Overview

Texas municipalities have long been known for their use of trenchless installation methods. Engineers and contractors have been taking advantage of the social and economic benefits of trenchless installation for many years. Until 2004, the primary pipe material used for trenchless applications in water, sewer and water reuse projects was high-density polyethylene (HDPE). With the introduction of Fusible PVC® pipe, owners, design engineers and contractors now have the alternative of a thermally butt-fused PVC pipe system with all of the advantages and familiarity of AWWA C900/C905 PVC pipe. With PVC pipe already widely used in many utility systems, Fusible PVC® pipe allows utilities to maintain material continuity when constructing trenchless installations or direct bury applications requiring a fused thermoplastic pipe system.

A growing list of Texas municipalities and utilities have achieved significant savings by utilizing Fusible PVC® pipe systems while realizing the benefits of a leak-free, fully-restrained, fused PVC pipe system that is easy to maintain. Many municipalities that have installed Fusible PVC® pipe have become repeat customers and have incorporated the technology into their standard specifications. Whether drilling in clay and sand along the Gulf Coast, or rock formations in North Texas, Fusible PVC® pipe has demonstrated its ability to handle installation challenges.

Single HDD pull of 5,545 LF of 18-inch Fusible C-905® pipe in Corpus Christi

STATE PROFILE: TEXASFUSIBLE C-900® PIPE | FUSIBLE C-905® PIPE | FPVC® PIPE

OVER 50 MILES OF FUSIBLE PVC® PIPE INSTALLED IN TEXAS Over 500 water, wastewater and reuse pipeline installations completed

Fusible PVC® pipe offers many advantages that lower overall project and maintenance costs, including:

• Inside diameter (ID) matches the ID of bell-and-spigot PVC pipe, so there is no need to upsize to maintain hydraulics

• Tensile strength of 7,000 psi is 2.5 times higher than the other thermoplastic pipe option

• Superior strength to weight ratio for equivalent ID and pressure class

• Hydrostatic design basis with 2.0 factor of safety

• Standard ductile iron pipe size outside diameter allows seamless connection compatibility with standard ductile iron fittings

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West Harris County Regional Water Authority: 16-inch water main; HDD

San Jacinto River Authority, The Woodlands: 12-inch, 16-inch, 20-inch, & 24-inch

water main; HDD

City of Houston: 1,450 LF 20-inch force main; HDD

City of Plano: 4,500 LF 12-inch water line; HDD

City of Frisco: 2,600 LF 20-inch force main; HDD

City of Port Aransas: 24-inch water line; HDD

City of Brownsville: 4-inch, 6-inch, & 8-inch water main; HDD

Select End Users: City of Abilene; Brownsville Public Utility Board; City of Conroe; City of Corpus Christi; Dallas Water Utilities; El Paso Water Utilities; City of Frisco; City of Garland; City of Houston; City of Irving; City of Kerrville; City of La Grange; City of McAllen; City of McKinney; City of Plano; City of Port Aransas; City of Port Isabel; City of Richardson; Hanson; Jones and Carter; Missouri City; North Harris County Water Regional Authority; San Antonio River Authority; San Antonio Water Systems; San Jacinto River Authority; West Harris County Water Regional Authority.

Select Specifying Consulting Engineers: Brown and Gay Engineering; Cobb Fendley & Associates; Dal-Tech Engineering; Enprotec; Ferris; Flinn & Medina, LLC.; Freese and Nichols; Hayter Engineering; Hibbs and Todd, Inc.; J. Schwarz & Associates; Jacobs Engineering; Jones and Carter; KM Ng and Associates; LJA Engineering; LNV Engineering; Lockwood Andrews and Newnam; O’Malley Engineering; Pape Dawson Engineering; Perez Consulting Engineers; Urban Engineering; URS.

Select Installing Contractors:Azteca-Omega Group; BRB Construction; BRH Garver; Bridges Specialties; Cherokee Directional Drilling; Cruz Tech; Dakota Directional Drilling; Dual Construction; Fused Industries; H&O Contracting; Hanson; Holloman Construction; Horsehoe Construction; Huff & Mitchell; James Construction Group; J.J. Fox Construction; J M Construction; J T Excavating; John Burns Construction; Kieschnick General Contractors; Lewis Contractors Contracting and Utilities; Mears Group, Inc.; McMahon Construction; No-DigTec; Pederson Construction; Pesado Construction; Pittard Construction; Renaissance Construction; Rice Tunneling and Boring; SJ Louis Construction; TCH Directional Drilling; Wright Construction.

San Antonio River Authority: 12-inch reclaimed water; HDD

Dallas Water Utilities: 16-inch water line; slipline

Underground Solutions, Inc. provides infrastructure technologies for water, wastewater and power cable conduit applications. Underground Solutions’ Fusible PVC® pipe products, including Fusible C-900® pipe, Fusible C-905® pipe and FPVC® pipe, utilize patented technology to produce a fused monolithic, fully-restrained, gasket-free, leak-free piping system ideal for trenchless (horizontal directional drilling, pipe bursting and sliplining) or conventional "open-cut" installations and are available in 4-inch to 36-inch diameters. The combination of standard fittings and lower weight with higher flow for a given pressure class versus other thermoplastic pipes ensures that Fusible PVC® pipe brings greater economy to most pipeline projects.

Underground Solutions, Inc.858.679.9551www.undergroundsolutions.com

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