NEW ORLEANS, LA – Across New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, large occupied buildings — university campuses, hospitals, hotels, and office towers — often depend on aging cast-iron and concrete sewer mains and vertical drain stacks that corrode, crack, and fail with age. For a facility that cannot close, traditional dig-and-replace is brutal: shut-down operations, displaced tenants, torn-up landscaping and hardscape, and, at depth, a real risk to building foundations. Pelican Underground, a licensed, insured, and bonded trenchless specialist based in the New Orleans area, is spotlighting cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining as the way commercial and institutional owners renew this infrastructure without any of that disruption.
CIPP rebuilds a failing pipe from the inside through existing access points, forming a jointless, structurally independent new pipe within the old host pipe — no trenches, no demolition. Installed to recognized CIPP standards (such as ASTM F1216) by NASSCO-certified crews, the method is engineered for a 50-year-plus service life while restoring flow capacity. Because the work happens below the surface and inside walls, campuses, hospitals, hotels, and office towers can keep operating throughout — a decisive advantage for facilities where downtime and tenant displacement are not options.
Pelican Underground’s capabilities on high-consequence commercial work are documented in a recent project for a major research university, where excavation was ruled out entirely. The team lined 600 feet of failing sewer pipe — 300 feet of 24-inch main plus 300 feet of 12-inch line — running 25 feet below the surface, completing the entire job in a single weekend with zero campus disruption. Three obstacles had eliminated conventional repair: the 25-foot depth, the pipe routes’ proximity to campus buildings (where digging risked undermining foundations), and an excavation pit that would have exceeded the allowable working area. Using Saertex UV glass-reinforced polymer (GRP) liners cured with a ProKASRO professional curing unit, Pelican’s certified crew installed both diameters through existing openings, then verified complete adhesion and sealing by camera — delivering documentation confirming a 50-year minimum design life.
Pelican Underground holds a Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors license (#67347) and is a certified Saertex installer, with crews certified by NASSCO in PACP, MACP, and LACP standards. The company serves commercial, institutional, industrial, and municipal clients — as well as residential homeowners — across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, offering CIPP pipe lining, vertical stack lining, pipe bursting, hydro jetting, and sewer camera inspection. Free camera-inspection assessments are available for commercial and institutional facilities.
“Commercial and institutional buildings can’t just shut down for weeks of excavation, and near existing structures, digging often isn’t even an option. Trenchless CIPP lets us renew a failing sewer line or drain stack from the inside — often over a single weekend — with the building fully operational and the grounds and foundations untouched.” — Pelican Underground
Key Highlights
600 feet of failing sewer pipe lined — 300 ft of 24-inch main + 300 ft of 12-inch line — 25 feet underground, in a single weekend
Zero excavation, zero campus disruption, and no risk to nearby building foundations
Saertex UV GRP (CIPP) liners cured with a ProKASRO unit; installed by a certified Saertex installer to a 50-year minimum design life
NASSCO-certified crews (PACP, MACP, LACP); Louisiana-licensed contractor (LSLBC #67347), insured, and bonded
No-dig renewal for campuses, hospitals, hotels, office towers, and other occupied commercial and institutional buildings
Serving commercial, institutional, industrial, municipal, and residential clients across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama
Free camera-inspection assessments for commercial and institutional facilities
Learn more about commercial CIPP lining at pelicanunderground.com/cipp-lining or call (504) 400-8817.
About Pelican Underground
Pelican Underground LLC is a trenchless sewer and pipe rehabilitation company based in the New Orleans area, serving Greater New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Licensed (LSLBC #67347), insured, and bonded, the company specializes in no-dig infrastructure renewal — including CIPP pipe lining, vertical stack lining, pipe bursting, hydro jetting, and sewer camera inspection — for commercial, institutional, industrial, municipal, and residential clients across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Learn more at https://pelicanunderground.com/.
Media ContactCompany Name: Pelican Underground LLCContact Person: Chase St. ClairEmail: Send EmailPhone: (504) 400-8817 / (504) 387-9909City: New OrleansState: LouisianaCountry: United StatesWebsite: https://pelicanunderground.com/
