Overview Since 2004, more than 700 water, sewer, reuse and electrical projects have been completed throughout the Sunshine State utilizing Underground Solutions’ Fusible PVC ® pipe system. Florida utilities have long been leaders in employing trenchless installation methods for pipeline projects to reduce cost and minimize disruption to local communities during construction. Technology advancements, favorable soil conditions, increasingly congested development and an abundance of experienced trenchless contractors have made horizontal directional drilling (HDD), pipe bursting and sliplining popular installation methods throughout the state. Until 2004, the primary pipe materials used for trenchless applications were high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or steel. Since the advent of Fusible PVC ® pipe, owners, design engineers and contractors 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 prevalent in many utility systems, Fusible PVC ® pipe allows utilities to maintain material continuity in trenchless installations and direct bury applications requiring a fused thermoplastic pipe system. A growing list of municipalities and utilities have achieved significant savings by utilizing the Fusible PVC ® pipe systems while realizing the benefits of a leak-free, fully-restrained, fused PVC pipe system that is easy to maintain. Many Florida municipalities are repeat customers and have incorporated the technology into their standard specifications. Both the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) have recognized Fusible PVC ® pipe’s extensive track record with inclusion in FDOT’s HDD design standard (Section 555, 2011), AWWA updated PVC standard C900-16 and AWWA’s PVC pressure pipe installation standard C605 (2013 update). Project pipe sizes have varied from 4 to 36 inches in diameter, with HDD installation lengths extending over 7,000 LF. Fusible PVC ® pipe provides numerous advantages, including the ability to utilize standard ductile iron fittings and/or PVC appurtenances to easily reconnect to ductile iron or PVC bell- and-spigot pipe, eliminating the need for expensive specialized fittings and transition pieces typically required when using HDPE pipe. With a tensile strength and hydrostatic design basis (HDB) approximately 2.5 times greater than HDPE, Fusible PVC ® pipe is generally able to provide an equivalent inner diameter and working pressure with a smaller outer diameter (OD) compared to HDPE pipe. The reduction in pipe OD reduces borehole size in HDD, and reduces soil displacement in pipe burst applications, saving money and minimizing installation risk. With superior resistance to hydrocarbon permeation and the oxidative effects of drinking water disinfectants, the Fusible PVC ® pipe system is an ideal choice to ensure safe, reliable drinking water and a full-service life. STATE PROFILE: FLORIDA FUSIBLE C-900 ® PIPE | FPVC ® PIPE FUSIBLE PVC ® PIPE INSTALLATIONS EXCEED 1.3 MILLION FEET IN FLORIDA Installations include water, sewer, reuse, storm and electrical conduit applications
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Overview
Since 2004, more than 700 water, sewer, reuse and electrical projects have been completed throughout the Sunshine State utilizing Underground Solutions’ Fusible PVC® pipe system. Florida utilities have long been leaders in employing trenchless installation methods for pipeline projects to reduce cost and minimize disruption to local communities during construction. Technology advancements, favorable soil conditions, increasingly congested development and an abundance of experienced trenchless contractors have made horizontal directional drilling (HDD), pipe bursting and sliplining popular installation methods throughout the state.
Until 2004, the primary pipe materials used for trenchless applications were high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or steel. Since the advent of Fusible PVC® pipe, owners, design engineers and contractors 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 prevalent in many utility systems, Fusible PVC® pipe allows utilities to maintain material continuity in trenchless installations and direct bury applications requiring a fused thermoplastic pipe system.
A growing list of municipalities and utilities have achieved significant savings by utilizing the Fusible PVC® pipe systems while realizing the benefits of a leak-free, fully-restrained, fused PVC pipe system that is easy to maintain. Many Florida municipalities are repeat customers and have incorporated the technology into their standard specifications. Both the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) have recognized Fusible PVC® pipe’s extensive track record with inclusion in FDOT’s HDD design standard (Section 555, 2011), AWWA updated PVC standard C900-16 and AWWA’s PVC pressure pipe installation standard C605 (2013 update). Project pipe sizes have varied from 4 to 36 inches in diameter, with HDD installation lengths extending over 7,000 LF.
