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Pipe‐Bursting Challenges Provide Valuable Lessons
Author(s) -
Orton Collins
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2011.tb02374.x
Subject(s) - trenchless technology , bursting , pipeline (software) , engineering , pipeline transport , computer science , forensic engineering , civil engineering , mechanical engineering , neuroscience , biology
This article discusses a project by the city of St. Helena (California) to replace 2,627 linear ft. of 12‐in. welded steel pipe (WSP). In the fall of 2009, the city bid a project to replace the aging pipeline using static pipe bursting. Trenchless pipe bursting was chosen to accommodate the pipeline's proximity to a highway, Wine Train, and numerous utilities. The article describes the bursting operations, and discusses lessons learned from the project.