Railway Estate Primary School was established in 1963. This beautiful old school was upgraded with new facilities but the problem was how to connect the new buildings to the existing electrical and communications feeds.
The plan was to install three electrical conduits and one communications conduit from outside the buildings to a pit next to a pillar under the school. The only effective way to achieve this installation was to drill under buildings and cemented undercroft area. The target after 77 mtrs of drilling was a small pit 1 mtr x 1 mtr. The conduits also had to be installed with a methodology that would assist the electrical contractor in routing of the conduits upon exit from the pit.
To achieve this Crossroads devised a plan to exit the bore that would optimize the installation for the electrical contractor. After drawings of all existing services were obtained from the principle builder the area was scanned for existing services. As a precaution the area along the bore path was rescanned for electrical and communication feeds.
After checking with the principle builder and obtaining dig permits a pit was dug through the concrete next to an existing pillar. This was to be our exit pit. The drill was set up near the new building and the bore was completed with the pipe installed in an expedient time frame for both the electrical contractor and the principle builder.
Crossroads Horizontal Boring 