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Pipe Relining
San Francisco Embarks on Stormwater Rehab Project

Spray-on Epoxy Provides Solution for Aging Cast-Iron Pipe Underneath Pier 33 and 35 in the historic Embarcadero Waterfro...

September 4, 2019
Canada installing pipe using HDD
Meet the Experts: Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)

In the civil engineering world, finding safer and faster methods to complete projects with minimum impact on the environ...

September 3, 2019
Canada CIPP liner test facility
Advancing CIPP Pressure Liner Design

In the Spring of 2002, the City of Toronto installed 1,000 metres of Sanexen’s Aqua-Pipe liner as part of a pilot ...

August 29, 2019
Last Word Suicide Prevention Poster
Last Word: Suicide Prevention in Construction: The Next Dimension of...

Over the past 25 years, a focus on improved safety practices and attention to training and prevention have reduced the r...

August 28, 2019
Features ICUEE 2018 outdoor exhibits
ICUEE 2019: Bring Your Questions, Leave with Answers

The International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition, also known as the Demo Expo will happen Oct. 1-3, in ...

August 26, 2019
Condition Assessment burst pipe
GASB 34 Reporting of the Value of Buried Infrastructure

Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Assess and Monetize the Condition of Water Mains Asset Management ...

August 7, 2019
Directional Drilling water force main replacement in Grand Haven, Michigan
Water Force Main Replacement in Grand Haven, Michigan

In 1973, a 12-in. ductile iron force main was installed using direct bury methods under the Grand River. Measuring appro...

August 6, 2019
Features Echo GPR conducts a GPR scan
Choosing the Right Antenna for GPR Investigations

Look for the highest frequency that can detect objects at the desired depth Antennas used with ground penetrating radar ...

August 2, 2019
Pumps
Temporary Bypass in New York Provides Non-clogging Solution for Lift...

Lift stations are an essential component of many municipal and industrial wastewater collection systems to move sewage f...

July 31, 2019
Last Word
Trenchless Call for Action: Trenchless Technology in Plumbing Codes

Long ago the phrase “trenchless technology” was coined to describe methods that allow for the reconstruction...

July 26, 2019
Tech Forum
Tech Forum: Piercing Tool Care without Going in the Hole

Pneumatically driven earth-piercing tools make short work of installing 2- to 4-in. fiber-optic, water, and gas line ser...

July 25, 2019
Directional Drilling Ditch Witch hdd training
Hands-On HDD Training Prepares Operators for Success

Utility projects are on the rise across the country. With the overwhelming demand to replace and maintain our aging infr...

July 23, 2019
Directional Drilling 3-D mapping for HDD
HDD-Exploring and Navigating Through the Terrastellar Cosmos

In the very recent past in a galaxy far, far away (actually M87 a mere 55 million light years away), the first images of...

June 28, 2019
Pipe Ramming pipe-crushing is a variation of the pipe ramming method
Crushing it: CMP Meets its Match in New Pipe Ramming...

Hydraulics studies conducted after 2013’s flooding event called for upsize replacement of three failing 48-in. cor...

June 27, 2019
Last Word CONTECH Monroe County DOT
Last Word: When Is it Too Late for a Reline

When a culvert or storm sewer reaches the end of its useful service life, the option to excavate and replace is commonpl...

June 26, 2019
Storm Water/Culverts culvert lining in West Virginia
GCCM Used as a Preventative Measure for New Culvert Lining

WVDOH elected to use Concrete Cloth GCCM as a preventative measure to line a new culvert installed on Route 35....

June 26, 2019
Tech Forum Section B Dorchester Tunnel
Tech Forum: How the Future of Underground Mapping Can be...

In the late 1800s, America experienced a monumental shift as people moved from rural areas into growing industrial and t...

June 24, 2019
Pipe Cleaning Bucher Municipal
Pipe Cleaning Product Profile: Bucher RECycler

The environment is one of 2019’s biggest concerns, deliberated by everyone across borders. The responsibility and ...

June 20, 2019
Directional Drilling HDD in Fenelon Falls
Enbridge Extends Natural Gas System to Fenelon Falls, Ontario

In 2018, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. kicked off the lofty project of expanding its natural gas system to the Kawartha...

June 19, 2019
New Installation Akkerman at City of Fort Dodge, Iowa
Pilot Tube Method Maintains Line, Grade and Confidence

For years, City of Fort Dodge, Iowa, residents experienced the undesirable effects of an overloaded sanitary system duri...

June 12, 2019