Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Ice Water pt.1

Snow.

Wet heavy snow will certainly hamper the installation of water mains. Here in the far upper midwest, generally our construction season runs from mid-April until late November. Not this year! Due to a minor federally funded train running down the middle of College Way, we get to inspect in mid-Feburary the installation of water main. The most interesting part is the heated temporary water main that runs on the sidewalk. Usually our water main in 8 feet deep to prevent the water from freezing, instead in is now running on the sidewalk. Insane.

I'll post some pics once I take some.

>>>> Engineering Calc of the Day:
1 cubic yard of sand = 1.8 tons <<<<

1 comment:

  1. Interesting. How do they do a temporary heated water line? How is it heated? Pics would be good as well.

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