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  1. sjp8

    Catch Basin Repair

    Thanks CarlB and cvg. Perhaps you are right. I may be overthinking it.
  2. sjp8

    Catch Basin Repair

    The contractor damaged the knockout for a catch basin during installation. Short of making him replace the structure. Can anyone come up with a solution to repairing the oversized irregular knockout hole or know where a detail might exist? The catch basin is proposed to have a 12" RCP pipe...
  3. sjp8

    Backflow preventer on existing 6" main

    I am working on a redevelopment project and am trying to re-use an existing 6" water main that is looped through the site to an existing 12" main located in the County Road (NY). The water utility currently owns the 6" main, but, the developer is taking over the site and therefore the line must...
  4. sjp8

    Fill under heavy-duty pavement

    Red flags did go up and I am not comfortable with this at all. I plan on addressing all of the liability issues with the client as this process moves forward. This is a design change for the whole project team that has come about after CD's were issued (the project has had several addendums)...
  5. sjp8

    Fill under heavy-duty pavement

    Thanks for the feedback msucog. I realize it's a bit much to expect an answer to such a complicated, dynamic question via this forum. I just wanted to throw it out there and get some ideas that I can start kicking around.
  6. sjp8

    Fill under heavy-duty pavement

    I am a site engineer working on a large retail project in a previously developed urban area. The client wants to eliminate pile supported concrete slab/paving in the area of a 30'wide drive-thru (between two four-story buildings), as well as, a loading area for self-storage (there are 3 pile...
  7. sjp8

    Pipe bedding for RCP in high groundwater

    Thanks very much for the responses. Very helpful.
  8. sjp8

    Pipe bedding for RCP in high groundwater

    We are installing 12"-36" RCP piping and precast structures for a proposed storm drainage system in an area that has higher than anticipated groundwater. The contractor is dewatering while he is preparing the bedding and installing the pipe and structures. While I realize the high groundwater...
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