Anderson Street. The run was west on West Beach Avenue and many house were located along the street making for a tight situation for the lay down area for the fuse sections of HDPE pipe. The best situation was to fuse the sections into two runs with a final fuse of the section done just prior to the burst.
8:50 a.m. The rods were inserted into the host pipe and sent up to the exit pit.
10:14 a.m. the rods entered the entrance pit. While the rods were being installed, the steel plates that had been securing each of the service laterals were removed. The two sections of the HDPE pipe were moved into place and the pulling head was installed onto the East end of the HDPE pipe. The pipe was then staged at the entrance pit waiting to be attached to the pulling rods.
10:21 a.m. the Pulling head was attached to the rods.
10:24 a.m. The new HDPE pipe enters the host pipe
10:33 a.m. The pulling head enters the first of the Service lateral connection pits
10:35 a.m. The pulling head enters the first of the gas service connection inspection pits. No problems with excess soil. No contact was made with the gas service line.
10:40 a.m. The pulling head enters the second of the gas service connection inspection pits. No problems with excess soil. No contact was made with the gas service line.
10:49 a.m. The two sections of HDPE pipe are fused together without interrupting the pipeburst in progress. The fusion machine is one wheels and can easily roll with the pipe being inserted.
11:20 a.m. a gas service had been previously excavated for observation while the pulling head was going past the gas service. A large amount of the material had to be dug by hand to clear the soil that had been pushed into the excavation by the pulling head. The Gas service was left intact.
11:31 a.m. A Steel Robar type repair couple had to be cut away from the bursting head. This was only done to ensure clearance for upcoming gas and water service connections.
1:07 p.m. Another Steel Robar type repair couple had to be cut away from the bursting head as it came into and service lateral connection pit.
1:40 p.m. The pulling head reached the Exit pit (Pulling pit) Approximately 140m of pipe installed in 3 hours and twenty minutes.
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