Trenchless Online.com reports that the Fairlington Village Association in Arlington, Virginia is using CIPP trenchless technology [cured-in-place-pipe] to restore the historical Fairlington apartment complex. The Fairlington sits on land that was home to the first American president, George Washington. Built during World War II, the complex housed “government employees, military officers and their families” and was the largest structure of its kind in the country. Between 1972 and 1977, “the units were [then] renovated and sold as condominiums.”
Trenchless technology makes history by saving it
With its “rolling hills and gentle shade trees,” Fairlington Village is as lovely as it is historical. But the age of the community’s sewer pipes combined with tree root intrusion has resulted in numerous “clay pipe collapse(s) and sewer backups.” A rehabilitation project, which made use of both trenchless technology and cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) began in 2001. The project included “1,800 apartment units and 900 sewer laterals at an average of 75 feet per lateral. As of fall 2011, the project was halfway complete.
Part of what has made this project—which is valued at $6 million—such an excellent investment is that it “avoids damages to the lawn and surrounding areas while replacing problematic sewer pipes with CIPP trenchless sewer liners.” And since no joints are involved in the CIPP trenchless sewer lining method, “tree roots are not intruded into the sewer liners and no corrosion will happen.”
Best of all, while trenchless technology has preserved the beauty and usefulness of a historical landmark, it has also saved the Fairlington Village Association over $1 million so far. CIPP trenchless technology is not only history in the making: it’s the smart choice that saves the day.
