Mableton Drive-Over Catch Basin & Concrete Repair

Mableton, Georgia | Industrial Drainage & Concrete Reconstruction

Redesigning an obstructive drainage structure to restore truck access while preserving stormwater capture and correcting failed concrete pavement.

Original open concrete drainage basin and gutter restricting truck maneuvering space at a Mableton industrial facility.

The Project

An existing concrete drainage structure at this Mableton machine and tool-and-die facility effectively captured runoff, but its oversized open basin and gutter occupied valuable driveway space used by tractor trailers entering the property for loading. Trucks had driven into and across the open structure in the past, creating an operational and safety concern in an already constrained maneuvering area.

The customer asked J Wells Precision Grading to develop a solution that would preserve the established drainage function while making the area drive-over and recovering usable pavement for truck traffic. The work also included replacement of several failed concrete pavement sections elsewhere on the property, where demolition ultimately exposed inadequate subgrade preparation beneath the original slabs.

The Work

J Wells carefully demolished the original open basin, gutter and adjoining concrete while determining how the older structure had been integrated into the surrounding driveway. The new catch basin was constructed with a substantially smaller opening and configured for a customer-fabricated steel drive-over grate, allowing tractor trailers to use pavement that had previously been occupied by the open drainage structure. Concrete placement was completed in stages so forms could be removed and the basin, gutter and surrounding driveway could be properly tied together while maintaining the existing runoff path.

Elsewhere on the property, failed concrete sections were isolated, demolished and removed. Once the slabs were opened, high areas in the underlying subgrade revealed why portions of the original concrete had been thinner than intended and had failed while much of the surrounding decades-old pavement remained serviceable. J Wells corrected and graded the subgrade so the replacement could maintain a consistent approximately six-inch concrete thickness rather than reproducing the original condition.

The work was sequenced around the needs of the active industrial facility, maintaining truck access through the catch-basin reconstruction for as long as practical before the gates were temporarily closed for the larger pavement demolition, replacement and required cure period. Additional interior concrete repairs were also completed to improve usable shop-floor areas affected by earlier phases of the building’s long history.

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Completed drive-over catch basin and reconstructed concrete gutter restoring usable truck access at the Mableton facility.

From The Field

Original oversized open drainage basin and gutter reducing usable truck access at a Mableton industrial facility.
Existing concrete drainage gutter and open catch area before reconstruction at a Mableton machine shop.
Existing driveway drainage area showing the open gutter and limited maneuvering space for tractor-trailer traffic.
Original open concrete catch basin before conversion to a smaller drive-over drainage structure.
Concrete demolition around the existing catch basin during reconstruction of the industrial driveway drainage system.
Catch basin reconstruction in progress after demolition of the oversized original concrete drainage structure.
First stage of the new concrete catch basin construction after removal of the original oversized drainage structure.
New catch basin and surrounding driveway concrete being formed and poured in stages for a drive-over design.
Completed concrete catch basin tied into the reconstructed gutter and industrial driveway in Mableton, Georgia.
Finished drive-over catch basin area awaiting the customer-fabricated steel grate before reopening to truck traffic.
Failed industrial concrete pad section removed to expose and correct the underlying subgrade.
Industrial concrete pad area after demolition and grading to correct the subgrade before replacement concrete.
Excavation and subgrade preparation for replacement of failed concrete pavement at a Mableton industrial facility.
Replacement concrete pad area after subgrade correction and preparation for a consistent concrete thickness at the Mableton industrial facility.
Reconstructed industrial concrete pad after removal of failed pavement and correction of the underlying subgrade.

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