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Water Main Corrosion Study
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Boston, MA
- Status:
- Completed
- Structure Type:
- Industrial Maintenance
Scope Of Work
ABC Soils installed fifty-six borings with vacuum excavation equipment within the roadbeds of various streets throughout Boston and its surrounding cities. These borings were installed to locate and provide access to existing steel water mains for corrosion study purposes. The work took place sporadically over the course of several months as was dictated by procurement of permits and typically entailed first approximating the location of the water main in the street with a magnetometer, once located, saw cutting through the pavement of the roadbed and vacuum excavating down to the water main which was typically found between five and seven feet below grade, and then, depending upon the results of the initial testing, either backfilling the boring and patching the roadbed or installing conduit and a road box for future access to the water main.
