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Directional Drilling
HDD Used to Install Oregon High School’s Geothermal System

One of the greenest cities in the United States, — Portland, Ore. — is especially eco-conscious when it comes to urb...

January 21, 2014
Canada
HOBAS Pipe Certified for Drinking Water by the Bureau de...

HOBAS Pipe USA has announced its inclusion on the Bureau de normalization de Québec’s (BNQ) List of Certified Product...

January 21, 2014
News
HDD Seminar Focuses on Productivity & Profitability

Benjamin Media hosted its first HDD Seminar since 2003, proving that the horizontal directional drilling market (HDD) ma...

January 21, 2014
Archives
CERIU Meets in Quebec City

The Centre for Expertise and Research on Infrastructures in Urban Areas (CERIU) held its 19th annual INFRA Conference in...

January 21, 2014
Archives
Faulty Workmanship — Is Your Business Properly Protected?

Faulty workmanship is a risk that specialty contractors, such as utility and excavation contractors, face with each proj...

January 21, 2014
News
2013 Top 50 Trenchless Design Firms

2013 Trenchless Technology Top 50 Trenchless Design Engineers...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Emergency!

The Fairfield Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) called upon Michels Pipe Services in September for the emergency rehabilitati...

January 21, 2014
News
RJN Group Inc. Awarded CIP Project for the Village of...

Recently, RJN Group Inc. (RJN) began a multi-phase sewer system project for the Village of Wilmette, Ill., as part of it...

January 21, 2014
Archives
Meticulously Connecting the Dots

A leading North American microtunneling contractor is nearing completion of a 19-month project comprised of 11,976 lf of...

January 21, 2014
News
Xylem Honored for Excellence in Providing & Protecting Safe Water...

Xylem Inc. (XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water i...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Two Platforms, Two Shore Approaches, Two Lines… and a Hurricane

The power supply for Virginia’s densely populated Middle Peninsula Area, on the Chesapeake Bay, is currently adequate...

January 21, 2014
News
Insituform Technologies Awarded Sewer Rehab Contracts in Nashville

Aegion Corp. (Aegion or the company) (Nasdaq Global Select Market: AEGN) recently announced that its subsidiary, Insituf...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Small But Mighty!

When Trenchless Technology last looked at the state of the market for this sub group of horizontal directional drills (H...

January 21, 2014
News
Lee Supply Co. & Tyco-Grinnell Announce Partnership

Lee Supply Co. Inc. and Tyco-Grinnell have announced a partnership....

January 16, 2014
News
Vactor Assists AEM in Developing Vacuum Excavation Safety Video

Vactor Mfg. recently collaborated with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) to develop a video promoting the...

January 16, 2014
News
Michels’ SVP Tagliapietra Announces Retirement

Ron “Tag” Tagliapietra, senior vice president for Michels Corp., has retired, effective Jan....

January 16, 2014
News
RJN Group Conducts a Flow Monitoring Program for City of...

In late fall 2013, RJN Group Inc. (RJN) began a flow monitoring program for the City of Fort Smith, Ark., to identify In...

January 16, 2014
News
ISTT Sydney No-Dig a Success

The International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT), in cooperation with the Australasian Society for Trenchless...

January 2, 2014
Archives
Vactor Truck Gets “Pink” Makeover for Breast Cancer Awareness

While pink may not be the toughest of colors for sewer cleaning equipment, the owners of One.7 Inc., an environmental eq...

January 2, 2014
Directional Drilling
“A Locator’s Odyssey” — Identifying and Dealing with Interference

Many HDD locating systems do a remarkable job of filtering out errant signals but there are times when unwanted signals...

January 2, 2014