One of the tallest Class A office towers in Calgary had a brand new roof installed. After the installation was completed, a couple of roof drains started to leak into the ceiling space of the offices on the top floor. An engineering firm was engaged to present the client with options to repair the leaking…
A 60 year old, large commercial building experienced a sewer backup due to a blockage in their sewer main. The problem location was identified as being directly below the foundation of the building. At the foundation of the building, the cast iron sewer pipe in the building transitioned to clay tile sewer pipe outside of…
A senior care facility was on the verge of an emergency excavation to relieve a blockage causing backups in the facilities kitchen. The facility was literally within hours of a major excavation ten (10) feet below the floor inside of the facility that would have shut the kitchen down for a couple of weeks. Revive…
A large commercial building was experiencing sewer backups in their materials receiving bay and mechanical room. Revive Pipes saved the facility over $100,000 and the major disruption of having to dig twelve (12) feet deep under the concrete slab and hot water boiler in the boiler room to replace the sewer pipe. The sewer drain…
A large power generation facility in Calgary, Alberta experienced leaks due to corrosion in the leak detection sample line for one of the underground contaminated fluid containment tanks that was below a twelve (12) inch thick structural concrete slab. Revive Pipes saved the facility over $50,000 when we removed tuberculation buildup and installed a Cured…
An Alberta government building was faced with having to close down its antique, manual elevator when a vitrified clay (VCP) sewer drain pipe that was partially embedded in the elevators foundation cracked. The high cost of the sewer pipe repair while keeping the elevator foundation intact was too much for the facility to justify keeping…
A large commercial building was experiencing sewer backups in their materials receiving bay and mechanical room. Revive Pipes saved the facility over $100,000 and the major disruption of having to dig twelve (12) feet deep under the concrete slab and hot water boiler in the boiler room to replace the sewer pipe. The sewer drain…
A classroom in a school became a poor learning environment when nasty sewer gases began to permeate the room due to a broken fitting and offset joint below the floor. The pipe was prohibitively expensive to fix because of its location 4 feet below the floor next to the building foundation. Revive Pipes saved the…
An international distiller’s blending room drains were completely eaten away and collapsed in many sections. The blending room housed 40 alcohol tanks that were 100,000 litres in size. The tanks are supported by a 12 inch thick structural slab throughout the blending room. During production, the blending room is a Class 1, Div 1 Explosive…
A City of Calgary’s outdoor swimming pool had some water left in pool lines over the winter, causing the pipes to crack. After a Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) inversion lining contractor attempted to fix the problems and dug several holes in the pool deck without fixing the problems, Revive Pipes was called. Revive Pipes…
A large commercial building in Calgary, Alberta had a hole in the asbestos concrete main sewer for the facility with significant roots growing through the hole and causing sewer backups in the facility. The facility was operational 24/7 and couldn’t shut down to properly repair the hole in the main sewer pipe. The traditional repair…