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Directional Drilling
A compact pump for tough drilling operations. 

Powerful, compact and lightweight, GD Energy Products’ 800HDD pump delivers an impressive flow...

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 t...

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...

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...

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. d...

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 Caroli...

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 Appli...

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&rs...

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...

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 t...

October 3, 2023
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 ...

October 3, 2023
Directional Drilling
Inadvertent Returns

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

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 servin...

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 challe...

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. ...

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 rehabi...

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 testin...

September 20, 2023
Pipe Bursting PW Trenchless pipe bursting
North Okanagan Pipe Bursting – What Could Go Wrong?

The Regional District of the North Okanagan (RDNO) in British Columbia, Canada, recently completed a...

September 15, 2023
Rehabilitation
Special Report: Potable Water Rehab Solutions

Potable Water Main Rehab Status Update The Successful Same Bore Technology of Trenchless Rehabilitat...

September 7, 2023