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Articles by Thomas Husch, P.Tech.(Eng.), project coordinator for CCI Inc.

Directional Drilling PVC pipe is the Solution for More Resilient Wastewater System Reconstruction After Major Hurricane
Segmental PVC Pipe Supports Solution for More Resilient Wastewater System...

Addressing the Seabrook, Texas, Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant’s (MSWWTP) vulnerability to hurricanes beca...

November 28, 2023
Directional Drilling HDD solids
Mastering Solids Control: A Vital Element in Modern Horizontal Directional...

Efficiency in directional drilling and production hinges on the properties of the drilling mud, and these properties sho...

November 27, 2023
Rehabilitation In May 2023, committed to delivering clean and reliable drinking water to its customers and communities and to restore the severely diminished supply system’s capacity, PVWC teamed with J. Fletcher Creamer & Son Inc. (Creamer), to inspect, assess, clean and effectively rehabilitate the four remaining water main crossings.
Trenchless Rehabilitation Via FFRP Saves the Kearny Multiples

Over a century ago, seven 16-in. wrought iron water mains known as the Kearny Multiples were installed across the Passai...

November 24, 2023
Pipe Inspection/Evaluation Project managers at Ground Penetrating Radar Systems LLC (GPRS) use electromagnetic (EM) locators
Video Pipe Inspection & Sewer Line Mapping to Prevent Cross...

The City of Fremont, California, is the fourth-largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area at 88.46 square miles. It was ...

November 22, 2023
Microtunneling Hobas FRP Jacking Pipe
Lift Station Consolidation Made Feasible Through Microtunneling

How Microtunneling is helping Houston achieve project goals for deep gravity sewers....

November 17, 2023
Pipe Ramming remote access project near Kamloops, British Columbia
Remote Railway Pipe Ramming in British Columbia

The project consisted of the installation of 12 drainage casings, through pneumatic pipe ramming, under an isolated rail...

November 15, 2023
Business/People The Akkerman family
Golden Anniversary! Akkerman Inc. Marks 50 Years

Brownsdale, Minnesota-based trenchless manufacturer Akkerman Inc. hosted a 50th anniversary event in September at its fa...

November 14, 2023
Microtunneling Jacking 48-in. RCP
Microtunneling Vertical Curves – New Solutions for Utility Installations

Vertical curves are an important addition to the toolbox owners and engineers have available to them when designing proj...

November 13, 2023
Directional Drilling fluid cleaning system
Fluid Cleaning Systems can Keep Equipment, Crews Running at Peak...

A fluid cleaning system allows operators to increase fluid velocity, suspending solids in the fluid and be removed from...

October 26, 2023
Horizontal Directional Drilling
A compact pump for tough drilling operations. 

Powerful, compact and lightweight, GD Energy Products’ 800HDD pump delivers an impressive flow rate of 1,000 GPM a...

October 25, 2023
Lateral Rehab Revitalizing Campus Dormitory Plumbing
NASSCO Report – Revitalizing Campus Dormitory Plumbing with CIPP

The team successfully revitalized a total of 990 ft of sewer lines within a challenging three-week timeframe thanks to C...

October 25, 2023
Manhole Rehab Pennsylvania Township Manhole Rehabilitation
Pennsylvania Township’s Manhole Rehabilitation Results in Large I&I Reduction

Not only were these manholes identified to be completely replaced but some were also located along a stream bed adding t...

October 24, 2023
Directional Drilling above ground power lines
HDD Locating Technology Critical to Project Success

With a total bore length of roughly 1,200 ft, we would see an elevation gain of about 20 and a total elevation loss of a...

October 23, 2023
Pipe Relining Figure 1
Combining UV, Bluelight CIPP Systems Beneath Denver International Airport

In 2012, Denver International Airport (DEN) needed to rehabilitate 400 lf of failing 6- and 12-in. diameter cast iron se...

October 23, 2023