Where a CCTV survey shows that
the pipeline is beyond repair or the system requires the line
to be up-sized the client has no option but to replace the
pipeline. This can be done by open cut with all the associated
costs and disruption or burst the existing pipeline whilst
pulling in a new pipe-line in its place.
Pipe
bursting is one of the most economical ways to
replace a buried pipeline. The direct costs are lower than the
traditional costs of dig-and-replace methods, but when pipes
are buried under process plants or other services the costs
are very low and in some cases the only answer to replacement.
When time, disruption and restoration are taken into account
pipe bursting is the only logical way for pipe
replacement.
With
pipe
bursting, a wide
choice of replacement materials is available. Polyethylene,
PVC, glass fiber and many types of metal pipes have all been
used successfully. | 
