QUICKSTREAM — Quickstream Solutions has three different size models of its manhole replacement shafts.
Seeing the technology at a trade show “my first inclination was why didn’t I think of that? Because it was simple and it would be cost effective,” Rocheleau said. “The air is bad, it’s a fall hazard,” Rocheleau says. “There’s disease and cockroaches. It’s not a safe place for humans.” By contrast Australian company Smartsteam Technology’s device is a “completely sealed system,” and doesn’t allow water to infiltrate.
In terms of manufacturing, after his firm gets the engineered drawings “it’s usually a couple of weeks we can have it out the door.”“In certain cases when you have multiple pipes cut it makes more sense to have absolutely better access,” he says.