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Directional Drilling
The Principles of Effective Solids Control

Although the use of drilling fluids within the horizontal directional drilling (HDD)/trenchless industry is still relati...

November 1, 2018
Features money
Understanding the Basics of Asset Life Cycle Costing and Risk...

Asset management is a core business principle and practice that will underlie everything an organization does. Decision ...

October 26, 2018
Directional Drilling
Tech Forum: Preparation, Operation and Maintenance of Mud Systems

Proper preparation, operation, and maintenance of your mud recycling system can not only extend the performance and life...

October 25, 2018
Pipe Relining plano
City of Plano White Rock Creek & Prairie Creek Sewer...

Plano, Texas embarked on a mission in 2015 to rehabilitate more than three miles of reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) After...

October 24, 2018
Manhole Rehab sewer rehab
Two Decades Repairing San Diego Sewers

The City of San Diego’s Metropolitan Wastewater Division has been rehabilitating its deteriorated sewers for nearl...

October 22, 2018
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Iowa Proves Fertile Ground for Compact HDD Contractor

While fiber-optic cable installation work appears to be getting ready to ramp up once again, in some places around the U...

October 19, 2018
Condition Assessment investigator
Use Data, Not Assumption to Optimize Capital Improvement Programs

A Coastal City Uses Pipe Condition Assessment Tools to Optimize its Capital Improvement Program Like many of its peers, ...

October 18, 2018
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Upping the UV GRP Game

Challenges and obstacles are a common occurrence around the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region and it does not always...

October 17, 2018
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Keeping your HDD Maxi Rig up and Running

The “maxi” class of horizontal direction drilling (HDD) machines are the largest and most powerful rotation ...

October 11, 2018
Pipe Relining hobas liner shaft
Flow Monitoring Proves Sliplining Advantages

Sliplining Milwaukee’s 90-Year-Old CSO to Increase Flow Capacity One concern that almost all municipalities have a...

October 10, 2018
International sewer rehab
Sewer Rehab in Mexico City

AOC Aliancys and INBODE recently collaborated to rehabilitate part of Mexico City’s wastewater infrastructure usin...

October 9, 2018
Pipe Bursting pipe-bursting in Indiana
Trenchless Technology Tech Forum: Tips for Pipe Bursting Technique

Nearly 40 years of evolution in pipe bursting equipment, tooling and technique enables today’s contractors to avoi...

October 8, 2018
Grouting culvert
Culvert Grouting: How Two Culverts Benefited from Polyurethane Grouting

In 2016, Hurricane Matthew left a path of destruction in its wake up the East Coast. North Carolina was hard hit by stor...

October 5, 2018
Pipe Relining applied felts
Tips for Choosing the Right CIPP Liner

Choosing the right lining material for a cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) rehabilitation project can never be an “off th...

October 4, 2018
Directional Drilling trained team
Plan for Success, Then Work the Plan

Pinnacle Construction & Directional Boring Inc. invests in planning to deliver results Many horizontal directional d...

October 3, 2018
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Emergency Culvert Reline and Repair in San Diego

In the summer of 1985, development was under way for the construction of an intersection at I-15 and Clairemont Mesa Bou...

October 1, 2018
Pipe Bursting WaterOne
WaterOne Getting it Done: Pipe Bursting Program Flourishes In-House

The problem is the same for many municipalities and public utilities, system infrastructure is aging rapidly, but the ne...

September 28, 2018
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Lateral Lining Saves Water and Summertime Fun

The City of Sterling Heights, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan — population 132,000 — has undertaken what it ca...

September 26, 2018
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Last Word: DCA Showcases HDD on National Mall

The Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) recently conducted a Washington Fly-In to visit with federal agencies on ...

September 25, 2018
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Going Trenchless in the City of Hamilton

Some professionals involved in the management of mainline sewers are very interested to hear how asset management in the...

September 20, 2018