UCI client, AVERTEX Utility Solutions Inc., utilized the Vermeer AXIS Guided Boring System to install 40 metres of 250 mm sanitary as the outlet for a new sewer that eliminated a worn out pumping station. The installation was carried out as a demo for engineers from many of the larger municipalities in Southern Ontario.
In spite of having to cut through some cobble encountered in the clay till, the cutting head arrived at the existing manhole on precise line and grade. The cutting head and following cans were pulled back to the shaft and a 250 mm PVC pipe threaded into the bored hole in the till.
The Vermeer AXIS system can install conduits up to 450 mm in size on line and grade and from manhole to manhole.
