Crews from Kamminga & Roodvoets excavated swampland, replaced it with compacted sand and set up a wellpoint system before excavation for the project could begin.
While the sewer infrastructure of Bath Charter Township, Michigan, deteriorated 20 feet under a swamp, workers manually operated a lift station to stave off downstream overflows during heavy rains. It was an unsustainable situation, and the only way construction company Kamminga & Roodvoets could fix it was to dig through the swamp.
Township officials knew they had an infiltration problem on their hands, as concrete pipes and manholes were failing and allowing stormwater into...