Fusible PVC® pipe provides numerous advantages, including the ability to utilize standard ductile iron fittings and/or PVC appurtenances to easily reconnect to ductile iron or PVC bell-and-spigot pipe, eliminating the need for expensive specialized fittings and transition pieces typically required when using HDPE pipe. With a tensile strength and hydrostatic design basis (HDB) approximately 2.5 times greater than HDPE, Fusible PVC® pipe is generally able to provide an equivalent inner diameter and working pressure with a smaller outer diameter (OD) compared to HDPE pipe. The reduction in pipe OD reduces borehole size in HDD, and reduces soil displacement in pipe burst applications, saving money and minimizing installation risk.
With superior resistance to hydrocarbon permeation and the oxidative effects of drinking water disinfectants, the Fusible PVC® pipe system is an ideal choice to ensure safe, reliable drinking water and a full-service life.
STATE PROFILE: FLORIDAFUSIBLE C-900® PIPE | FPVC® PIPE
FUSIBLE PVC® PIPE INSTALLATIONS EXCEED 1.3 MILLION FEET IN FLORIDA Installations include water, sewer, reuse, storm and electrical conduit applications
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City of Naples: 3,360 feet of 20-inchraw water main; HDD
Largo, FL: 5.5 miles of 12-inch, 14-inch, 16-inch, 20-inch & 30-inch force main; HDD
Panama City Beach, FL: 5,000 feet of 16-inch, 12-inch, 10-inch water and sewer; HDD
JEA: 70,000 feet of 4-inch – 12-inch water dis-tribution; HDD and pipe burst
Port St. Lucie, FL 7,000 feet (X2)of 30-inch HDD conduit casing
City of Lakeland & Hillsborough Co: 30-inch jack & bore in 36-inch steel casing
Bradenton, FL: 24,500 feet of 24-inch, 2,000 feet of 16-inch, 500 feet of 12-inch BRU RCW;
HDD (includes 2,200 feet HDD under I-75)
TOHO Osceola Pkwy: 1,500 feet of 30-inch casing with 24-inch carrier; water; HDD
City of Cocoa: 4,300 feet of 20-inch, 1,400 feet of12-inch and 8-inch force main/reuse;
HDD (FDOT)
Select End Users: Altamonte Springs; Atlantic Beach; Baldwin; Bartow; Bay County; Blackman Community; Boca Raton; Town of Bowling Green; Bradenton; Brevard; Brooksville; Bushnell; Callaway; Center Hill; Cape Canaveral; Town of Cedar Key; Clearwater; Charlotte County; Chipley; Citrus County; Clay County Utility Authority; Cocoa; Collier County; Coral Springs; Crystal River, Dade City; Daytona Beach; DeFuniak Springs; Destin Water Users (DWU); Delray Beach; Dunedin; Eglin AFB; Emerald Coast Utility Authority (ECUA); Englewood Water District, Eustis; Esto; FGUA Golden Gate; FP&L; Ft. Lauderdale; Freeport; Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU); Green Cover Springs; Haines City; Hallandale Beach; Hampton; Hawthorne; Hernando County; Havana; High Springs; Hillsborough County; Holley-Navarre Water System; Hurlburt Field AFB; Immokalee; Indian River County; Jacksonville Beach; Jacksonville NAS, JEA*; Kennedy Space Center, Lake City; Lakeland; Lake Wales; Largo; Lawtey; Lee County; MacDill AFB; Manatee County; Marion County; Mexico Beach; Mossy Head Water Works; Mt. Dora; Naples; Newberry; New Smyrna Beach; N. Miami Beach; North Port; Orange County Utilities; Ocala; Orlando; Oviedo; Palm Beach County; Panama City Beach; Parker; Perry; Polk County; Town of Paxton; Pinellas County; Plant City; Punta Gorda; Reedy Creek; Sarasota County; Sarasota; Seminole County; St. Augustine; St. Cloud; St. Petersburg; St. Johns Co; Sumter County; Tallahassee; Tampa; TECO; Temple Terrace; Titusville; TOHO Water Authority; Tyndall AFB; Umatilla; Venice; South Walton Utility; WRP, Inc.; Town of Wausau; West Melbourne; West Palm Beach; Wildwood; Winter Haven; Zephyrhills.
