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    Potable water storage

    I am trying to find a feasible way of supplying consistant potable water in a remote location. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. Here are the facts: 1000 US gallon StorageTank with faucet, pressure by gravity. Potable water is hauled in. Water usage is about 1500 US gallon per season...
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    Directional Drilling Question

    Thanks for the input. Well we did a second pull of about 100m (with smae materials and equipment) and the drillers said the pull came thru no problem, but the pipe again was oblong!! The shape of the HDPE pipe on the spool is 3.25" x3.5" so the pipe is not completely round but pretty close...
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    Directional Drilling Question

    We directional drilled a 3" HDPE dr17 sewer forcemain, 200 metres in sandy conditions. Driller bored the pilot hole and reamed back with a 10" reamer and used mud in the retrieval. But when the forcemain came back it was oblong shaped. it doesnt look like the pipe failed but definately stressed...
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    To re-level or not on a re-backsight, back to basics

    I agree with your co-worker. When you start re-leveling your asking for problems if there is not a problem. If your working and the bubble is in the limits, everything is good. Why would you want to re-level if it is in the limits, If it becomes an issue that you have to re-level, then you...
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    Standpipe Installation after borehole drilling

    if your going to drill within 10m of the previous borehole, I would also benonite seal the previous borehole at the top to prevent surface water from contaiminating the ground water underneth. This of course is depending what you are checking for. a bag of bentonite is cheap compared to...
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    Vertical drops in manholes

    We are going to be field fitting alot of sewer pipes in manholes coming up in a recent job. The preference is to come in at the bottom of the manhole with a pre-benched base, but we may have a scenerio where we will have to drill into the side of a manhole and come in above the bottom. Is a...
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    Reusing old Trussess

    I agree with others on the board to get the manufacturer to cerify them, if possible. It looks as if the water has not damaged them as they were stacked ok. sometimes there is lath in between for air circulation. I wouldnt worry too much about the checking in the rafter tails. What we used to do...
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    Placing fill when frozen soil exists

    not sure what you mean by this "industry standard grading method/procedure" But if you are looking for ways to do it: you can dig deeper to get below the frozen soil and then add non-frozen fill and compact. Also if the project is small you can hoard the area in.
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    Directional Drilling sewer pipe

    Thanks TDAA In talks with some collegues, I found out the same thing. The HDPE pipe comes in rolls so it is very hard to lay it flat even when directional drilling. So it is, like you say, only should be used in high slope areas. Its amazing, when directional drilling is cheaper than...
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    Directional Drilling sewer pipe

    I was wondering if anyone had any experience with directional drilling sewer pipe. I'm very interested in doing a small project (150metres) this way. I heard you can use a conintuous length of PE pipe and fuse the connections as you go to keep adding length. I would like to hear any opinions if...
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    electrical cable spec

    Thanks Bill: Thats what I needed. I just needed estimate of wire so I can get an estimate on total cost to see if it was in the budget to do this year. Things work kinda different here. thanks for all the replies
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    electrical cable spec

    your advise is noted. I should note that the line will only be energized for the walk thru and small repairs of the homes and then would be disconnected till spring break up. It seems our codes here allow for the live line to be exposed as long as it is tech cable. I am looking at renting a...
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    electrical cable spec

    It is also about 70 metres (230ft) from the transformer to the two manufactured homes.
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    electrical cable spec

    I need a spec for a tech (armored) cable. It will run from the transformer and power 2 manufactured homes that need 220V- 100 amp service each. We need tech cable because it is going to running along ground till spring. any help would be appreciated.
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    1-1/8" OD domestic water line would be what nominal size?

    I thought somebody who works with plastic pipe would know the Outside Dimension as opposed to the Inside Dimension. All the specs I could find were either one or the other but not both. The pipe is embedded into the concrete floor and converts to a 3/4" copper fitting so I cannot read any specs...
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    1-1/8" OD domestic water line would be what nominal size?

    I have a PE domestic water pipe that is 1-1/8" OD. What would the ID be? I need to see if the service is big enough to handle two mobile trailers and a HQ. Thanks for any answers.
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    price of a manhole

    sorry, i thought it might be a little vague for an engineering site. I was just looking for the price of the actual concrete manhole. just wanted a general estimate. I kinda assumed $4000 so seems like that should be a good value. Its on private land so we will be doing all the work ourselves...
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    price of a manhole

    would anyone have a round about price of a manhole that would be 8' tall, precast with cone and cover?
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    Bugs in the Water treatment plant

    We have just built a small scale water treatment plant in one of our parks. 7000 gallon holding tank with chlorinator. Everything is working fine but the bugs are really bad. I have never seen them flying around iin the plant but they are dead on the ground by the thousands. The plant is...
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    Electrical wire terminology

    I am in Civil and don't have much experience in electrical at all. I am doing up a contract for some electrical work to site service some camping lots. I got the plans from the electrical engineer and I want to call the electrical supplier wholesale to get some prices. how do I say these items...

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