GRAVITY SEWERS

York Downs Sanitary Sewer

Scope of work completed:

  • Installation of 340m of HDPE lined 1200mm sanitary sewer by Microtunnel saturated silty-sand ground conditions with drive lengths of 45m and 280m.
  • Tunnel crossed beneath Bruce Creek with just 2m of cover.
  • All pipe joints inside the HDPE lined microtunnel were welded using specialist HDPE cap strips and extrusion welding equipment.
  • Connection to live YDSS sewer at Yorkton Blvd by hand tunnelling.