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Trenchless Technology Game Changers: Super Products

Digging Safer and Smarter with Mud Dog® Vacuum Excavators There are more than 100 billion feet of underground utilit...

July 13, 2023
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Trenchless Technology Game Changers: SpectraShield®

Experience You Can Trust SpectraShield® is proud to celebrate 30 years of excellence in infrastructure rehabilitatio...

July 13, 2023
Directional Drilling 2in mult-duct installation
LT Directional’s Large 27-Way, 2-in. Multi-Duct Installation

LT Directional's job was to install 27, 2-in. pipes over a few hundred feet that paralleled the San Mateo rail....

July 12, 2023
Pipe Relining flexible fabric reinforced pipe
Pressure Pipe Rehab Advancement – the Premier Solution for Challenging...

With thousands of miles of buried water mains providing drinking water to its communities and the wastewater pipelines f...

July 10, 2023
Directional Drilling mud reclaiming
Mud Reclaiming on Mid-Size and Large-Diameter HDD Projects

Over the last decade, reclaimers (recyclers, mud recycling systems) have become a staple for mid-sized to large-diameter...

July 7, 2023
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Last Word – The Future of Water: In the Challenges,...

Let’s seize on this time when water is in the spotlight to address these industry challenges and capitalize on water m...

July 7, 2023
Pipe Relining Chula Vista Storm Drain Before
NASSCO Report – Geopolymer Rehabilitation of a Storm Drain in...

SAPLs are becoming widely used for sanitary and storm sewer rehabilitation of pipes larger than 36-in. diameter...

July 6, 2023
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Inspection Advancements for PCCP – Addressing the Mode of Failure

In spring 2022, the patent for wire break detection inspection methods quietly expired. This method is known as the &lsq...

July 5, 2023
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Pigging Isn’t Just for Pipelines: Ice Pigging vs Water Flushing

Ice pigging uses a slush ice — or ice slurry — injected into the main, where it then flows through the line using no...

June 29, 2023
Pipe Relining Fuqua Gardens inlet pipe
CIPP Rehab of an Aging Stormwater Inlet Pipe at Westover...

The Fuqua Gardens located inside of Westover Memorial Park has a history dating back to the early 1900s. Built as reflec...

June 28, 2023
Tech Forum Resins in CIPP
Tech Forum: Resin Considerations for Your CIPP Project

Schiro Cured-in-place Pipe (CIPP) is one of the more commonly used tools in the Trenchless Toolbox when it comes to reha...

June 27, 2023
Directional Drilling HDD brings fiber optics to rural communities
Strategic Partnership Brings Fiber Connectivity to Rural America

The need for fiber connectivity in rural America has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly every elemen...

June 23, 2023
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The Right SUE Information for Your Trenchless Project

Successful trenchless installations require reliable, accurate utility information that is specific to each project. The...

June 21, 2023
Canada sliplining of High-Level Interceptor in Toronto
Phase III High-Level Interceptor Rehab in Toronto Requires Sliplining, CIPP

Phase III included the rehabilitation of approximately 880 m of the interceptor sewer running from MH101-094 to MH101-08...

June 20, 2023
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Rock Boring in Remote British Columbia

Rock Boring was chosen for its ability to core through solid rock conditions without introducing the potential for a rel...

June 19, 2023
Canada Kiskatinaw River crossing
Crossing the Kiskatinaw River: HDD Project Exhibits the Importance of...

NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), a wholly owned subsidiary of TC Energy, recently completed the construction of a new ...

June 14, 2023
Canada Northwest Inner City Upper Plateau Separation Project
Record-setting Microtunnel Completed in Calgary

The largest diameter microtunnel in North America was successfully completed in December 2022 as part of the Northwest I...

June 13, 2023
Canada Home Sewer System
Last Word – Trenchless Technology’s Role in Reducing Private Side...

With the advent of climate change, the risk of flooding basements due to sewers is increasing. However, basement floodin...

June 12, 2023
Directional Drilling HDD site with large rig
Navigating Obstacles for a Successful HDD Outcome

It is the HDD guidance system that ultimately dictates whether the installation is a success, and in the end, the size o...

May 25, 2023
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Emergency HDD Bore Restores Water Service

Most people in the Western hemisphere tend to take for granted that when we turn on the faucet, out comes clean and clea...

May 24, 2023