Special Consideration

An important part of the project was ensuring structural integrity of the pipeline that lays within a notoriously unstable hillside in corrosive soil on the Keystone Ski Resort boundaries and Forest service property. Extra precautions were taken during design to ensure the pipeline would be able to move and shift with the hillside without bursting. This was accomplished by adding flexible expansion joints at multiple critical locations along the pipe profile. Additional products were used to prevent pipe corrosion, including V-Bio Wrap and CAD-welded sacrificial anode system along the full length of pipeline that would ensure two reliable systems of pipe corrosion protection. There was also a need for improved electrical systems around the tank to ensure accurate level monitoring, existing electrical controls were relocated inside a new structural tank roof hatch that also double as improved winter access since the tank is located on a busy ski trail within the popular Keystone ski resort. In addition to technical considerations, the team was tasked with ensuring water was still available to customers during construction. AE2S helped with recommendations of a pressure tank system that allowed limited water supply to users within the base 2 pressure zone while construction was being completed