East Carolina University Chiller Pipe
East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, is the fourth largest university in North Carolina. Founded on March 8, 1907 as a teacher training school, the campus has grown from just 43 acres to nearly 1,600 acres and now serves more than 29,000 students. With infrastructure spread across a large and active campus, maintaining underground utilities efficiently is essential to keeping daily operations running smoothly.
The university identified an issue with an 8” PVC chiller line after noticing a persistently wet area above two 8” lines. Further investigation revealed a crack in one of the pipes. With the line located in a sensitive campus area, excavation would have been disruptive and costly. The university needed a trenchless rehabilitation solution that would restore the pipe’s integrity quickly while minimizing impact to students, staff, and surrounding facilities.
A Flow-Liner Certified Installer rehabilitated 112 feet of 8” PVC pipe, including two 45-degree bends, using a Flow-Liner custom laminate-liner and ambient-cured system. The entire rehabilitation was completed in just two and a half days, allowing the university to address the issue quickly without extended disruption. The customer commented on how impressed they were with how efficiently the team mobilized, completed the work, and restored the line.
"Because of terraced hardscape conventional excavation was not a viable option making pipe lining by far the best solution. I’m sure we will be calling on Flow-Liner in the future and highly recommend your product as a viable option to open trench pipe replacement." -ECU Facilities Services Mechanical Engineer