Roseke Engineering

This culvert was exhibiting severe deformations of up to 13% in places. It also had bank erosion problems with large voids forming above the downstream culvert end. Since it was long, and under a significant amount of fill (8 m), an open cut culvert replacement was a fairly expensive proposition for a road with 35 vehicles of traffic per day.

Normally, a culvert liner would be one of the best options in a scenario like this. But during our preliminary engineering we exhibited out-of-the-box thinking and recommended a highly innovative solution that involved vertical struts together with a concrete floor and fish baffles. This custom design saved the County about $300,000 versus a standard culvert liner, and about $1 million dollars versus a replacement.

Roseke Engineering always strives to provide the best value to our clients.

This bridge on the Forestry Trunk Road replaced a dual culvert structure that was too small for the watercourse. Water regularly overtopped the road, about every 5 years on average. During the 2013 floods, the whole structure washed out and a larger culvert was installed (that was available in the M.D.’s yard) with the expectation of building a bridge when the funding was available.
Roseke Engineering was proud to provide the M.D. of Ranchland with a structure that will last for 75 years and provide a strong long term enhancement to the M.D.’s bridge and infrastructure maintenance program.