DETROIT WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT ROMEO ARM OF THE MACOMB SEWER INTERCEPTOR February 4, 2005 Update Excavation of the approximate 240-foot damaged section of the interceptor has completed. Crews are continuing preparing and installing new pipe. Fourteen pipe sections (8-feet long, 11-feet in diameter) have been installed and 163-feet of mudmat. Crews are in the process of laying more mudmat and pipe sections in the trench. Crews will continue with replacement sections moving westward along 15 Mile Road. To replace the damaged portion of the interceptor, crews must remove the top portion of the collapsed interceptor and place a concrete mudmat on top of what’s left of the collapsed section. Once the mudmat is in place, holes will be drilled down into the remaining interceptor. Grouting will be inserted to totally fill every cavity left in the damaged section, forming a solid support base. Next, a steel and concrete cradle will be installed on top of the mudmat to support the new pipe being installed. Click images for larger versions Images upated December 3,2004 back to Macomb Interceptor Information
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