Repairing Infrastructure with Geopolymers

The Columbia Canal Water Treatment Plant, along with the second Lake Murray Water Plant combine to make up the major treatment operations for Columbia Water.

Montana Rail Link (MRL) is a Class II regional railroad company that operates more than 900 route miles of track in Montana and Idaho. Goods shipped by Montana Rail Link include coal, industrial products, grain, intermodal and vehicles.

The Lucas County Interceptor Sewer No. 500 was originally constructed in the 1970s and was showing signs of deterioration involving spalling concrete and exposed steel reinforcement.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services perform regular inspections on their assets as part of a larger campaign to rehabilitate stormwater infrastructure across the county.

A culvert running under a busy road needed vital repairs after it was found to be in poor condition experiencing severe corrosion with pitting, and large perforations along the pipe invert.

Culverts carry out an essential job ensuring water and debris does not flow onto roads causing a danger to motorists.

In the fall of 2019 after removal of sediment, SEMSWA (Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority) engineers carried out an assessment and identified heavy wear and abrasion to the metal of a 108-inch culvert.

The invert of a 12’ diameter CMP culvert in Noble County, IN, was experiencing minor pitting and rusting.

In May 2016, a massive sinkhole formed underneath Tireman Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The root of the problem was a fractured sewer line.

The town of Cary, North Carolina, is an affluent municipality located southwest of Raleigh. The town is near the center of the Triangle region, a commuter area consisting of three major universities: Duke, UNC and NC State as well as the technology hub located in Research Triangle Park.

As part of the 13 Mile Road rehabilitation from Haggerty Road to Halsted Road, twin parallel 78” CMP culverts were to be relined with geopolymer mortar.

In early 2013, Henrico County, Virginia, identified a 120-linear foot section of 66-inch steel culvert running under Byrdhill Road in need of structural repair.

In January of 2016, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT placed a project for public bid, which included the repair of several large diameter highway culverts and a single box culvert.

A southeastern US oil refinery decided to evaluate the condition of its process sewer manholes at one of its refinery sites.

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for the maintenance and operation of utilities at Arlington National Cemetery directly on the banks of the Potomac River in Arlington, VA.

DC Water engineering had identified a route along Klingle Road in Washington, D.C., where the sewer pipe was in need of rehabilitation.

The Dewey Plant has been producing textile chemicals, colorants and other specialty compounds since 1969, and the plant has been expanded several times over that same period.

Like most major cities, Houston has a system of aging pipes and other infrastructure that needs to be repaired.

A 54” concrete sewer in Bloomington, IL, was beginning to show signs of corrosive deterioration above the flow line of the sewer.

During an assessment of its combined sewer system, the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati discovered that an 800-foot section of stacked stone and brick sewer line, situated in an area with active natural springs, was badly leaking.

During inspections of its road culverts, the city of Rock Springs discovered a corrugated metal culvert that was considered in danger of imminent failure.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is the owner of a storm sewer system that runs approximately 1,600 linear feet near the intersection of Florida State Hwy 50 and Country Lane in Orlando, FL.

The City of Santee is faced with the same problem as every other city and county with aging storm water infrastructure.

In the rapidly growing border town of McAllen, Texas, dealing with storm water run-off is a challenge.

The city of Auckland, as with many other parts of New Zealand and around the world, have utilized galvanised corrugated iron culverts as part of the drainage network.

The city of Troy, MI, maintains a network of over 350 miles of local, major and county roads under the jurisdiction of its Public Works department.

The City of Memphis hired Jacobs Engineering to design a rehabilitation solution for the Sears crosstown box culvert system.

DC Water’s engineering group implemented a pipe entry inspection after receiving an alert from the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to verify the integrity of a 72” diameter brick sewer.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) was looking for an initial challenging project to complete in North Carolina with GeoSpray mortar.