Pipe Bursting Helps Texas Contractor Upsize Sewer Without Digging Up Park

Pipe bursting helps a Texas contractor meet major challenges in upsizing a sanitary sewer interceptor.
Pipe Bursting Helps Texas Contractor Upsize Sewer Without Digging Up Park
No-DigTec workers use a McElroy TracStar 900 self-contained fusing machine to weld 20-foot-long sticks of 32-inch DR-17 high-density polyethylene pipe. A space heater keeps them warm.

The Trinity River Authority of Texas wanted to upsize a 24-inch reinforced concrete sewer interceptor to accommodate projected development in the City of Fort Worth. The 43-year-old pipe, which ran through Stone Creek Park, also had root intrusion, bellies and offset...

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