MONTRÉAL, June 8, 2020
/PRNewswire/ - On June 2,
Cornell University's School of Civil
and Environmental Engineering issued its report "Performance
Evaluation of Aqua-Pipe under Earthquake-Induced Ground
Deformation", which details technical findings confirming that
SANEXEN Environmental Services Inc. ("SANEXEN")'s Next Generation
of Water Technology is proven to withstand severe earthquake
conditions. The complete report can be found here.
Rigorous testing at Cornell's
Geotechnical Lifelines Large-Scale Testing Facility in Ithaca, NY this past December, investigated
the performance of SANEXEN's Next Generation Water Technology under
large ground deformation. The tests were performed on new ductile
iron pipe (DI) and older cast iron (CI) pipe lined with Aqua-Pipe
Next Generation. Test scenarios included among other factors, axial
force (tension and compression), four-point bending and large-scale
fault rupture. These are all forces that are present during seismic
events and other events causing large ground deformations.
The tests confirmed conclusively that the pipe lined with
SANEXEN's Next Generation Water Technology, with an internal water
pressure of 80 psi, is able to withstand large degrees of ground
deformation and abrupt ground rupture, and would have kept its
integrity through the most severe levels of liquefaction-induced
ground deformation that occurred during the 1906 San Francisco
earthquake, which caused extensive damage to the San Francisco water distribution system.
"As confirmed within our report, the resilience achieved by the
Aqua-Pipe technology has surpassed everything we have tested so
far. This is the best result we have seen and actually achieved the
maximum we could test," explained Thomas
Denis O'Rourke, Professor of Engineering in the School of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell, and who oversaw the testing. "This Next
Generation of Aqua-Pipe performed extremely well under extreme
seismic forces."
Martin Bureau, Vice-President, Innovation at SANEXEN stated, "We
are pleased to share the results of testing on our Next Generation
Water Technology. These results far exceed what we had expected for
Aqua-Pipe Next Generation resilience, and, most importantly,
communities and cities now have a clear and proven solution that
can protect and secure their underground lifelines with certainty
for everyday use and in cases of extreme seismic activity."
"This will be of particular interest for cities and towns facing
aging water main infrastructure and that are located in
earthquake-prone areas of the USA
and Canada, and for many other
communities that are seeking the industry's most proven solution
for resilient water infrastructure," reinforces Benoît Côté,
President, SANEXEN Water, Inc.
About SANEXEN
SANEXEN Environmental Services Inc., a member of the LOGISTEC
family, is a leading provider of environmental solutions for the
past 35 years. With its key business lines – Site Remediation,
Major Projects, Infrastructure, Soils and Materials Management, and
Water Technology – SANEXEN continues to deliver creative and
customized solutions to industrial, municipal and governmental
clients and partners. SANEXEN's expert environmental engineers and
scientists, combined with its in-house research and development
teams, continue to explore and implement new technologies to
address the ever-evolving environmental issues facing the world
today.
Over the past 18 years, SANEXEN has developed considerable
expertise and an impressive intellectual property portfolio with
respect to its innovative Aqua-Pipe technology for the structural
rehabilitation of underground water mains. SANEXEN has installed
more than 2,100 km of its Aqua-Pipe Trenchless Structural CIPP
Technology in over 350 cities in North
America, helping them improve their water main network
performance and reduce their maintenance costs.
About LOGISTEC
LOGISTEC Corporation ("LOGISTEC") is based in Montréal (QC) and
provides specialized services in both the marine and environmental
industries. Environmental services are offered through SANEXEN and
FER-PAL Construction Ltd. Marine services are offered in the areas
of bulk, break-bulk and container cargo handling in 34 ports and 59
terminals across North America.
LOGISTEC also offers marine transportation services geared
primarily to the Arctic coastal trade, as well as marine agency
services to foreign shipowners and operators serving the Canadian
market.
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