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Representative Inspection and Condition Assessment Projects
Completed by M.E.Andrews and Associates with AMTEC Surveying Limited

PROJECT NAME
CLIENT, DATE
INSPECTED
SIZE RANGE
COMMENTS
Ottawa River Interceptor Region of Ottawa-Carleton, 1995
3,500 m
2400 mm
Surcharged 800 m pull
(Sonar only)
Trunk Sewer Inspection Program
(8 separate trunk sewers)
Metro Toronto
1996, 97, 98, 99
55,000 m
1200 mm to 3050 mm

 

Western Interceptor Sewer Region of Hamilton-Wentworth, 1996
9,000 m
1850 mm to 2450 mm
3 sections surcharged
(Sonar only)
Garrison Creek and Keele Street Trunk Sewers City of Toronto, 1997
6,000 m
1850 mm to 2400 mm

 

Port Dalhousie Trunk Sewer Region of Niagara
(St. Catherines), 1998
3,500 m
1500 VE to 1650 mm

 

Various trunk sanitary sewers Region of Ottawa-Carleton,
1998, ‘99, ‘00
12,000 m
1200 mm to 2400 mm

 

Credit River Trunk Sewer Region of Peel, 1998
17,000 m
1200 mm to 3050 mm

 

Etobicoke Creek Trunk Sewer Region of Peel, 1999
32,000 m
1200 mm to 2450 mm
H2S corrosion and up to 2 m/s working velocity
Treatment Plant Outfall and Diffusers Region of Ottawa-Carleton, 1998
3,000 m
2400 mm
Diffusers under Ottawa River using Sonar and divers
Riverfront Interceptor,
Western Main Sewer
City of Windsor, 1999, 2000
12,000 m
1850 mm to 2150 mm
Eastern Utilitienitars Say Sewer City of Windsor, 2000
4,000 m
450 to 675 mm
VC and VC ‘Block’ sewers with high depth and surcharged conditions inspected mostly with Sonar only
Green Creek Collector Sewer Region of Ottawa-Carleton, 2000
1,500 m
1500 mm
980 m pull (TISCIT)
River Road/North Bank Interceptor Region of Niagara (Welland), 2000
4,000 m
1500 mm to 1850 mm
800 m and 650 m pulls (TISCIT)
Orleans-Cumberland Collector Region of Ottawa-Carleton, 2000
1,650 m
1500 mm
Surcharged 1650 m pull
(Sonar only)


Representative Structural Inspection and Assessment Projects
Completed by M.E.Andrews and Associates Limited

PROJECT NAME
CLIENT,DATE
SIZE,TYPE
SCOPE OF WORK
COMMENTS
Western Interceptor Sewer Region of Hamilton-Wentworth, 1996 2450 mm diameter, concrete lined in rock and overburden Structural analysis Fractures, running infiltration, concrete damage
Green Creek Collector Region of Ottawa-Carleton, 1998 2100 mm diameter, concrete lined in over-burden Structural analysis Fractures with active infiltration
Credit River Trunk Sewer Region of Peel, 1998 3050 mm diameter, concrete lined in shale Person-entry, dimensional analysis, geotechnical assessment Extensive cracking and fractures with infiltration
Etobicoke Creek STS,
High Level Interceptor,
Low Level Interceptor
City of Toronto, 2000 1370 mm concrete lined
2750 mm concrete/brick lined
1525 mm brick lined
Person-entry, dimensional analysis, concrete sampling, corrosion analysis 1370 mm concrete liner with possible invert heave, 2750 & 1525 mm brick lined with cracking and distortion
River Road Interceptor Region of Niagara, 2000 1 500 mm concrete lined interceptor Detailed structural assessment including dimensional analysis, in-situ strength estimates, concrete coring and laboratory material analysis Cracks, fractures and infiltration observed with only minor distortion, significant deterioration primarily due to sulphide corrosion of concrete
Emergency Repair
River Road Interceptor
Region of Niagara, 2001 1 500 mm concrete lined interceptor; failure zone located 85 m d/s of access shaft and 80 m u/s of main pumping station wet well; approximately 20 m deep at the shaft and repair area. Detailed structural design, fabrication and installation of emergency repair works, including development and implementation of worker safety and evacuation plan and short term monitoring program. Emergency repair comprised pre-fabricated, high strength aluminum frame assembled in the failure zone during regular flow conditions.
High Level Interceptor City of Toronto (current) 1 000 m of 2 675 and 2 750 mm cast-in-place concrete interceptor sewer with brick lined invert and full brick lined tunnel sections Concrete and brick coring (36 cores at 12 sites), laboratory analysis of samples, detailed in-situ inspections, structural analysis Significant material and workmanship deficiencies observed, cracks, fractures, and infiltration documented, recommendations for ongoing action made