Municipal & Public Works Sewer Services

BBC Rooter & Plumbing is a sewer and underground pipe contractor in Northridge, California. We run CCTV pipeline inspection and sewer repair for cities and school districts, for water and sanitation agencies, and for the prime contractors who hold their on-call contracts.

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Our own crew, our own equipment, and the owner on the job. Sewer and underground pipe is the only thing we do.

What we do for public agencies

CCTV Sewer Inspection

Mainline and lateral video coded to NASSCO PACP. Recorded video, a defect log with footage and clock positions, and segment grades your engineers can drop into a capital plan.

Inspection scope and deliverables ›

Public Works Sewer Repair

Spot repairs, lateral replacement, lining and bursting, jetting and root cutting on city buildings, corporation yards, parks and other agency sites.

Repair scope and site rules ›

Schools & School Districts

LAUSD and the smaller Valley districts. Cafeteria grease lines, restroom mains, campus root intrusion, worked on the school calendar with cleared and badged crews.

Campus work ›

Jetting & Line Cleaning

Scheduled and emergency cleaning of mains, laterals, grease lines and storm drains, with root-cutting heads and before-and-after video on the same footage marks.

Cleaning scope ›

For Prime Contractors

If your firm holds no pipe trade licence, the sewer and CCTV scope has to be subbed. We carry the licence, the cameras and the crews, and we quote inside a business day.

Sub-quote requests ›

Emergency Response

A backup at a public building is a health problem before it is a maintenance problem. The line is answered at any hour, and the camera and jetter roll on the same truck.

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Everything we do is below ground: sewer mains and laterals, storm and drain lines, manholes and cleanouts. We do not bid fixture work, water supply piping, gas piping or new building plumbing, and we will tell you that before you spend a bid package on us.

Contractor information

These are the details procurement and compliance staff normally need first. Certificates, endorsements and W-9 go out the same day you ask.

How we take public work

As a subcontractor to your prime

Most sewer and CCTV work in this region moves through on-call and as-needed contracts held by a prime. If you are a prime bidding an as-needed sewer, CCTV or pipeline assessment contract and your firm does not hold a pipe trade license, we are the sub that covers that scope. We hold the license, the camera equipment and the crews, and we are close enough to mobilize the same day. Call us while you are still building your bid, not after award.

Direct, on task orders and purchase orders

We take direct task orders and purchase-order work from agencies: a campus line, a plugged main at a city facility, a condition survey, an emergency backup after hours. No procurement drama, no mobilization fee for a two-hour job, and a quote back inside a business day.

Emergency and after-hours callout

A sewer backup at a public building does not wait for a purchase order. We answer the phone around the clock and can be rolling to most Valley and Los Angeles addresses quickly. Paperwork gets caught up after the line is flowing.

What working with us looks like

1. You send the scopeSite address, what is failing or what needs surveying, any plans or prior video, your deadline, and whether the work is prevailing wage. Phone or email both work.
2. We look at itFor anything beyond a simple line item we come out and look rather than guessing off a description. Site visits on agency work are free.
3. Written quoteLine-itemed, in plain English, usually back within one business day. It says what is included, what is not, and what could change the number once the line is open.
4. Permits and schedulingWe pull the plumbing and excavation permits the jurisdiction requires and coordinate inspection. Campus and public-building work gets scheduled around your calendar.
5. The workTraffic control where the job is in a street, badging and sign-in where your facility requires it, site fenced and secure at the end of every shift.
6. Close-outVideo and coded reports where inspection was in scope, certified payroll where the job was prevailing wage, permit sign-off, surfaces restored, and an invoice that matches the quote.

Agencies and systems we work through

• City of Los Angeles. LA Sanitation and the Bureau of Engineering, through the city's own bidding and vendor systems
• Los Angeles County Public Works. planholder and vendor registration, as-needed sewer and CCTV programs
• Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. registered vendor list
• School districts. LAUSD and the smaller Valley-area districts, plus their facilities and maintenance contractors
• Valley and West Valley cities. Burbank, Glendale, Calabasas, San Fernando and neighboring jurisdictions
• Prime contractors holding any of the above on-call contracts

Equipment and crew

Everything below is ours. We do not rent the camera, and we do not hand the pipe scope to somebody else's crew after you award it.

Why a small firm works in your favor

On a task order worth a few thousand dollars, a large firm sends whoever is free in three weeks. We send the owner. Babak has been doing sewer work in this valley for 35 years and is on the job, not in an office. There is no layer between the person who takes your call and the person who runs the camera.

Low overhead shows up in the number. There is no regional office and no project-management department to carry, so the price on a small scope is the work, not the org chart. Scheduling is direct too. You get a real date from the person who controls the calendar, and if something changes you hear it from him the same day.

Residential and commercial customers: our regular services are listed under Services and Service Areas.