Broadway Trunk Sewer Replacement/
Rehabilitation Phase I—Microtunneling

Butier Engineering, Inc. provided resident engineering and inspection services during microtunneling operations for installation of approximately 6,132 linear feet of 36-inch vitrified clay pipe in East Broadway Avenue in the City of Long Beach.

The project also included construction of eleven (11) standard 72-inch manholes, two (2) conflict reinforced concrete box structures, connection to the existing 36-inch County Sanitation Districts sewer at North Shoreline Drive, and connection to the existing 24-inch City of Long Beach sewer at Alamitos.

In order to accomplish construction of the proposed sewer and maintain all existing sewer lines in service, the contractor installed a total of ten (10) temporary bypass sewer connections and made a permanent sewer connection at Elm Avenue. A total of five (5) existing local 8-inch sewers were abandoned upon completion of the proposed sewer.