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So You Think You Want to Cut Hard Rock?

Cone size, bearing size, seal size, carbide size — all of these have a direct influence on hole opener performance and...

May 21, 2012
Directional Drilling
Ductile Iron Pipe Used in Mississippi HDD Project

Construction is under way on a 32-mile ductile iron pipeline that will carry treated wastewater from the City of Meridia...

May 21, 2012
Directional Drilling
Locating 101: Guidelines to Follow

Successfully locating and identifying buried utilities is a process of elimination — elimination of mistakes — accor...

May 21, 2012
Archives
DCA Creates Federal Advocacy Program

The Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) has initiated a federal advocacy program to advance the interests of the...

May 17, 2012
News
ICGA Releases Grout Specification for Trenchless Industry

NASSCO has released a grout specification that will benefit the engineering community as they prepare sewer rehab projec...

May 16, 2012
Canada
Survey of the North American Pilot Tube Industry

In 2011, researchers at Arizona State University completed a survey of pilot tube microtunneling (PTMT) contractors acro...

May 16, 2012
News
INTERMAT 2012: The Best Ever

INTERMAT has just closed its doors and organizers proclaim the international construction show, which took place April 1...

May 16, 2012
Archives
Opportunities in Utility Construction Conference Set for Oct. 9-10 in...

While the decline in the housing market has had a profound effect on the utility construction market over the last sever...

May 16, 2012
News
Echologics, City of Tampa Inks Agreement for Transmission Main Leak...

Echologics, a division of Mueller Co. and a developer and leading provider of acoustic-based technologies for water loss...

May 16, 2012
News
AWWA Report Finds $1 Trillion Needed for Drinking Water Infrastructure

The cost of repairing and expanding U.S. drinking water infrastructure will top $1 trillion in the next 25 years, an exp...

May 16, 2012
News
No-Dig Poland a Success

On April 17-19, in Kielce – Cedzyna, the V Jubilee International Conference and Trenchless Technology exhibition calle...

May 3, 2012
Archives
Federal Court Awards Sanctions to LMK Enterprises Inc. in Contempt...

On March 9, 2012, the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida awarded LMK Enterprises, Inc. a total of...

May 3, 2012
News
Toshiba Sets Up Aqua Research Center at PUB Singapore’s WaterHub

Toshiba Corp. (TOKYO: 6502) recently announced that it has set up the Aqua Research Center — its first water treatment...

May 3, 2012
News
RJN Group Continues Long-Term Partnership with Delaware County

At the end of February 2012, New Castle County, Del., recently awarded RJN Group Inc. (RJN) two collection system projec...

May 3, 2012
News
ASTM Working on CIP Manhole Liner Standard

Single-size cured-in-place (CIP) liners for manholes were developed to improve efficiency by reducing time and effort re...

May 3, 2012
News
Las Vegas Welcomes NASSCO Members

NASSCO’s 2012 Annual Meeting, held Feb. 15-18 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, was by far the biggest and best gathe...

May 3, 2012
News
Texas Hold ‘Em: NUCA Convention Meets in Fort Worth

Underground utility contractors, excavators and the suppliers that serve them gathered at the Renaissance Worthington Ho...

May 3, 2012
News
Xylem Names Managing Director for U.S. Dewatering Solutions

Xylem, a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world's most challenging water issues, announ...

May 2, 2012
News
Thompson Pump Completes Its 2012 Pumpology School

Thompson Pump & Mfg. Co. Inc. held its 22nd annual Pumpology School April 25-27, at its corporate facilities in Port Ora...

May 2, 2012
International
ASTM Working on CIP Manhole Liner Standard

ASTM is working to develop a new standard for single-size cured-in-place liners for manholes....

April 26, 2012