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WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL Set for April

From April 23 to 26, WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL, one of the leading international trade fairs of the water industry, wi...

March 6, 2013
News
Northeast Trenchless Association Holds 2013 Annual Meeting

The Northesat Trenchless Association (NTA), one of the country’s most active regional trenchless industry associat...

March 1, 2013
News
LEAK DETECTION: A Step Toward Accountability

Developing a proactive leak detection program is one of the most important steps that a community can take toward a goal...

March 1, 2013
Archives
Classic Manhole Problems Solved with Technology

For many manholes, the access point is in a roadway, which creates the need finesse the final height and slope of the op...

March 1, 2013
Archives
Large-Diameter CIPP Used as Part of Major Stormwater Drainage Improvement...

Cured-in-place pipe was used to rehabilitate approximately a 1,385 ft of 72-in. diameter reinforced concrete pipe (RCP)...

March 1, 2013
Archives
Grounds for Pipe Bursting

Pneumatic pipe bursting was selected to rehabilitate 6-in. terra cotta pipe with 8-in. HDPE pipe on the campus of North...

March 1, 2013
News
Michels Announces New Leadership Structure for Pipe Services

Michels Corp. has announced a new leadership structure for its Pipe Services division. Pat Herzog has been appointed vic...

March 1, 2013
Archives
Reaching the Manholes in Tampa, Fla.

The old adage, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” certainly applies to the recent challenges faced by the manho...

March 1, 2013
Archives
Rehabilitating a Kansas Sewer System with Centrifugally Cast Concrete Pipe

About 18 months ago, when he was just settling into his new job as stormwater and conservation superintendent of Hays, K...

March 1, 2013
Directional Drilling
CONTRACTOR PROFILE Underground Rock Star

Located in Bourbon County, Ky., at the center of the famed Inner Bluegrass Region is the small community of Paris (popul...

March 1, 2013
News
Vermeer Announces Changes to Leadership Team

Vermeer has announced several promotions within its leadership team. Jason Andringa has been named president, forage and...

March 1, 2013
International
Germany: Heaviest Pipe Liner Installed in Record Time

Whenrehabilitating mixed water channels in the Rethmar district of Sehnde, Germany,in Lower Saxony, it was primarily all...

March 1, 2013
News
Mortimer on the Move

Hello, Mortimer here. Last summer I found myself in the sewers of Olathe, Kan., observing the installation of a 24-in. c...

March 1, 2013
News
Rain for Rent Supplies Superstorm Sandy Support

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March 1, 2013
News
Trenchless Technologies Earns ISTT Project Award

Subsurface pipeline constructionand rehabilitation company Trenchless Technologies cc has been awarded theInternational ...

March 1, 2013
Archives
Going Beyond Traditional Mud Recycling Systems

Good solids control programs are often ignored in today’s mud rotary drilling process because basic principals are mis...

March 1, 2013
Archives
Potable Water Rehab in Oswego, N.Y., Without the Need for...

The Oswego (N.Y.) Water Department had a section of distribution pipe that had a history of breaks and water quality iss...

March 1, 2013
Canada
HammerHead Unveils World’s Largest Pipe Ramming Hammer

Everything is bigger in Texas and HammerHead Trenchless Equipment fit right in with the unveiling of the world’s l...

March 1, 2013
Directional Drilling
Miami Accomplishes Another Deep Diving HDD Project

Fisher Island residents live on one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in the world and rely on a pipeline from...

March 1, 2013
International
New Asia Pacific Office Brings Robbins TBMs Down Under

A new Robbins office, opened in the last quarter of 2012, is providing coverage for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand a...

February 20, 2013