The construction of a new fire station at the
Camarillo Airport exit on the Ventura Highway
required that Select Construction, from North
Hollywood, California, construct a low culvert
structure. To create a 600' wide access area,
Select Construction first considered precast
concrete construction.
Project Manager Richard Boctor received a bid
for precast segments, but he was unhappy
with the price tag for this method. Since he
had just finished three different jobs that utilized
Steel-Ply in a number of ways, he decided
to investigate building the culvert in place with
this adaptable system. He called on Symons®
by Dayton Superior to propose a more budgetfriendly
way to build this simple culvert.
Symons proposed forming the culverts with
three Steel-Ply gangs, one for the inside
walls and ceiling of the culvert and one for
each outside wall surface. Each of the three
sections could be moved with the contractors’
tractor. The plan called for the 60' long
ganged Steel-Ply deck forms to be supported
every three lineal feet by 4x4 posts and one
horizontal 4x4 held in place with gang waler
rods. Removing blocks under the edges of the
forms provided vertical stripping relief, and a
2" steel filler in the deck panel layout provided
horizontal stripping relief.
The Project Manager reported that the system
helped him bring the box culvert construction
in under budget and at a substantial savings
compared to precast.