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HDD Pipelines

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Line Q3 HDD Pipeline Replacement Project

Rainbow Municipal Water District (Owner)

Project Manager and Lead Designer for a New 16-inch High Pressure (305 PSI) 2,140 LF Fusible PVC C-905 Potable Water Transmission Main Installed Beneath the San Luis Rey River Near Bonsall, California Using Sliplining and Pressure Grouting Methods. Phase 1 Involved Sliping a Failed 24-inch HDD Steel Casing With the Fusible 16-inch C-905 PVC Pipe. Phase 2 Has Been Designed as a Dual Carrier Pipe HDD and Will Be Completed in the Future.
Liift Station 2 Force Main - Driller's Hut
Lift Station 2 Force Main - HDPE During Pull Back

San Luis Rey River Lift Station 2 HDD Sewer Force Main Crossing


Rainbow Municipal Water District (Owner)

Project Manager & Designer of a 18-inch, 1,400 LF Horizontally Directionally Drilled (HDD) High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Sewer Forcemain Under a Sensitive Raparian River Habitat. This was an Emergency Project as the Existing Cast Iron Force Main had Failed, Spilling Thousands of Gallens into the San Luis Rey River and the Pacific Ocean.
Horse Ranch Creek HDD Water Pipeline - 350 PSI - Fused 12" PVC (construction upcoming)
Horse Ranch Creek HDD Sewer Force Main - Fused 12" PVC - (construction upcoming)
Horse Ranch Creek Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) Water and Sewer Creek Crossings
D. R. Horton, Inc. (Owner)
Project Manager and Lead Designer for a New 12-inch HDD High Pressure (260 PSI) Fused DR 14 PVC Water Transmission Pipeline Under Horse Ranch Creek on the South Side of SR76. HDD Design Approach was Required to Avoid Multiple Environmental Impacts and the Rebuilding of the Creek Channel Section, Including Large Rip Rap Sections. The SDR 18 Fused PVC Sanitary Sewer Force Main was Designed along the Opposite/North Side of SR76 and Parallel to the Highway as well. It will be Constructed via HDD by the Same Contractor, Saving Mobilization Costs and Avoiding the Same Environmental and Channel Re-Construction Costs and Delays.
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