Point repair crews from the Atlantic Beach (Fla.) Public Works Department had made several repairs to the road and inlets at either end of a 50-foot-long elliptical culvert in a residential area. The department was concerned that the culvert could collapse with the next big rainstorm.The city had obtained a quote from its point repair contractor for replacing the 45-year-old, 18- by 29-inch elliptical metal pipe culvert by open-cutting the road, but public works director Rick Carper wanted to test a trenchless solution.Steve Bagby of S Bagby and Company in Jacksonville Beach put Carper in touch with Gary Pender, vice
