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Astec Industries to Acquire Gefco

Astec Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTE) announced Aug. 4 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substa...

August 30, 2011
Canada
Canada’s Largest City Takes Its Greenness Underground

Nationally recognized in Canada for environmental leadership, the City of Toronto has taken its greenness underground by...

August 30, 2011
Archives
Get Hands-on at ICUEE

The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) will hold its 2011 conference Oct. 4-6 at the Ke...

August 30, 2011
Archives
Improving Microtunneling Design Practice – Contractor’s Perspective

Design practice cannot evolve to achieve cost-effective project construction without feedback from the contractors who a...

August 30, 2011
Archives
Georgia City Uses FOG Program to Keep Sewers Clean

Up until 2004, fats, oils and grease (FOG) were wreaking havoc on the City of Griffin, Ga.’s, underground infrastructu...

August 30, 2011
Pipe Cleaning
Using Software for Reducing FOG Problems

One important component of municipal Capacity Management and Operations Maintenance (CMOM) initiatives at municipal sewe...

August 30, 2011
News
Insituform Technologies Awarded $9.9M in Contracts for the City/County of...

Insituform Technologies Inc. recently announced that it has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of approxi...

August 24, 2011
News
AXEO Brumath Completes Largest Pipe Lining Project in France to...

Near the City of Lille in the north of France, 4 km of sewer drains were recently rehabilitated. For this purpose, UV-li...

August 24, 2011
International
SPR Spiral-Wound Pipe in Stendal, Germany

Following a series of successful applications, the SPR spiral-wound pipe liner has been used more and more since its mar...

August 24, 2011
International
HDD Bore Through a Steep Slope in Germany

When traveling on a 400-m high bridge on a mountain known in German as "Sollstedter Hölle," which in English means “S...

August 24, 2011
Archives
Insituform Acquires Fyfe Group With Option to Purchase Int’l Operations

Insituform Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq global select market:INSU) has announced the execution of a definitive agreement to...

August 24, 2011
International
KA-TE Develops Portable Multifunction System for Robot Work in Sewer...

KA-TE, the Swiss distributor of sewer rehabilitation robots, has added a portable multifunction system to its line of pr...

August 24, 2011
International
New Vermeer Dealership in Sweden

Vermeer Viking AB has begun operations as an independent, authorized Vermeer dealer in Sweden in August. The dealership...

August 24, 2011
International
TRACTO-TECHNIK Launches New Web Site

TRACTO-TECHNIK (TT) recently launched a new website for HDD bore accessories at www.directional-drilling-accessories.com...

August 24, 2011
News
CertainTeed Offers Online Pipe Flow Calculator

CertainTeed is helping municipal water utilities and consulting engineers make the most economical and energy-efficient...

August 23, 2011
News
Doug Chick, Trenchless Industry Pioneer & an Insituform Founder Passes...

Insituform Technologies Inc. has announced the death of Doug Chick, one of its original investors and founders...

August 18, 2011
News
TT Technologies & Prime Drill Partner to Bring Maxi Rigs...

Technologies, Aurora, Ill., and Prime Drilling are partnering in effort to bring high quality large HDD drill rigs to No...

August 17, 2011
News
AECOM Joint Venture Awarded $150M Contract for San Francisco Wastewater...

AECOM Technology Corp. (NYSE: ACM) has announced that a joint venture in which it participates with Parsons has been awa...

August 17, 2011
News
Godwin Pumps Hosts SABIT Guests

Godwin Pumps recently hosted a group of professionals from several Central Asian countries, participating in the Special...

August 15, 2011
News
Wachs Water Services Joint Venture Receives $9.4M Contract Extension for...

Wachs Water Services recently announced that it has been awarded a $9.4 million contract extension to continue supportin...

August 11, 2011