For the City of Durham, our crew took on a unique job at the Lick Creek Sewage Pump Station: removing and replacing multiple valves (6” up to 16”). While the city supplied the valves, we handled the rest—bypass pumping with five 12” diesel-driven pumps, wet well cleaning, dewatering, sludge removal, and even concrete inspections inside the wet well.
Carolina Civilworks is working with Clancy & Theys on the new Pleasant Plains Elementary School for Wake County Public Schools. Our scope includes all on-site water and sewer, along with a 20-inch off-site water line extension.
We’re currently installing 620 LF of 20-inch DIP through an existing 36-inch steel casing beneath I-540. The casing was previously installed, so instead of a traditional bore-and-jack, our boring subcontractor, Razorback Boring, is treating it like a live bore—excavating the bore pit, setting up the equipment, and pushing the carrier pipe through the casing.
Have you driven down Wade Avenue this week? If so, you’ve probably seen our crew out there hard at work.
We’re wrapping up a big one for Raleigh Water—officially called the Atkins and Canterbury Water Line Replacement. It’s a full water and sewer upgrade running down Canterbury Road, starting all the way from Eton.
We’re in downtown Wilmington working with CFPUA on a full replacement of Pump Station 9, one of the older stations in their system—pushing almost 60 years. It’s right on the Cape Fear River and handles a big chunk of downtown’s sewer flow, so taking it offline isn’t an option.
The blasting’s done at BB1, and now we’re onto the next phase: shoring. Right now, we’re installing soil nails to support the 30+ foot excavation for the new pump station.
We’re about 80% of the way through improvements at the Oxford Wastewater Treatment Plant, where Carolina Civilworks is working directly with the City of Oxford to deliver some serious upgrades.
Carolina Civilworks partnered with the City of Sanford to upgrade critical infrastructure at their wastewater treatment facility. The scope included installation of two new owner-provided blowers and decommissioning of two existing units. We also coordinated the startup process with the blower manufacturer to ensure seamless integration.
ast week marked the unofficial groundbreaking of Big Branch 1 PS — a new regional wastewater pump station that’s going to handle all the flow from the massive Veridea development in Apex, NC.
Carolina Civilworks was contracted by New Atlantic to perform the water & sewer work on the new Seaforth High School project for the Chatham County Board of Education. Being that no City or County sewer was available, the biggest aspect of this project was the sanitary sewer system which not only treated & stored wastewater on-site, but also re-used some for irrigation of the athletic fields. Other features included a 7AC spray field and off-site water line work to connect to an existing main on US-64.
CCI was selected as the site utility contractor for Clancy & Theys on both the Block A and Block C projects at the Seaboard Station shopping center. Our scope of work included extensive water, sewer & storm drain upgrades in and around the 2 new multi-family buildings and hotel. Also included were underground detention / sand filter structures at both Blocks. The Block A utility work also involved painstaking upgrades in the middle of Peace Street & several intersections. Detailed planning, communication & close coordination were instrumental in making this project a success!
In February of 2020, RAM Realty contracted Carolina Civilworks for the Elliot Storage Design a.k.a. Booker Creek Expansion & Greenway project. This job included complete site erosion control, earthwork, a constructed wetland, retaining walls, deep foundations, a pedestrian bridge and new greenway extension for the Town of Chapel Hill. Also included were various storm drain improvements, CIP concrete work and landscaping.
CCI was low bidder and awarded the improvements project for Sludge Thickener No. 4 at the City of Raleigh’s E.M. Johnson Water Treatment Plant. Besides construction of the brand new 50’ diameter cast-in-place concrete tank, this project also included replacement of transfer pumps & MCC, upgrades to the existing SCADA system, yard piping modifications, high performance coatings and renovation of an existing storage building into a break room for plant operations staff.
