Industries · Power, water & wastewater
Keep crossings and structures out of the water's way.
Water mains, sewer lines and transmission structures cross the same creeks and drainages as everything else. When the channel moves, buried lines lose cover and structures lose ground.
Start a ConversationThe line is visible in the channel bed or bank, or hanging across a scoured gap.
Bed degradation and scour at the crossing removing the cover over the line.
We support the line where it is exposed, then restore and protect the crossing so the cover stays in place.
The bank or slope next to a structure is retreating.
Channel migration or concentrated runoff working toward the foundation.
We find what is driving the movement, then redirect flow or stabilize the slope before the foundation is reached.
Gullies, ruts and washed-out crossings along the right-of-way limit access for crews.
Runoff concentrated along cleared corridors and low-water crossings.
We stabilize the corridor and its crossings with systems that carry the flow and, where possible, revegetate.
Embankment faces are sloughing and the crest is narrowing.
Wave action, fluctuating water levels and runoff over the face.
We armor the embankment face with protection designed for the range of water levels and how the facility operates.
In the field
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AfterWhen a river starts cutting toward a transmission line, the structures beside it are next. We armored the banks and channels to protect the utility infrastructure.
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AfterRunoff at this processing plant had carved the drainage under the pipe racks into open ditches. We lined the channel to protect the ground the supports stand on and mitigate sediment flow.
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AfterA headcut was cutting its way upstream through open ground, taking more land with every storm. We installed stepped grade control to stop the knickpoint and step the water down safely to the channel below.
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AfterMeandering creeks see changing water levels and flow rates, and they can expose a pipeline quickly. We rebuilt this bank as a stepped wall over the line.
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AfterOver time, erosion can leave a pipeline spanning a ravine it was never meant to cross. That calls for prompt work: support beneath the pipeline and armoring around it.
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AfterFlow through this road crossing had cut the bank beside it back toward the road. We rebuilt the bank and armored it where the flow leaves the crossing.
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AfterBelow a roadway, runoff cut this drainage channel deep into red clay and exposed the line running through it. We rebuilt it as a lined channel, from the road culvert down, that holds its grade.
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AfterDebris and high flows scoured this creek crossing until the line beneath it was exposed. We restored the cover and rebuilt the crossing over new culverts.
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AfterThe river was taking this bank, and the farmland above it, with every high water event. Five years after the work, the bank is rebuilt and green.
How we work
Whatever the industry, every project follows the same six steps, and our own people carry it through each one. Nothing is handed off to another firm along the way.
Exposed line? Threatened structure? Washed-out access?
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