City of Mankato, Minn. Awards Its First CIPP Project Valued at $5.1 Million to Insituform
Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INSU) announced Aug. 9 it has been awarded the first cured-in-place pipe project in
“Insituform first introduced CIPP nearly 40 years ago and we are pleased to now use this trenchless technology to rehabilitate nearly two miles of pipelines in
It is expected that Insituform crews will begin to install Insituform CIPP in September 2010 and will complete the project, which runs along the
Public Works Director for the City of Mankato, Mark Knoff, said, “The City of Mankato is pleased to work with Insituform, low bidder of the city’s $5.1 million sanitary sewer rehabilitation project. Insituform provides a trenchless cured-in-place pipe solution that reduces traffic and environmental impacts and will ultimately reduce future capital, operations and maintenance expenses.”
Insituform will manage locally owned subcontractors throughout the project to provide cleaning and closed-circuit television inspection, manhole replacement and rehabilitation.
Insituform CIPP is a jointless pipe-within-a-pipe used to rehabilitate pipes ranging in diameter from 6 to 96 in. Suitable for repair of sanitary sewers, storm sewers and force mains, Insituform CIPP extends the life of existing infrastructure by approximately 100 years. Rehabilitating sewer pipelines with Insituform CIPP reduces infiltration, restores structural integrity and increases flow capacity without disruption to communities, typically at a lower cost than dig and replace solutions.
About Insituform
Insituform Technologies Inc. is a global leader in pipeline protection. Insituform provides proprietary technologies and services for rehabilitating sewer, water, energy and mining piping systems and the corrosion protection of industrial pipelines.