This project included repair and replacement of 84 linear feet of 8-inch gravity sewer and approximately 100 linear feet of stream restoration.

1. A Fairfax County, VA, publication
Department of Public Works and Environmental Services
Working for You!
Project No. WW-000028-008
Braddock District
November 2019
GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER
REPAIR

2. Project Details
GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
Description:
The Gadsen Drive Emergency Gravity Sewer Repair project was substantially completed on
November 8, 2019. This project included repair and replacement of 84 linear feet of 8-inch
gravity sewer and approximately 100 linear feet of stream restoration.
Project Overview:
• Removal and proper disposal of 84 feet of asbestos pipe
• Installation of 84 linear feet of gravity sewer with new ductile iron pipe
• Roughly 100 linear feet of stream restoration
• Site restoration
Project Team:
• Darwin Proano Instrumentation Technician I, Wastewater Collection Division
• Atilio Urbina Instrumentation Technician II, Wastewater Collection Division
• Evan Silverthorn, CCTV Supervisor, Wastewater Collection Division
• Robert Hoover, PWES Specialist, Wastewater Collection Division
• Robert White, Construction/Project Manager I, Wastewater Collection Division
• Richard Finnell, Land Acquisition Division
• Tom Grala, Wastewater Design and Construction Division
• Matthew Doyle, Wastewater Design and Construction Division
• Contractor: Patriot Development Corporation

3. GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
Gadsen Drive
Roughly 84 LF of
new ductile iron
pipe

4. GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
Pre-Existing Conditions
Existing
stormwater
drainage
Broken 8”
gravity sewer

5. GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
By-Pass Pump and Haul
24-hour pump and haul operation
provided by Wastewater Collection
Division, DPWES
By-pass pipe

6. GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
During Repair
Installation of access road
Deck matting to protect
and preserve the property

7. GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
During Repair
Removal of existing pipe Old broken pipe

8. GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
During Repair
Installation of new piping Installation of bedding for new piping
(Checking for the required slope)

9. GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
Quality Control
Final connection of new pipe
Internal inspection and quality control
provided by
DPWES, Wastewater Collection Division
Final
Connection

10. GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
Before and After
BEFORE AFTER
Same tree
in both
photos
Same tree
In both
photos

11. Additional Information
For additional Information, please call
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks
GADSEN DRIVE EMERGENCY GRAVITY SEWER REPAIR
Capital Facilities/Wastewater Design and Construction Division
Matthew Kaiser, Public Information Officer
703-324-8455, TTY 711
Matthew.Kaiser@fairfaxcounty.gov