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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
Lateral Rehab lateral prep
Blueprint Columbus Addresses Lateral Rehab on the Private Side

Columbus chose to look at the situation from a different perspective....

October 19, 2023
Directional Drilling Installers skillfully bored a nearly mile-long path underground
Installing a New Water Main Below the Intracoastal Waterway

How contractors installed a mile-long steel water transmission main beneath a sensitive South Carolina wetland....

October 18, 2023
Pipe Relining wovo-glass
MaxLiner ®–  Introducing WovoGlass™ – 3X Stronger, Ultra-Flexible & Hits...

The latest addition to MaxLiner’s® WovoLiner® suite of products, manufactured by Applied Felts. Not too sh...

October 16, 2023
Condition Assessment External pipe assessment
Checking the Health of Your Pipes -What You Need to...

Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issues a Report Card for America’s Infrastructure...

October 16, 2023
Manhole Rehab manhole after grouting
Manhole Rehab – Squaring Off Against I&I with Injection Grouting

Everyone is familiar with the round covers of manholes. You walk past manholes in sidewalks near our homes or schools, y...

October 4, 2023
General
Solids Control in Drilling Operations: Maximizing Efficiency and Sustainability

In the ever-evolving world of drilling, where costs of drilling fluids and their disposal continue to rise, solids contr...

October 3, 2023
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Drilling Fluid – The First Step of Solids Control

As I sit in front of my laptop preparing to write an article about Solids Control the first thought that pops into my he...

October 3, 2023
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Inadvertent Returns

Primary Causes and Preventative Measures In one way or another, if you’ve worked in or around the HDD industry you...

October 3, 2023
Pipe Relining force main rehab in New Jersey
NASSCO Report – Force Main Rehabilitation in Jersey City, New...

When the New Jersey Transit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail was constructed in the 1990s — now serving, on average, appro...

October 3, 2023
Canada broken pipe
Combating Water Distribution Leaks with Innovative AI Monitoring

As Canada’s drinking water infrastructure continues to age, the prevalence of leaks and the challenges that they pose...

October 2, 2023
Directional Drilling Mears HDD under air force base runway
Horizontal Directional Drilling Beneath the Tinker Air Force Base Runway

Tinker Air Force Base, in Midwest City, Oklahoma, was built in 1941 and named in honor of Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker o...

September 29, 2023
Canada Capital Infrastructure Group Completes Pressure Pipe Project Using FFRP
Capital Infrastructure Group Completes Pressure Pipe Project Using FFRP

When a major Western Canadian refinery, identified a chlorine treated wastewater pipeline for rehabilitation, flexible f...

September 25, 2023
Pipe Inspection/Evaluation smoke testing
Identifying I&I Efficiently and Effectively with Smoke Testing

Could inflow and infiltration (I&I) be lurking beneath your city streets? Find out with smoke testing....

September 20, 2023