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Thompson Pump Emergency Response Team Fights Gulf Oil Spill

Within a few days of the incident on the Deepwater Horizon, Thompson Pump Company mobilized its Emergency Response Team...

September 1, 2010
Canada
Kerneos Inc.

Rehabbing manholes is just a fact of life in the world of a municipal manager or engineer. The list of products availabl...

September 1, 2010
Archives
Confessions of a Municipal Utility Maintenance Pro

Without knowing the answer, I and other managers with the City of Olathe, Kan., entered into an objective assessment....

September 1, 2010
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Manhole Chimneys

The Town of Dartmouth, Mass., recently trialed a new solution for repairing and replacing the brick adjustment layers in...

September 1, 2010
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Preserving Our Vital Resources:

Though often undervalued, water is not a given in this country. In fact, by 2025, water demand is expected to outpace su...

September 1, 2010
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Pilot Tube Microtunneling in the City of Omaha, Neb.

During the past two years, the City of Omaha, Neb.’s sewer network received 13,000 ft of new pipelines — all install...

September 1, 2010
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HDPE Outfall

A 2,500-ft, 36-in. HDPE outfall in an affluent beach area of Port Hueneme, Calif., required the use of horizontal direct...

September 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Lessons Learned

The City of X and its engineer bid during summer 2005, 3,200 ft of 36-in. HDPE pipe for a lake crossing to be installed...

September 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Directional Drilling for Environmental Remediation

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to install environmental remediation wells entered the market in the mid-1990s as...

September 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Where Is Mortimer?

Mortimer, the famed sewer rat, was offered up once again for the Education Auction at the No-Dig Show in Chicago. In a j...

September 1, 2010
News
New Survey Outlines Selection Criteria for Corrosion Resistant Linings

According to an independent survey of engineers, facility managers and contractors, chemical resistance was shown to be...

September 1, 2010
Canada
Aries Industries Supplies Camera System to Help Locate Chilean Miners

Aries Industries, a Waukesha, Wis.-manufacturer of pipeline inspection and rehabilitation equipment for water, wastewate...

September 1, 2010
News
CH2M HILL Employees Inducted into NACWA Hall of Fame

CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, recently announced that four of t...

September 1, 2010
News
Insituform Wins Contract Valued at $7 Million in Honolulu

Insituform Technologies Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $7 million by the Cit...

September 1, 2010
News
Northeast Trenchless Association Hosts Annual Picnic

The Northeast Trenchless Association (NTA) hosted its annual summer outing at Tacoma Lakes in Monmouth, Maine, on Aug. 7...

September 1, 2010
News
CONTECH Announces Agreement with JM Eagle

CONTECH Construction Products Inc. has announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with JM Eagle....

September 1, 2010
News
Infrastructure Technologies Gets WSSC CCTV Contract

Infrastructure Technologies (I.T.) has announced that it has been awarded the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (W...

September 1, 2010
News
Rhino Linings Corp. Acquires Tobin Mfg.

Rhino Linings Corp., a global provider of protective polyurethane, polyurea, polyaspartic and epoxy coatings has announc...

September 1, 2010
Canada
OBITUARY: Godwin Pumps’ Joseph L. Abbott Jr.

Godwin Pumps, worldwide manufacturer and supplier of the Dri-Prime automatic self-priming pump, shared news Sept. 14 of...

September 1, 2010
Canada
PEOPLE: Westphal Promoted to Senior VP of Construction Operations

Even after more than 45 years of service, Bob Westphal keeps moving up the ranks at Brownsville, Wis.-based Michels Corp...

September 1, 2010