What is the Gravity Pipeline Project?
The Gravity Pipeline (GP) Project consists of the design, construction, permitting, start-up, commissioning, and closeout of approximately 17,600 feet of wastewater gravity FRP pipe inside a concrete-segment tunnel. The work includs three shafts and will interface directly with the Front of Plant (FoP) Project at the Receiving Lift Station (RLS). Work is being implemented under a Progressive Design-Build procurement process.
What's Happening
Gravity Pipeline Project
Last Updated July 2020
Salus, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), safely began her second drive from the launch shaft to SVCW’s wastewater treatment facility late June. Barnard-Bessac Joint Venture (BBJV), the contractor partner for the Gravity Pipeline project, connected all of Salus’ electrical components. These components included gantries, a frame structure raised on side supports, that house the equipment needed to power and run the TBM throughout its drive. Gantries also serve as an entryway to deliver concrete support rings to the front of Salus for installation.
BBJV transported the final segments of fiberglass reinforced polymer (FRP) pipes from the Port of Stockton to the storage yard in Sunol. They are wrapped in a protective blue tarp and stored in the yard until ready for installation in the new tunnel created by Salus.
Latest Updates
Gravity Pipeline Project
Tunnel Boring Machine Breaks Through at Inner Bair Island Shaft
Salus, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), completed her first tunnel drive and broke through into the shaft at Inner Bair
Gravity Pipeline Update
Salus, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), arrived at its first destination at the shaft located on the northern end of
Notification on Mist from Cooling Tower
As part of the RESCU Program, SVCW has ongoing work at the corner of Shoreway Road and Holly Street. A
SVCW $495M Infrastructure Project Milestone Celebrated with Firsthand Look at TBM Before It Begins Two Years of Work Underground
Thank you for all who participated in and attended the event, the name revealing was a success! The U.S. Environmental