Challenging Box Culvert Installation in the City of Abbotsford
Box Culvert Success Story
12’ x 6’ (3.65×1.83m) box culverts, each filled with 30″ of rock material required by City of Abbotsford & MAREX Constructors Ltd. to overcome flooding challenges within 2 weeks!
Huge Precast Box
3.65m span by 1.83m Rise
Many streams and creeks or rivers are under or adjacent to roadworks in our communities. As was the case in the City of Abbotsford where a large span by rise box culvert for a fish habitat stream needed to be installed.
Large Precast Solution
Big Box Culvert Install
A box culvert installation in the City of Abbotsford posed numerous challenges; short time frames, navigating water mains, sanitary force mains, gas, and electrical elements both below and above ground.
The installation of our 12’ x 6’ boxes, each filled with 30″ of rock material, required meticulous planning. MAREX Constructors Ltd. had a well-executed system in place, including the installation of steel I-beams at grade, pulling off a series of box installations in a two weeks.
