Utility boring for Stream Crossings

[Dnkldorf]

Any tips for something like this?

Is this normally excluded in your scope?

 

[jrannis]

Any tips for something like this?

Is this normally excluded in your scope?

I would get a per foot price with mobilization from my directional boring guy

 

[Dnkldorf]

Do they sleeve it for you, and then you slide your pipe in the sleeve?

Do they bore and install your pipe for you?


Have you ever installed electrical and irragation in the same sleeve?

 

[220/221]

I have used boring only once. They drilled it and pulled back 2 1/2" HDPE conduit. It was stiffly flexible and pulled off a large roll.

Although the same size, the HDPE doesn't accept glue and connections were made (by me) with PVC fittings and heat shrink tube.

 

[Cow]

Although the same size, the HDPE doesn't accept glue and connections were made (by me) with PVC fittings and heat shrink tube.

They do make a transition fitting.:roll:

http://www.arncocorp.com/Product.aspx?PAGE_ID=428

 

[charlie]

Name calling

Name calling

Let's not forget that this is a place to ask questions and to learn. Name calling will not be tolerated.

 

[Dnkldorf]

220/221 did you use the HPDE as a sleeve or as the conduit.

I am looking at putting a 3.5" RGS and a 8" rigid steel Irragation in the same hole.

I recieved a quote from a irragation guy who used a boring guy once and it was $10K, but I don't know what size and conditions. He "estimated" this 6" stream, to be a $5K bore.

Is this about right, seemed kinda rich to me, but I don't nothing about boring.


Did you have to fill the sleeve when you were done?

 

[ohmhead]

Well iam not in estimating, I work out in the field but once or twice a year we tunnel bore across roads or under footers at lets say 500ft or 1000ft distances .A double run of 6 inch at 600 foot is about your $15k ive asked or heard this many times from our estimators at the shop , in florida they drill and then pull in a 6 inch heavy wall pvc flex duck we use special adapters to down size to 5 inch or 6 inch conduit, we use that raceway they install we dont pull in another raceway and if we change sizes we just install a pull box or use reducen couplers. A tunnel bore means lots of slurry i think the slurry is the most costly item in this process next to the equipment needed as its a mess and must be disposed of after boring and lots of water used . But think about digging cutting concrete patching labor time man hours and its worth every penny ? comments take care best to ya

 

[dezwitinc]

There may be environmental permits or regulations that you have to deal with so make sure that all the is are dotted before presenting a proposal.

 

[220/221]

They do make a transition fitting

Did I somehow suggest they didn't? Sheesh.

220/221 did you use the HPDE as a sleeve or as the conduit.

POCO pulled conductors in the HDPE.

 

[Dnkldorf]

There may be environmental permits or regulations that you have to deal with so make sure that all the is are dotted before presenting a proposal.

There may be? You wouldn't believe what they want to for this 6" stream.

And it's not really a stream at all. I don't know who classified it as such, but it is what it is.

FWIW, just the local township permit for this is over a grand.
Crazy.....just crazy.