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McElroy Launches New Online University Experience

McElroy, the leading manufacturer of thermoplastic pipe joining products, is giving its educational branch a new set of...

October 11, 2012
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NASTT Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Class

The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) has announced the members of its 2013 Hall of Fame class: I...

October 11, 2012
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REHAB WINNER: Sewer Rehabbed Using Design-Build & Sliplining

This project combined the use of the design-build construction methodology and the trenchless technique of sliplining to...

October 11, 2012
Project of the Year
2012 Project of the Year Rehab Runner Up: Pipeline Condition...

The City of Raymore, Mo., and PICA USA conducted an inspection of a 24-in. wastewater force main in December 2011....

October 11, 2012
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NEW INSTALL WINNER: Record-Setting Lake Houston HDD Project

The Lake Houston HDD project that Laney Directional Drilling completed outside of Houston had the record-setting distanc...

October 11, 2012
Pipe Cleaning
TOUGH BROKERS

At first, a Tough Mudder event might sound like something Bear Grylls would do in his spare time. It requires hard train...

October 11, 2012
Directional Drilling
Good Practices in Solids Control

The importance of a properly designed and supported mud recycling (separation) plant is now more vital than ever....

October 11, 2012
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Pipe Cleaning Technology Removes Bitumen and Coal Tar Lining

Envirologics has developed a low-cost and energy-efficient technology for cleaning and rehabilitating deteriorated drink...

October 11, 2012
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ICON Celebrates 30 Years of Helping Construction Companies Succeed Underground

Brian W. Crandall believes that underground construction is the most dangerous work a contractor undertakes. So in 1982,...

October 11, 2012
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Battling the Aging Pipeline Infrastructure Through Sliplining

Much of the discussion about our aging infrastructure has to do with the decay of the dense web of underground water and...

October 11, 2012
Pipe Cleaning
Pipe Cleaning Products

Duke’s Root ControlDuke’s Root Control Inc. is a full-service root control company dedicated to keeping sewe...

October 11, 2012
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NEW INSTALL HONORABLE MENTION

Wolf Bay Crossing ProjectPowerSouth’s Wolf Bay Crossing Project in Orange Beach, Ala., is a multi-faceted example ...

October 11, 2012
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Challenges in Sealing Large Diameter Lateral Connections

In keeping with the nation’s focus to improve the condition of water and wastewater infrastructure, the St. Louis Metr...

October 11, 2012
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NEW INSTALL RUNNER UP: Upper Northwest Interceptor Section 9 and...

The Upper Northwest Interceptor Section 9 and Associated NEA Projects (UNWI 9) involved the installation of 32,660 ft of...

October 11, 2012
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REHAB HONORABLE MENTION

Saskatoon Interceptor Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Constructed between 1912 and 1970, the City of Saskatoon’s Interc...

October 11, 2012
Directional Drilling
Large Upsize Pipe Replacement Beneath the West Highland Railway

A HammerHead HB125 static pipe-bursting system, provided by U Mole (a division of Vp plc within Groundforce) was recentl...

October 3, 2012
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LEIDI Exclusive Distributor of Applied Felts CIPP Liners in China

Leidi Utility Supply Limited, a leading distributor of pipe and cable detection, inspection and maintenance equipment fo...

October 3, 2012
Canada
U.S. Construction Equipment Exports Increase 24 Percent Through First Six...

Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment grew 24 percent and totaled $13.7 billion for the first half of 2012 compare...

October 3, 2012
Canada
PACP Manual Now Available in Spanish

NASSCO now offers the Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) in Spanish. PACP is the North American standard f...

September 19, 2012
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Pipe Liner Installed in Record Time

When rehabilitating mixed water channels in the Rethmar district of Sehnde in Lower Saxony, it was primarily all about s...

September 19, 2012