machinery feature | Corrugators
Prinsco helped to cut the cost of drainage at the construc- tion site of
ConAgra’s new dry foods
distribution centre in the US
cover to meet AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor Design standards for earth and HS-20 live loads,” said Bob Klein, executive vice president of sales for ADS. “But because of the patented truncated ellipse arch, sub-corrugation design and the materials used, our new chamber can be used in both traffic and non-traffic projects where cover is limited.” ADS developed the new StormTech chamber in
response to the need for a chamber that can be used in areas with high water tables, or to avoid adding excessive fill to sites. The StormTech family of chambers now offer minimum installed storage capacities of 15-179 cubic feet. The newest addition is 85in long x 25in wide x 12in tall. The chambers require no separation between chamber rows – making it easier for the contractor to install while minimising the aggregate required. The SC-160LP chamber can be installed using an injection molded 8-inch end cap or using a solid end cap. Both options provide for less costly smaller diameter pipe connections. The chambers are designed to provide a 75-year
Going down a storm
service life. ADS recently opened a new distribution centre in
Panama City Beach, in Florida. It is the company’s fourth in the state, and will increase the local supply of the company’s products and improve customer service, it said. Having recently undertaken several major construction projects, the Panhandle of Florida is a rapidly growing area for ADS.
Field drainage US-based Prinsco helped to cut the cost of drainage at the construction site of a large food distribution centre, when its corrugated pipe was specified in place of concrete. Water management at the construction site – for
ConAgra’s new dry foods distribution centre – was challenging. Around 500 acres of land drained through the property, via an existing country drain. This meant that a large volume and size of pipe would be needed. The engineer originally specified concrete, but
ADS supplied more than 21,000 feet of HDPE pipe for the new storm water drainage system in Tooele
A project to fit new storm water drainage in Tooele, Utah won this year’s PPI award in the corrugated pipe division. The SR-36 project – which was completed last year – runs 4.5 miles
through the middle of Tooele and used more than 21,000 feet of ADS N-12 corrugated HDPE pipe, in diameters of 12 to 48in. Before the project, most storm water flowed in gutters alongside Main
Street. The reconstruction replaced an ageing street and moved storm drain lines underground to alleviate flooding and other potential hazards. The long stick length of corrugated HDPE pipe enabled crews to
perform the installation quickly, while its light weight made it possible to thread sections under existing utility lines without the use of heavy equipment. Just-in-time (JIT) deliveries were also possible – which would not have been the case with concrete pipe. “This project highlights the features and benefits of HDPE pipe that meets AASHTO standards,” said Tori Durliat, marketing director at ADS.
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contractor Poindexter Excavating submitted a design using HDPE corrugated pipe. The pipe, in diameters of 12-60in (30-150cm) provided equivalent performance and could be used with existing Class 1 backfill. “The cost savings and value engineering of the HDPE
pipe saved the project more than 8% over the entire utility package amount,” said the company. Prinsco’s was awarded project of the year in the
‘corrugated pipe’ category at last year’s Plastic Pipe Institute (PPI) awards. It was the second successive years that Prinsco had
won the award. The previous year, it won the same award for the Hillcrest Knoll Park project for the city of St Paul in Minnesota. In this case, more than 2,500ft (762m) of 60in diameter pipe was used to build a retention system that could store 85,000 cubic feet of water.
This year’s PPI winner in the corrugated pipe
category was ADS, for its role in a storm water drainage project in Tooele in Utah (see box story).
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