Underground enclosure assembly and method

An underground enclosure assembly configured for use with one or more of communications, power and/or irrigation system equipment, the underground enclosure assembly comprising:

• a clamshell assembly having a first clamshell member and a second clamshell member coupled to the first clamshell member, each of the first and second clamshell members having at least one side edge with a plurality of snap projections and a plurality of apertures, the plurality of snap projections of the first clamshell member snaps into the plurality of apertures of the second clamshell member to couple the first and second shell members to each other;
• and
• a lid removably coupled to the clamshell assembly via at least two bolt assemblies,
• the lid including an underside with a plurality of ribs and a lid support including a frame having a pair of side bars, a pair of end bars coupled to the pair of side bars, and an internal bar disposed between the pair of side bars and coupled to the pair of end bars, a flange extending downwardly from a rim portion of the lid and a groove configured to receive a mating lip of the first clamshell member and the second clamshell member.

An underground enclosure assembly configured for use with one or more of communications, power and/or irrigation system equipment, the underground enclosure assembly comprising:

• a shell assembly with at least two shell members coupled to each other via at least one snap projection;
• and
• a lid removably coupled to the shell assembly via at least two bolt assemblies, the lid including an underside with a plurality of ribs and a flange extending downwardly from a rim portion of the lid,
• wherein the lid includes one or more of:
• (1) at least two apertures disposed along a circumference of the lid at a distance equidistant from each other, each aperture adapted to receive a bolt of one of the at least two bolt assemblies to couple the lid to the shell assembly, the lid further including a groove disposed on the underside of the lid, the groove configured to receive a mating lip of the two shell members:
• (2) an insert removably disposed on a top surface of the lid, the insert interchangeable to include various designs of inserts;
• and (3) a lid support disposed on the underside of the lid, the lid support including a frame having a pair of side bars, a pair of end bars coupled to the pair of side bars, and an internal support bar disposed between the pair of side bars and coupled to each end of the pair of end bars, and
• wherein the at least two bolt assemblies includes one of:
• (1) two bolt assemblies;
• or
• (2) four bolt assemblies, and wherein each of the at least two shell members of the shell assembly includes a retainer nut, each of which is configured to receive a bolt of one of the at least two bolt assemblies to secure the lid to the shell assembly and optionally at least one bolt assembly of the at least two bolt assemblies further includes a clip configured to be coupled to the retainer nut, the clip including an aperture and a gap, the aperture is configured to receive a portion of a base of the retainer nut when the at least one bolt assembly is in an assembled configuration, and the gap is configured to receive the cylindrical portion of the retainer nut in the assembled configuration.