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Microtunneling custom-built excavator shield
Tunneling for Flood Prevention in Denver

BTrenchless Uses Trenchless Toolbox for 33rd Street Outfall The City of Denver has been growing at a sustained rate over...

November 11, 2019
Directional Drilling hdd in Maui
Battling Rock on the Island of Maui

Hawaii Pacific Trenchless LLC received a contract to install a pressurized sewer system on the Island of Maui via horizo...

November 8, 2019
Canada CCTV Camera
Condition Assessment in Canada

An 80-Plus-Year-Old Pipe Needed Evaluated and the Job Wasn’t Easy Since 2013, GAME Trenchless Consultants (GAME Co...

October 29, 2019
Last Word Lead Pipe
Last Word – Lead Service Line Replacement Programs: Are We...

The adverse health impacts of lead in drinking water has been well understood for over three decades. The recent lead cr...

October 22, 2019
Canada durafoam style pig being placed in launcher
Pigging Restores Intake Flow Capacity Fouled by Quagga Mussels

In fall 2018, the City of Toronto initiated a project to clean three sixty-inch diameter HDPE raw water intakes at the I...

October 17, 2019
Grouting sump pit of 5 ft diameter by 6 ft height, located at the base of an approximate seven-story Oxygen Pit water holding tower
How to Stop 125 GPM of Gushing Water

A precast sump pit of 5 ft diameter by 6 ft height, located at the base of an approximate seven-story Oxygen Pit water h...

October 8, 2019
Last Word WEF Stormwater Institute
MS4 Survey Reveals Stormwater Program Gaps and Opportunities

Stormwater is the only growing source of water pollution in many waterways across the United States. With urban populati...

October 4, 2019
Rehabilitation Peachtree Creek trunk sewer project
Atlanta’s Large Sewer Problem

Peachtree Creek Trunk Sewer Stabilization Project is the Largest Spiral Wound Pipe Rehab Project in the United States Th...

October 2, 2019
Rehabilitation epoxy lining stormwater outfall
Corroded and Leaking Stormwater Outfall, in an Exclusive Florida Community,...

A 350-ft, 52-in. x 90-in., stormwater outfall pipe, serving an exclusive residential community in Palm Beach, Florida, h...

October 1, 2019
Directional Drilling Subsite TK Recon Repeater
How Extending Your Tracker’s Range Can Cut Your Time On...

Like any good businessman, Michael Melson knows time is money. The more productive his crew can be on a jobsite, the mor...

October 1, 2019
Directional Drilling Vermeer
Hard at Work with Hard Rock Directional Drilling

In addition to growing the size of the team, Hard Rock Directional Drilling has also expanded its number of locations th...

September 25, 2019
Rehabilitation pipebursting in Texas
Getting their Feet Wet: Mesquite, Texas, Gives Pipe Bursting and...

April showers dropped nearly 7 in. of rain over the Dallas-Ft Worth area in 2019. The torrents came just as Douglas Dail...

September 23, 2019
New Installation Anacost River Tunnel
First Section of Anacostia River Tunnel Opens, Fulfills Promise of...

Although the rivers and creeks that meander through Washington, D.C., are often noted for their historical significance,...

September 20, 2019
Canada 22-in. Pipeline Using EM Technology
Unravelling the Secrets of a 22-in. Pipeline Using EM Technology

“A 22-in. diameter pipe? – that must be a mistake!” – was my initial reaction when reading the e...

September 18, 2019
Directional Drilling Rock tooling can be especially challenging
Considering Buying Used HDD Tooling? Here’s What You Need to...

As HDD professionals, we like taking money to the bottom line, not throwing it downhole. We are always looking for ways ...

September 17, 2019
Canada utility locating in Canada
Utility Locates and Locating During Mega Project Planning

Working smarter with SUE data to provide work plans and a common utility base map during projects Over the past 10 years...

September 16, 2019
United States Memphis Tennessee skyline
City of Memphis Makes Sweet Music in Manhole Rehabilitation With...

Steve Lindsey of Jacobs Engineering Group has been working since the mid-1980s with the City of Memphis, Tennessee, to r...

September 13, 2019
Directional Drilling force main installation
Threading the Needle in Victoria, British Columbia

A sewer force main was successfully installed under Victoria Harbor including a pipe pullback through a quiet residentia...

September 10, 2019
Rehabilitation deteriorated manhole
Four Steps to Streamlined Manhole Rehabilitations

How to Efficiently Contain Manhole Leaks and Reinforce Structural Integrity Within our many aging sewer collection syste...

September 6, 2019
Tech Forum American ductile iron pipe
Tech Forum: Protecting Ductile Iron Pipe

Like hand-in-glove, zinc coating and V-Bio enhanced polyethylene encasement protect ductile iron pipe against the most a...

September 5, 2019