Schaaf & Wheeler has been providing on-call water resources engineering services to the City of Belmont since 2003.

Schaaf & Wheeler has been evaluating, prioritizing, and designing the rehabilitation and replacement of City’s gravity sewer system since 2014. Construction methods include pipe bursting, pipe reaming, horizontal directional drilling (HDD), open trench excavation, and CIPP lining.

Schaaf & Wheeler has completed the rehabilitation and replacement design and construction support for many years:

Project Overview

2.5 miles of gravity sewer mains and associated manholes (2014)

2 miles of gravity sewer main and associated manholes (2015)

5 miles of gravity sewer main and associated manholes (2016)

2.5 miles of sewer rehabilitation (2017)

1,500 linear feet of sewer rehabilitation, Shoreway Sewer Replacement Project (2018)

3,200 linear feet of force main and gravity sewer mains within El Camino Real (2019)

1,600 linear feet of gravity sewer mains within El Camino Real (2020)

These sewer lines included within the annual rehabilitation projects are located throughout the City in back yard easements, busy urban corridors, and within Caltrans right-of-way. Schaaf & Wheeler applied for and obtained multiple Caltrans Encorachment Permits as part of the sewer rehabilitation projects.

Shoreway Sewer Replacement Project Completed for the City of Belmont won the 2019 APWA Project of the Year Award.