Kinnan Engineering, Inc.

320 Baldwin Rd.
Camas Valley, OR 97416
ph: 541-445-2271
fax: 541-445-2272
keithkinnan@aol.com

Projects

2009 Portland, OR Airport Deicing System Outfall / Columbia River / 1100 LF - 30" HDPE
- 48" Conductor Barrel at HDD entry
- Setup American Augers DD 210 Directional Drill
Project: Portland Airport Deicing system project. 30" HDPE outfall into the Columbia River
Product: 1100 ft. of SDR 9 30" HDPE pipe
General Contractor: Northwest Underwater Construction
Soil Conditions: Soft Clay & Sand
Project challanges: High Winds at exit barge locations on river / Preventing drilling fluid frac out in soft soil conditions / Minimizing the drilling fluid / cuttings into the Columbia River.
- Hicky Marine's Spud barge & support equipment at HDD Exit
- HDD Exit casing
- Filling 30" HPDE with water for bouyancy control at Pullback
- Successful Pullback
2009 Rainier, OR - Sewer Treatment Plant Outfall Project into the Columbia River
- Lifting drill head in 50ft. of water with crane barge
- After tooling change Lower 34" reamer down for preream
Project: Rainier Effluent Outfall Project / Bore from Rainier Treatment Plant to the Defuser location 150 ft. off shore in 45ft. of water
General Contractor: Stellar J Corporation
Product: 750ft. 24" HDPE PIPE Conditions: Sand / silty sand
STUCK ! - 50 feet into pullback ??? 3500 HP TUG Boat trying to pull the 24" pipe back
- Tug pulling for all its worth
- Rehooking Tug after breaking the HDPE pipe
After pulling the pipe & the reamer back to the exit point in the river, the pipe would still not pull back easy. Divers went down to inspect and found the Reamer and first two drill rods wrapped in 1 1/2" cable. The divers cut the cable to free the Reamer & pipe
BURIED CABLE ENCOUNTER
- 1 1/2" Steel Cable left in the River in the Past
- Over 200 wraps of cable on the first two drill rods
We think the cable was from on old existing Mill site or an ancor cable from past dredging operations in the area.
On the secound pull back, the divers inspected the pipe and reamer for more cable before it entered the ground.
Success ! Second pipe pull back went well with no cable
- Stellar J Company's Bob Wile is Glad to see HDPE pipe
- Float 24" HDPE into position with crane barge for pull back
2009 Sparks, NV / NV Energy 18" Gas Main / 1150 ft. 24" Casing / RR & I80 Crossing
- Setup in Industrial area / Drilling Pilot
- Driving 120 ft. of 30" casing though surface cobble / gravels
Project: Install 24" casing for an 18" gas main installation crossing Interstate 80 & the Rail Road Tracks
General Contractor: Silver State Boring / Gardenerville, NV / Rick Landino
Conditions: Surface 20' was gravels with cobble / Cemented hardpan with gravels and cobbles below
- 30" & 36" TCI Rock Reamer / preparing for preream
- Pulling 24" Steel Casing / 28" pull reamer with swivel
- Pulling 18" Gas Main with insulators into 24" casing
- Finish pulling Gas Main with Directional Drill
Montana Water Intake System / This Project allows irrigation access to needed water
- Marker at HDD Exit Point
- Excavating Wet Well Pump Station as HDD advances
Project: Lake Francis, Montana - water intake system
Product: 2800 ft. Bore of 28'' OD HDPE Exiting 1500 ft. off shore, 35 ft. Deep in Lake Bottom
Conditions: 20ft. of surface clay to sand stone out to lake bottom
A Major Floods washes out existing concrete 16" Sewer Main in Ojia, CA
- Project Location before the 2004 Flood
- Project Location during the 2004 Flood
Ojia, CA Sanitary Siphon Sewer Project / Replacing flood damaged lines from 2004 Storm
- Finish pull back of 24" HDPE pipe
- Set Manhole Structure for siphon sewer tie-ins
Project: Ojia, CA - siphon sewer lines under San Antonio Creek
Product: 1600 ft. of 16'' and 24'' HDPE pipes and structures Conditions: Top 25ft. of Large Cobble to Clay Stone / Rock
2008 Snow Storm near Seattle Washington / Puget Sound Energy 16" Gas Project
- American Augers DD240 Setup in One Lane
- HDD Pull back of 16" Steel Gas Main under Kelsey Creek
Project: 2008 Puget Sound Engery / Bellevue Lake Hills & Black Diamond HP Lateral HDD Projects
General Contractor: Alaska Continental Pipeline / Rockford Corporation
Product: 16" Steel Coated Gas Pipeline / 1900, 1100, & 800 ft. HDD Bores
Conditions: Lake Hills, Bellevue, WA 800 ft. HDD project under Kelsy Creek: 10ft. of road base Glacial Till, then 15 ft. of Peat bog
material, and finally dense cemented glacial till to 60ft. The Black Diamond HDD Projects in Kent, WA : 1100 ft. Bore under
Hwy 167 & the 1900ft. Green River Bore were Mostly Clay with some gravel lenses
12" Gas Pipe line Project near Ninilchick, Alaska / 8 - HDD River Crossings
- American Augers DD240 Drill rig
- Pull 12" Steel Gas Pipeline / Drill Dog gets a Mud bath
Project: Gas Pipeline project for HC Price Co. near Ninilchick Alaska
Product: 12" Steel Gas Pipeline / 8 HDD River Crossings up to 2000 ft. in length
Conditions: Mixed Soil conditions, Silty Sands, clay, gravels, & coal layers
Alaska can be a Great place to work
- Northern Lights
- Pipeline Right of Way
2007 Redding, CA / Pressure Sewer Sacramento River Crossing / Dual 16" HDPE Pipes
- Pipe Ramming & Cleaning 2ea. 200ft. runs of 36" HDD Conductor Casings driven though the cobble layer
- First Pilot Exits on Target
Project: City of Redding, CA Pressure Sewer Project / Twin HDPE pipes crossing the Sacramento River
Product: 2ea. 1600 ft. 16" HDPE Pipes
Conditions: 20 ft. of 12" minus sized surface cobble on both sides, changing to Siltstone Rock at greater depths under the River
- Finish Valving at Sewer Pump Station / HDD Exit
- Hydro Test & Pullback 1600 ft. of 16"HDPE Pipe
2009 UBWA / North Umpqua River Crossing / 950 ft. of 22" HDPE pipe
- 240 drill in a tight setup for River Crossing
- Tight Fit ( 950 ft. of 22" HDPE in a 500 ft. field)
Project: Umpqua Basin Water Association (UBWA) / Water Main Replacement / North Umpqua River HDD / Roseburg, Oregon
Product: 950ft. 22" HDPE pipe
Conditions: Fractured to Solid Sand Stone / Silt Stone ( Medium Density Rock )
- Pull Back Complete
- HDD Exit / Pipe Tail with pressure test flange