{"id":7020,"date":"2023-09-22T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T06:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuflow.net\/?p=7020"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T01:49:09","slug":"nuflow-protects-fremantles-history-by-repairing-arch-culvert-drain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuflow.net\/nuflow-protects-fremantles-history-by-repairing-arch-culvert-drain\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuflow protects Fremantle\u2019s history by repairing arch culvert pipes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Fremantle is a prominent port city in Western Australia. Its harbour is an important piece of infrastructure, doubling as a longstanding historical site and one of the largest cargo ports in the state. When refurbishments were conducted on heritage-listed buildings within the port, Nuflow Western Australia (WA) was brought in to address the existing drain and ensure that any refurbishment work would not jeopardise the area\u2019s historic buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of the project included refurbishing a building for commercial tenants. This engineering team was required to replace damaged sheet piling that reinforced the building against the nearby ocean. However, installing new sheet piling would inevitably cause vibrations that risked damaging a 36m 1100 x 900mm brick stormwater culvert drain, which ran underneath the building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Constructed from brick, the asset was suspected to date back to the late 1800s when the port was first established. A camera inspection revealed that the culvert drain was severely damaged, with huge cracks along its surface and even whole bricks missing. The engineering team suspected that it would not be able to withstand the level of intervention needed to install sheet piling without collapsing and causing irreversible damage to the heritage-listed building above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, they had to pause their renovation plans and find someone to help them with the culvert drain repair. However, they soon realised that the shape of the asset would make this difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n