Select Specifying Consulting Engineers:AECOM (URS); Andrew & Newman, Inc.; Applied Technology Management (ATM); Atkins; Ayres & Associates; Baskerville-Donovan, Inc.; BESH Engineering; Black & Veatch; Brown & Caldwell; Burrell Engineering; CardnoTBE; CDM-Smith; Chen & Associates; CDG Engineers, Inc.; Chastain-Skillman; CH2M; CPH; Dewberry/Preble-Rish; DMK Associates; Eckler Engineering; Envisors; ETM; Fabre Engineering; Fred Wilson & Assoc.; Gmuer Eng.; Genesis Group; George F Young, Inc.; Giffels-Webster; Globatech, Inc.; Greeley and Hansen; Greenman-Pederson, Inc.; Hazen & Sawyer; H&B Consulting; HDR; Heidt Design; Hole Montes, Inc; Howard Civil Engineering; GPI; Inwood Engineering; Jacobs; J. Collins Engineering Associates, LLC (JCEA); Jenkins Engineering, Inc.; Jones Edmunds & Associates; JRGO; Keith & Schnars; Kennerh Horne & Associates; King Engineering; Kimley Horn & Associates; Lockwood, Malcolm Pirnie; Masteller & Moller; Mathews Consulting, Inc.; McKim & Creed; Metzger & Willard; Mittauer & Associates; Mott MacDonald; Municipal Engineering Services, Inc.; North FL Professional Services; Osceola Engineering, Inc.; Parsons; Pigeon-Roberts & Associates; Polyengineering, Inc.; Power Engineers; QK4 Engineering; QLH Associates; Rebol Battle & Associates; Reiss Engineering; Stantec; Tetra Tech; W&M Engineering; Wade-Trim; Woolpert; Zev Cohen.
Select Installing Contractors: ADS/Centerline DDS*; Allen’s Excavating; American Boring & Trenching; Anderson Columbia Co.; Andrew Paving, Inc.; Andrews Sitework; Arrow Directional Boring; Atlantic Directional Drilling, Inc*.; Art Walker Constructon; BBI Construction Mgt.; Bergeron; BKW; Blevins Road Boring*; Blue Rock; Bonness, Inc; Boyd Irrigation; Broadband Telecommunications (BTC)*; Built Right Construction; Cabana Construction*; Carl Hankins; Central Concrete; Chavers; Cinch Underground; CIC; Clark Hunt; Construction Services Company; Croft Contracting; Curts Construction; Dallas One; David Nelson Construction Co; DBE Utility Services; Deeb; DeJonge Excavating; Deme; D R Swanson Co; Equibore of America, Inc.*; Felix Associates; Forsberg Construction; GAC Contractors, Inc.; Garney Construction; Gator Boring & Trenching, Inc.*; General Underground*; Goodwyn Brothers; Go Underground*; Gruhn May; Gulf Coast Utility Contractors; GWP Construction; Hamlet Construction; Harris-McBurney; Hartman Civil; HDD of America*; Hemphill Construction; Hypower; H&T Contractors, LLC; I-C Contractors; JJD Contracting; J&P Construction Co., Inc.; Jon M. Hall; Kearney; Killebrew; Kimmins; K3 Directional; Kuxhausen Construction, Inc.; Lanzo; E.T. Mackenzie; Left Coast Utilities*; L&K Contracting Co. Inc.; ManCon; Marshall Brothers Contracting; Martin Construction, LLC; Masci Construction, Inc.; Metro Equipment; Morgan Contracting; Murphy Pipeline; North Florida Construction, Inc.; P&M Communications Contractors Inc; PM Contracting Co.; Pave Rite; Pepper Contracting; Poire Underground*; Pospiech Contracting; Prince; Quality Enterprises; Rainey Construction; RIPA & Associates; Roads, Inc.; Roberts Drilling, Inc.; Roland; Royal American Construction, Inc.; Sawcross; Schaer Development; Scherer Construction; Secord Contracting; Spectrum Underground*; Stevens & Layton; Strickler Brothers; Suncoast Development; Sylvester Excavating; TB Landmark Construction*; TG Utility; TLC Diversified; Trenchless Specialties, Inc.*; Tri-Sure*; Utility Services Co.*; Utility Solutions Group, LLC; Walton Construction*; WDG Construction, Inc.; Westra Construction, Woodruff & Sons; Worth Construction; Wright Construction; Wyatt Construction & Boring; YCOM*. (* denotes Underground Solutions trained and licensed fusion contractor)
STATE PROFILE: FLORIDAFUSIBLE C-900® PIPE | FPVC® PIPE
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 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.
