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RISING
TO THE OCCASION
New Philadelphia makes
adjustable risers standard
for road projects
by Angus Stocking
“Pivoted Turnbuckle”
powerful expansion
makes the difference.
For many, New Philadelphia, Ohio,
is a slice of midwestern Americana
you don’t often find anymore. Its
Victorian houses, quaint-yet-bustling
downtown area and tree-lined
streets are a Rockwellian throwback to
simpler times.
Unless, of course, it’s your job to keep
those streets up to grade.
That’s where Brian Myers comes in. As
the town’s Wastewater Superintendent,
the roads Myers helps manage aren’t just
picturesque -- they’re historic: the town
began as a Moravian Church mission to
the Delaware Indians in 1772; was laid
out in 1804 in the grid style pioneered
by its eventual namesake, Philadelphia;
and incorporated in 1833.
As one can imagine, there’s nothing
simple about keeping 250-year-old road
grids operable. Thanks to American
Highway Products’ pivoted turnbuckle
adjustable risers, however, Myers said
he’s been able to at least make the process
easier.
Old problem, new fix
Like most sewer network managers,
it’s Myers’ responsibility to keep the
city’s manholes at grade after roads are
repaved, or when manholes fail and
need to be repaired. Traditionally that
meant fully excavating the manhole
chimney, installing a new casting and
adding concrete casting rings as needed
to bring the manholes to grade.
“Then we’d usually have to do the hot
patching the next day,” Myers said. “It
was a lot.”
Occasionally, though, Myers and his
teams would use an AHP pivoted turnbuckle
riser, and he said the difference
in manpower between the two solutions
was easy to see – the AHP solution was
simply more efficient.
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