RELINING
Equipment being prepared on site.
Trenchless contractor delivers complete package Under deft project management, M. Tucker & Sons brought together all divisions of the business to deliver a holistic service on a Traralgon sewer rehabilitation.
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. Tucker & Sons is a familyowned business providing civil and trenchless drainage services since 1989. Over 30 years, the company has developed a reputation for supplying a comprehensive service in utilities and wastewater spaces, with the most up-to-date methods and technologies. M. Tucker & Sons’ customers range from local councils, to small businesses, to large organisations across a range of sectors. The company’s services range from consultation and advisory, to civil construction and repairs, and CCTV inspection and condition assessments - but that is by no means exhaustive. Back in July, M. Tucker & Sons completed 780 m of 540mm sewer rehabilitation at a major manufacturing plant in Traralgon, Victoria. This project involved the use of all divisions in the company, from civil teams, cleaning and CCTV operators, traffic control to pipe relining. The work involved heavy drain cleaning 48 TRENCHLESS AUSTRALASIA DECEMBER 2021
under meticulous CCTV monitoring to effectively clean the pipe while protecting the brittle and delicate host pipe. Civil crews were required to rectify collapsed sections of pipe and create access to buried manholes. Two pipe relining crews worked around the clock to restore the system’s structural The team completing UV lining works onsite.
integrity and serviceability for at least the next 50 years, while traffic control crews were deployed to safely mange plant traffic around for the duration of work. M. Tucker vacuum trucks set up a large bypass to keep the team dry over the course of the works. M. Tucker & Sons’ holistic service offering
