Utility and infrastructure

Underground, and back to grade.

Abe led underground utility work at the executive level before founding Hunter Specialty. Drainage structures, catch basins, and underground utilities, taken from a failed structure through to restored pavement. This work gets judged on what the surface looks like after it goes back, so that is the part we don't rush.

Utility and infrastructure

How a structure replacement goes

Stages of the same kind of work, start to finish. The photos below are from drainage and catch basin jobs where the surface had to go back the way it came up.

  1. 01 Failed brick drainage structure exposed and ready for replacement

    The failed structure

    Old brick barrel, mortar gone, walls starting to come in. This is usually what a sinking spot in a lot turns out to be.

  2. 02 Excavator beside an open drainage structure excavation with traffic cones

    Cut and excavate

    Pavement saw cut square, structure dug out, cones and plate ready. Keeping the cut clean is what makes the patch look right later.

  3. 03 Precast structure seated in an open excavation before backfill

    Set the structure

    New precast barrel set and seated. Spoil kept on boards so the surrounding surface goes back the way it was found.

  4. 04 New precast drainage structure set in the excavation with frame and grate

    Frame to grade

    Frame and grate set to final grade, then backfilled and compacted in lifts.

  5. 05 Restored asphalt patch over a completed drainage structure

    Restore the surface

    Binder and top course in, grate sitting flush. The part the client actually sees.

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