Earlier this year, the Saginaw Charter Township Office of Public Works had a dilemma – how would they manage replacing an entire water main in a busy part of town without causing a big disturbance? The water main that needed updating paralleled major thoroughfare Gratiot Road, the four-lane in-town portion of M-46, and serviced an affluent area surrounding the busy road.
“The area we were going through included the frontage of a high-end golf course and many upscale homes,” said Brian Poultney, designer for Spicer Group, consulting engineers on the project. “We wanted to keep things as tidy as possible, and didn’t want to have big dirt piles lying around.” The proposed water main would replace a previous line that was in a loop with many other mains throughout Saginaw Charter Township. It served both residential and commercial customers, including direct connections to 40 individual homes and connections to five other existing water mains. Michigan Contractor & Builder, November 2005.
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