CCI was low bidder & awarded Bid Package 11 on the Neuse River Resource Recovery Facility’s Bioenergy project for the construction of the Alum Facility. This included upwards of 6,000 LF of chemical distribution piping, 2 ea. 22,000 gallon FRP tanks for aluminum sulfate storage, 4 ea. metering pumps, 1 transfer pump and associated electrical upgrades. Added via change order was approx. 1,500 LF of concrete encased medium voltage duct bank including hand holes & vaults.
CCI was contracted by Clancy & Theys to perform the site utility work on this multi-family project for Kane Realty. That scope of work included water & sewer main replacements in West Cabarrus Street, Dupont Circle & Rosengarten Alley as well as domestic & fire services for the new development. The primary feature of this project however was the ~825 LF of new 10×6’ & 12×5’ precast box culvert that was required to relocate existing storm drain infrastructure out of the footprint of the new apartments & parking deck. This included several cast-in-place components as well as engineered shoring systems due to excavation widths and depths.
In May 2018, CCI was awarded this project to replace approx. 5,000 LF of existing force main with a new 16” PVC line. The majority of the alignment was through downtown streets occupied by businesses and single family homes. Traffic control, communication and phasing of the work were key to reducing impacts to CFPUA’s customers. Also included on this job were a horizontal directional drill and various storm drain improvements throughout the project corridor.
CCI was awarded the contract from the City of Raleigh to handle several upgrades to one of the largest sewer pump stations in its system. The bulk of the new 24” piping, electrical and SCADA improvements were associated with the addition of a 4th 150 HP dry pit vertical solids handling pump to the existing triplex station. In order to complete this work, we were responsible for installing a permanent bypass assembly on the 36” discharge force main and completely bypassing the station which was designed to handle flows up to 21 MGD. In addition to the pump-related work, HVAC modifications, roof repairs, door replacement, structural repairs to the aluminum stairwell and cleaning of the wet well were also included. Key subcontractors on this project were Bitting Electric and Shumate Mechanical.
This was a fast tracked repair project for the City of Raleigh Stormwater Management Department that ultimately replaced a failing 70 year-old CMP culvert under Clark Avenue. The old 72” corrugated metal arch culvert was replaced with approx. 110 LF of parallel 60” reinforced concrete pipes. In addition to the new piped system, a large custom masonry junction box and precast concrete headwalls were included to help stabilize upstream and downstream ends of the culvert.
UNC Chapel Hill’s Central Campus Athletics Project was designed to provide additional practice fields to their football team – primarily an indoor facility – as well as a renovation to their soccer stadium. As part of this construction, CCI was awarded a contract to replace and relocate underground chilled water lines and a steam tunnel to avoid the footprint of the new building and concourse. The chilled water work consisted of approx. 350 LF of parallel 18” RJDIP, butterfly valves, thrust block and multiple tie-ins to existing lines. Steam work included not only the demolition and abatement of existing tunnel, but the up-sizing of approx. 100 LF of new, larger tunnel with CIP base and precast tops. The majority of CCI’s work took place in a 30’ corridor between 2 occupied dorms and in one of the campus’ busiest roadways which required extensive planning, coordination and safety measures. Key subcontractors on this project included Aggregate Group, EHG, Raleigh Paving, Certified Concrete and Waterproofing Specialties.
CCI’s first project with H2GO Brunswick Regional Water & Sewer consisted of the construction of a large, regional pump station and associated force main in Leland, NC. A new gravity sewer system that fed into this station was constructed under separate contract. The 1,260 GPM pump station consisted of duplex 70hp pumps set in a 12’ diameter wet well nearly 35’ deep, valve vault, a 12” electromagnetic flowmeter & MH, sampling MH and complete electrical system including an emergency generator. The roughly 11,000 LF of 12” force main required to tie into the existing WWTP included 289 LF of jack & bores and approx. 3,500 LF of horizontal directional drills. Key subcontractors on this project included Sandy’s Hauling & Backhoe, Razorback Boring, Pitt Electric and Dun-Right Services.