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Project of the Year: 2006 Rehabilitation Winner

Metro Water Services of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn., have been a longtime proponent of trenchless rehabilitativ...

October 1, 2006
Archives
Project of the Year: 2006 New Installation Winner

H D D intersects have really taken off in recent years, adding another dimension to the field of directional drilling. T...

October 1, 2006
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Developing a Training Program?

Whether you’re purchasing a new drill or hiring new personnel, as a drilling contractor, training is typically one of...

October 1, 2006
News
PipeLine Inspection Services Becomes Sprayroq Certified Partner

PipeLine Inspection Services Inc., Nampa, Idaho, has joined the SprayroqCertified Partner program, announced Sprayroq pr...

October 1, 2006
News
Vactor Mfg. Produces 10,000th Unit

Vactor Mfg., a leading maker of sewer and catch-basin cleaners, in Septemberproduced its 10,000th sewer cleaning truck, ...

October 1, 2006
News
Akkerman-McLaughlin Alliance Offers Unique Technology

McLaughlin Group Inc., of Greenville, S.C., recently added Akkerman’s guidedboring machine (GBM) as an accessory t...

October 1, 2006
News
ADS Acquires Hydra-Stop Products and Services

ADS LLC, formerly ADS Corp., now offers the Hydra-Stop line of products andcontract services for line stopping, valve in...

October 1, 2006
News
HOBAS Pipe Area Managers Celebrate 20 Years of Success

To celebrate its 20-year anniversary in the United States, HOBAS Pipe USAgathered its regional and area managers from ac...

October 1, 2006
News
ISCO Industries Adds Distribution Site

Adding to its rapid expansion over the past three years, ISCO Industries, thenation’s largest distributor and supp...

October 1, 2006
Directional Drilling
HDD Successfully Used to Install Maine Sewer Pipe

Horizontal directional drilling was the trenchless method selected to upgrade an aging cast iron sewer force main that s...

October 1, 2006
Archives
Facing Cross-bores

Unfortunately, preventive measures don’t always prevent damage. Sometimesaccidents still happen in trenchless cons...

October 1, 2006
News
Eighth 3 Rivers Wet Weather Conference Focuses on Storm Sewer...

The overall message at the eighth annual 3 Rivers Wet WeatherConference was “keep working together.” The con...

October 1, 2006
Archives
Rain for Rent Capitalizes on Growing Trenchless Market

For any company to sustain long-term success, it has to be willing to look for new opportunities and ultimately take ris...

September 1, 2006
News
Obituary- John Paz, Godwin Pumps Founder

John Paz, 76, president of Paz Brothers Inc. and the founder ofNorth America’s leading manufacturer and distributo...

September 1, 2006
News
Daniel Boyle Engineering to Merge with Psomas

Psomas, Los Angeles, has announced the signing of a letter of intent to mergewith Daniel Boyle Engineering Inc. “T...

September 1, 2006
News
Construction/Contractor Industry Confidence Falls Nearly 40 Percent

Construction and contractor industry confidence in the economy has dropped bynearly 40 percent in the past three months,...

September 1, 2006
Archives
Industry on Hold

MWH was about 35 percent finished with a massive $160 million project to overhaul the New Orleans sewer and water system...

September 1, 2006
International
Brisbane Water Relishes Proactive Role in Trenchless Technology

How have trenchless technologies advanced in this part of the world since Perth was the first city in Australia to host...

September 1, 2006
International
Swage Lining with Static Bursting Equipment in Berlin

Contractor Ludwig Pfeiffer Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH & Co. KG was recently contracted by the Berlin Waterworks, Berlin, Ger...

September 1, 2006
International
The Dynamics of the Hire/Buy Market

For more than 20 years the trenchless industry worldwide has grown from an embryonic, limited application family of tech...

September 1, 2006