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How Location Data Minimizes Excavation Damage

Underground excavation in construction can be risky. Generating and sharing accurate location data can reduce these risk...

July 18, 2018
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Using an Electronic Locator in Piercing Tool Installations

The use of earth-piercing tools to install underground gas, water, cable, irrigation, fiber or electrical lines under ya...

July 17, 2018
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Bridge Street Bypass in Virginia Solves Potential Sewage Contamination

A Virginia city found itself with an issue. An old, worn-out bridge was badly in need of replacement, but tearing it dow...

July 11, 2018
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Going Under Water: Engineering Challenges Associated with Waterbody Crossings

Trenchless crossings inherently present a greater number of risks and installation challenges than traditional open-cut ...

July 10, 2018
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Pipe Bursting for Water Line Replacement

Much of our nation’s underground infrastructure is reaching or functioning beyond expected lifespans.   This ...

June 20, 2018
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Auger Boring Market Remains Strong, Continues to Evolve

Despite Being One of the Oldest Trenchless Technologies, the Auger Boring Market Remains Strong and Continues to Evolve ...

June 19, 2018
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Innovations in Mapping Underground Infrastructure on Light Rail Transit Projects

Managing utility relocations typically presents one of the largest risks associated with delivering major capital infras...

June 14, 2018
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No Bogies Here: Pipe Cleaning Project Takes Crew Across Texas...

Halff Associates contacted Nezat Training and Consulting Inc. regarding a sewer rehab project....

June 13, 2018
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CUIRE Research Update on Spray-Applied Pipe Linings as a Structural...

Since last December, a group of researchers from the Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (CUIRE...

June 7, 2018
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Staying on Target on New Mexico Auger Boring Project

In Lordsburg, New Mexico, the utility division of Morrow Enterprises Inc. is in the middle of a sewer line relocation pr...

June 5, 2018
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Applying High-Resolution Technologies to Bar-Wrapped Pipe

Nestled through the hillsides and ranchland outside of San Diego, California, Helix Water District’s Aqueduct Two ...

June 4, 2018
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Shopping for Used HDD Tooling? Here Are Some Tips to...

New HDD tooling can get expensive. For this reason, many will search to find used tooling that will work for their drill...

June 1, 2018
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Mechanical Joint Sealing System Provides Solution to Long Standing Issues...

A City in the Midwestern Corn Belt installed a new 84-in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP) storm sewer collection system i...

May 31, 2018
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Small but Mighty: Midwest Mole Installs 520-ft Sanitary Sewer Line...

In scenic Bloomington, Indiana, contractor Midwest Mole put its 36-in. Robbins Small Boring Unit (SBU) to work. The mach...

May 30, 2018
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Airport Interference: Drilling Under Thick Rebar at San Diego International...

San Diego International airport is currently undergoing a rehabilitation project that focuses on repaving of runways and...

May 29, 2018
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Water Relining: Rehabbing a 10-Km Asbestos Cement Trunk Water Main...

The municipality of Reocín in central Cantabria, Spain, has a supply system consisting of a source from the River...

May 25, 2018
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Last Word: ‘Infrastructure Package’ Could Offer New Opportunities for Water/Sewer...

Soon after his initial State of the Union address, President Trump announced plans to introduce a $1.7 trillion infrastr...

May 23, 2018
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Maintenance Tips for Your Locators

Electromagnetic locator equipment is the primary tool utilities and contractors use to locate buried utilities to mark t...

May 18, 2018
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HDD an Integral Part of Banner University Medical Center Upgrades

When Banner Health acquired the University of Arizona Health Network to form Banner University Medical Center (BUMC), it...

May 8, 2018
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Going with the Flow: Kingston Replaced Major Corridor’s Watermain Without...

Princess Street in Kingston, Ontario, has been one its busiest streets for over 200 years. It was part of the original 1...

May 7, 2018