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Last Word Common ground Alliance
Last Word: National Safe Digging Month Reminds Us Why 811...

Every April, as the ground thaws and digging season begins in earnest in many parts of the country, the Common Ground Al...

April 4, 2017
Features Leak Detection
The City of Racine Orders a “MRI” for Pipe Leak...

“Low Voltage Conductivity provides points of inflow and infiltration (I/I) not readily visible to the human eye,&r...

March 27, 2017
Grouting
Technical Look: Hermes Technologie and Cementitious Mortars

March 2016 saw the publication, for the first time in the history of drain and sewer rehabilitation, a German applicatio...

March 24, 2017
Manhole Rehab
Tech Forum: Controlling I/I in Municipal Manholes

Each day millions of gallons of groundwater, surface water or storm water are flowing into the nation’s sewer syst...

March 22, 2017
Features Relining Wisconsin Culvert
CIPP Used to Reline Wisconsin Culvert in the Winter

A highly traveled roadway leads into a small city in eastern Wisconsin.   In one section just outside of the city i...

March 20, 2017
Features Request for Proposal
12 Tips on How to Write an Effective RFP or...

Sometimes Requests for Proposal (RFPs) or tenders are clear, detailed and provide the right scope of information to attr...

March 16, 2017
Business/People Dale Mytkye DCA President 2017
DCA Annual Convention Travels to The Island of Maui

The Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) held its 56th annual convention Feb. 6-11 on the Island of Maui, Hawaii a...

March 15, 2017
Features Quadex GeoKrete
Geopolymers Support Long-Term Viability in Manhole Rehabilitation

With the nation’s manholes increasingly in need of repair, rehabilitation is considered a less expensive option to...

March 15, 2017
International
Last Word: Trenchless Continues to Expand Throughout the World

I am often asked how old the trenchless technology industry is and when we can date the beginning of this “New Era...

March 14, 2017
Features Relining in Belgium
UV-Relining in Zonhoven, Belgium

More than 900 M of Large-Diameter Sewer Rehabbed The community of Zonhoven in the Belgian region of Flanders rehabilitat...

March 13, 2017
Horizontal Directional Drilling Underground Contractors, Inc.
Contractor Profile: Underground Contractors Inc.

In the late 1970s, American households wanted cable television, creating a massive number of projects for utility contra...

March 10, 2017
Features MTBM lowered
The Planning, Construction of Microtunneling Projects

The path to a successful microtunnel installation – or any tunnel project, for that matter – starts well bef...

March 3, 2017
Features
Trenchless Technology Tech Forum: Pipe Jacking

More Than 25 Years of Research, Transforming a Black Art into a Science Pipe jacking has been practiced in the United Ki...

February 23, 2017
Condition Assessment
Pipeline Inspection Management: Not Just for the Big Cities

The Town of Hillsborough, N.H.,  is a quiet community of just 6,000 residents. Incorporated in 1772, Hillsborough w...

February 17, 2017
Applications PICA Corp
PICA Called Upon to Inspect, Assess Steel Force Main for...

Pipe Inspection and Assessment Needed for Steel Force Main for Recycled Water I was a little nervous as I stood at the c...

February 14, 2017
Canada
Point of View: Is 2017 the Year that Infrastructure Trumps...

It’s been a maelstrom of change in the past 12 months across North America. Canadians welcomed new Prime Minister ...

February 13, 2017
Applications MultiView Cross Bore
Developing an Action Plan to Address Cross Bore Safety

For many years now, trenchless tunneling or no-dig technologies have been leveraged as an improved method for installing...

February 9, 2017
Canada Clean, Inspect, Assess and Repair
The Key Elements of Maintaining Sewer Infrastructure – Clean, Inspect,...

Let’s face it, sewers are susceptible to wear and tear just like any other infrastructure. Although not visible fr...

February 8, 2017
Horizontal Directional Drilling Mincon Vermeer Canada
HDD Tooling Product Profile: Mincon HDD Air Hammer System

Having the appropriate tooling for the project goes a long way in determining whether the project will be successful. Dr...

February 7, 2017
Features Cleaning the Clean Machine
Tips for Properly Maintaining a Jet/Vac Unit

Today, jet/vac combination units are used by municipalities, contractors and other businesses for a wide range of applic...

February 6, 2017