How to Verify Trench Bedding Before Utility Backfill Gets Covered

A utility trench looked ready for backfill, but the pipe crew had rushed bedding in one section after a delivery delay. The inspector caught uneven support under the pipe, and we had to reopen a short run. It was not a dramatic failure, just the kind of field miss that later becomes settlement, cracked pipe, or a bad CCTV report. My check is now more deliberate before any backfill covers the…