Overview
Ward & Burke Construction completed the installation of 520m of 1800mm diameter ductile iron pamlock pipes for the rising main, which increased to a 2600mm diameter steel pipe 26m from the distribution chamber (DC1) it connected to. The rising main pipework has a base of 500mm reinforced concrete the entire span of the pipeline. The rising main also included a 55m long x 2500mm diameter hand driven tunnel 4m at invert level below an existing road. 29 no crescent plinths were constructed by Ward & Burke to support and restrain the rising main as well as the construction of a 25m span In-Situ concrete pipe bridge over an existing storm over flow channel where the final connection was made. The rising main was primarily installed using open cut methods, sheet piles were installed close to the DC1 to prevent ground movement.
