Ensures minimal community disruption – no businesses or homes are harmed during the installation of the SBS™

Communities that have experienced the installation of historic gravity sewers will attest to the problems associated with disruption to normal daily life and the significant impact on all businesses within the community. There is a hidden and significant cost to communities that is not apparent until projects are completed and the "dust finally settles". The impact of large open cuts, slow progress with trench boxes, road closures, dust and noise nuisance is extreme for communities using historic sewer methodology. The businesses that rely on traffic to their doors - restaurants, service providers, distributors, commercial outlets, stores and transportation providers - are severely impacted by major disruption to the roads and lack of regular client access that may extend into months. In many cases, businesses along major commercial corridors have to close their doors for an extended period of time.

The preferred installation methodology associated with Small Bore Sewers™ in re-servicing projects is trenchless technology. The impact of this method of installing mains and laterals in the right of way is close to unnoticeable; mains and laterals are installed using subsurface drilling techniques that will result in no dust, little noise, and minimal surface disruption. The equipment is small and low impact, and is driven using truck-based air compressors, which is the only noise source during installation. This methodology will not cause business disruption, business access problems, or road closures, and will allow the commercial core areas to function without any significant impact associated with the re-servicing project.