Hydro Excavation and Portable Bonding Mats

[Pages:38]Hydro Excavation and Portable Bonding Mats

APIC Conference

November 2014

Richard Vercholuk & Ray Cislo EPCOR

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Today's presentation ...

1) Basics about hydrovacs and hydro excavation

2) Findings of the APIC study

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Hydro excavation

Hydrovac trucks

? excavate soil around buried facilities ? "daylighting"

? power cables, natural gas pipelines, communications, etc.

Water heated to soften hard clays and frozen ground

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Anatomy of the Hydro Excavator

Boom

Debris Storage Tank Water Storage Tank

Water Heater

Operator & Swamper

High pressure wash system

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Chassis Vacuum System

Hydro excavation

Simple and straightforward, right? Equal measures of art and science

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By the numbers

Cost of typical hydrovac truck?

$500,000 to $600,000

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By the numbers

Hire out rates for truck?

$240 to $300 per hour

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By the numbers

Capacity of water tank ? 5000 litres

Capacity of debris tank ? 9000 litres

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