M102 Sommerville Road Water Mains Renewal

Client: John Holland and Kellogg Brown & Root Joint Venture
Location: West Footscray and Yarraville
Highlights: Replacement of the existing M102 Water main with a DN900 MSCL pipe through the suburbs of West Footscray, Yarraville and Kingsville.

Works undertaken involved:

• Installation of over 2.5km of DN900 MSCL pipework
• Installation of 5 No. DN900 Butterfly Valves and Bypass Arrangements
• Installation of 1 No. DN1200 Butterfly Valve and Bypass Arrangement
• Installation of Air Valves and Scour Valves offtakes along alignment
• Open Cut Crossing of Princes Highway during Occupational Weekends
• Pipelay through Roberts Roundabout
• Open Cut Pipe Install through Stony Creek at Cruickshank Park involving Bypass Pumping and Asbestos removal
• Excavation around more than 200 No. services without any strikes
• Successful pipelay beneath 5 No. Transmission Gas Mains
• 30% of Pipeline Alignment ran parallel to a Transmission Gas Asset
• 90% of Pipeline ran parallel to Overhead Asset’s
• Upgrade of City West Water Assets
• Cathodic Protection Installation
• Commissioning of new pipeline including 9 No. Cutovers
• Varying ground conditions including greasyback and rock