1. Home
  2. Articles by: Andrew Farr

Author Archives for Andrew Farr

Articles by Andrew Farr

Pipe Cleaning
Tool Time: What You Need to Drill Rock

In the early 1990s when horizontal directional drilling (HDD) began to be recognized as a viable method for utility cons...

February 2, 2013
News
National GPR Service Inc. Announces New Brand Licensing Program

National GPR Service Inc., a Minneapolis-based ground penetrating radar firm, is the first and only GPR company to launc...

February 2, 2013
Archives
Michels Announces New Leadership Structure for Pipe Services

Michels Corp. has announced a new leadership structure for its Pipe Services division....

January 28, 2013
International
Vermeer Announces Changes to Leadership Team

Vermeer has announced several promotions within its leadership team....

January 25, 2013
News
Naylor Drainage Ltd. Provides Jacking Pipe for Drainage Works on...

Yorkshire, United Kingdom-based Naylor Drainage Ltd recently hosted a group visit led by its long-standing Brunei agent...

January 24, 2013
News
Xylem Expands in Middle East Region

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

January 24, 2013
News
Herrenknecht Opens Service Branch in Abu Dhabi

Herrenknecht AG has responded to the high demand for micromachines and comprehensive services in the Gulf region by open...

January 24, 2013
Archives
Weighing in on the State of the Trenchless Sewer Market

The trenchless marketplace is in a constant state of flux. Those in the fieldneed to keep abreast of shifting market nee...

January 23, 2013
International
Vac-Con Parent Company Acquires Vector Technologies Ltd.

Holden Industries Inc. — the parent company of Vac-Con — announced Jan. 4 its acquisition of Vector Technologies Ltd...

January 11, 2013
News
Reliable Robbins TBM completes Swiss Safety Tunnel

Reliable Robbins TBM completes Swiss Safety Tunnel...

January 10, 2013
Archives
No Longer A Pipe Dream

What is the value of a city’s sewerinfrastructure? Consider thesituation in downtown Honolulu,Hawaii, in March 2006:a...

January 9, 2013
News
Brierley Launches Dr. Mole Inc.

Brierley Associates announced that Gary Brierley, company founder, started a new sole-practitioner consultancy, effectiv...

January 8, 2013
News
Vermeer Launches Yearlong Campaign to Find Ultimate HDD Operator

Vermeer is looking for the "ultimate HDD operator....

January 4, 2013
News
Southeast Directional Drilling Acquired by Power Line Holdings

Power Line Holdings Inc., a portfolio company of private equity firm Energy Capital Partners and sole owner of Power Lin...

January 3, 2013
News
Granite Construction Acquires Kenny Construction Co.

Granite Construction has acquired Kenny Construction, a family-owned business that opened its doors in 1927....

January 2, 2013
News
ABEL RECON Expands Its Infrastructure Rehab Service into Ohio

ABEL RECON, part of the Abel Companies of Mountville, Pa., announced the formal expansion of its infrastructure rehabili...

January 1, 2013
Directional Drilling
Challenging Fiber-Optic Installation in Idaho

As the need for trenchless construction with less disruption and minimal footprint has grown, so has Meridian, Idaho-bas...

January 1, 2013
Archives
North Carolina Contractor Uses Smaller Rigs for its Gas Work

Parker-Stockstill Construction, Elm City, N.C., has carved out a solid niche installing natural gas transmission and dis...

January 1, 2013
Archives
What Lies Ahead in 2013 for the U.S. Water Infrastructure...

The U.S. water infrastructure design and construction market perfectly reflects the tension between needs and funding pr...

January 1, 2013
Canada
On A Mission

They say if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. In the case of clay pipe, it’s not easily broken, and often doesn’t ne...

January 1, 2013