Significant Experience Required to Complete Culvert Rehabilitation Project

PROJECT OVERVIEW

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. CDOT had  specified a sprayapplied culvert lining under a special revision to Section 603 of its standard specifications. To bid, contractors were required to be prequalified with significant lining experience and all products were required to be listed on the CDOT approved products list.

SOLUTION

The project was awarded to Inland Pipe Rehab, LLC (IPR) as the low bidder. IPR had submitted qualification on over 50,000 linear feet of large diameter pipe lining with GeoSpray geopolymer mortar. The project consisted of seven pipes spread across Jefferson, Douglas and Arapahoe counties.

The full project consisted of:

(a) 1100 linear ft of 48-inch CMP

(b) 252 linear ft of 50-inch CMP

(c) 900 linear ft of 60-inch CMP

(d) 124 linear ft of 6 ft x 7 ft concrete box culvert

RESULTS

Stamped engineering designs for the project specified a range of application thicknesses between 1 inch and 1.5 inches, depending on pipe diameter and if GeoSpray material could provide either a fully structural design for the CMP culverts or a structural enhancement for the box culvert, which would return the pipes to like-new condition. The project took approximately six weeks to complete and the CDOT is currently bidding several additional lining projects with spray-applied liners.