Salt Creek Gravity
Sewer Interceptor
Chula Vista, California
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Jet Grouting
Battered, double-fluid jet grout columns are installed at a 20-inch inclination from vertical to underpin a critical existing 72-inch-diameter sewer line.
Project Overview:
Layne GeoConstruction designed and constructed an array of single-fluid and double-fluid jet grout columns to underpin and provide temporary support of an active 72-inch-diameter sewer line. A total of 120 jet grout columns of 3 to 5 feet in diameter were installed to depths of 15 to 20 feet, achieving compressive strengths of 500 to 1500 psi.

The jet grouting also provided temporary groundwater control, allowing the new micro-tunnel and juncture structure to be incorporated into the live sewer.

The jet grouting was performed near several existing, critical utilities, and within the side slope of an off-ramp along Interstate Highway Route I-5. The jet grouting work was successfully performed with no movement of the existing sewer recorded.

    Value of Work Performed:
$225,000
Project Duration:
1 month
Project Completion Date:
June 2003
Project Reference:
Project Owner:
City of Chula Vista, California
Kirk P. Ammerman
(619) 691-5021
General Contractor:
Modem Continental
Construction Co., Inc.
Joseph Clougherty
(617) 864-6300