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News
Colorado School of Mines to Host Grouting Course

The Colorado School of Mines will host acourse titled, Grouting Fundamentals and Current Practice from May 26 in Golden,...

March 1, 2005
News
R&R Visual, RapidView Form Partnership with IBAK

R & R Visual and RapidView InspectionSystems have formed a business partnership with IBAK Helmut Hunger GmbH &Co...

March 1, 2005
International
Trenchless Methods Finding Success in South Africa

Nobody needs to tell South Africans how to put a hole in the ground as the country has the deepest mines in the world an...

March 1, 2005
International
Relining Project in Turkey Proves Successful

The Trolining process for no-dig pipe renovation has proven successful for decades. Lately, the grouted-in-place pipe (G...

March 1, 2005
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Pump Efficiency

I am often asked if the viscosity of the drilling fluid affects the efficiency of a positive displacement, single-acting...

February 1, 2005
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: GPS and Fleet Management

As most contractors know, the cost and time required to maintain and manage equipment is one of major activities that do...

December 1, 2004
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Interference & HDD Locating Systems

Depth, direction, pitch and roll are the most basic information displayed by all directional drilling receivers. The tra...

August 1, 2004
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Drilling Fluid Rules of Thumb

New contractors and crews have entered the industry since this article was first published in 1995....

June 1, 2004
News
Travels of Mortimer

Akkerman was fortunate to be high bidder on Mortimer the Sewer Rat at the 12th annual Educational Fund Auction at the 20...

May 20, 2004
News
“Introduction to Sewer Cleaning with Jetting Equipment” Video Provides Top-Notch...

In an effort to set standards for safe and effective pipe cleaning, NASSCO Inc. made a major commitment a few years back...

May 20, 2004
Archives
CIPP Lining Extends Application to Gas Ventilation and Instrumentation Pipelines

The cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining process is perhaps best known for itsapplication in sewer pipes. Due to the work o...

May 20, 2004
Archives
City of Hamilton, Ontario and Applied Asset Management Strategies

Canadian municipalities face rising costs and competing priorities when itcomes to infrastructure renewal. A promising a...

May 20, 2004
Archives
Underground Construction Accidents Are Preventable

When working in underground construction, contractors are faced with manydifferent hazardous situations, from laying pip...

May 20, 2004
Archives
Computer Assisted Radar Tomography Starting to Take Off

When Witten Technologies CEO Robert Green met Alan Witten in 1992, it was acollision of two worlds: hard knocks and hard...

May 20, 2004
Archives
Non-Destructive Exposure to Underground Utilities

Even though exposure of buried utilities has been used in the United Statesfor more than 40 years, it is just beginning ...

May 20, 2004
Archives
Keyhole Technology:

More than 50 years ago, entertainer Eddie Cantor reminded us that itsometimes takes 20 years or more to become an &ldquo...

May 20, 2004
Archives
Static Pipe Bursting Record Set in New Mexico

With the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range as a backdrop, Albuquerque,N.M.-based utility contractor Vis-Com Inc. ...

May 20, 2004
Archives
Pipe Ramming Provides Water Main Installation Solutions in El Paso

Utility contractor DH Underground of Albuquerque, N.M., recently installed aseries of large diameter water mains in the ...

May 20, 2004
Archives
Making Waves with Trenchless

Most people are aware that around 80 percent of the world is covered by water— and possibly it’s that knowle...

May 20, 2004
Archives
Frank Coluccio Construction Company

It’s a balancing act that all established businesses face: How can a companyexpand and change with the times witho...

May 20, 2004