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Articles by Tim McGuire and Greg Goral

Canada
Point of View: Spreading the Trenchless Message in B.C.

As everyone reading this magazine should be aware of by now, the great Canadian Trenchless Technolog...

August 16, 2017
Applications Cladliner in Maine
Eliminating the Nuisance of Root Invasion in Manhole Rehabilitation

Maintenance and rehabilitation of city manholes are a constant for public works departments across t...

August 14, 2017
Canada Tunneling under Halton
Tunnelling Under Halton for the Zone 4 Feedermain and Reservoir...

Project will help meet population demands in Milton, Halton Hills After several years of planning, H...

August 9, 2017
25 Years of Trenchless Technology Magazine The Trenchless Technology Team 2017
From the Publisher: Thank You for 25 Years

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Trenchless Technology, I wish to thank all of our readers an...

July 31, 2017
Rehabilitation Slipling in Texas
Sliplining in Texas: Layden’s Ridge Drive Culvert Relined with Spiral...

  As part of its first ordinance in 2017, the Talty City Council in Talty, Texas, authorized fu...

July 27, 2017
Features Thompson Pump Bypass
Bypass Pumping: Key to Solving Washington, D.C., Sewer Emergency

What began as an otherwise nondescript Thursday afternoon in mid-February this year in a municipalit...

July 24, 2017
Rehabilitation Culvert rehab in North Carolina
Culvert Rehab Passes Hurricane Matthew Test

  A North Carolina Department of Transportation crew was inspecting its box culverts under heav...

July 20, 2017
Last Word Worker with safety equipment
Last Word: The Foundation of Safety

One of my favorite quotes is from Theodore Roosevelt which goes: “No one cares how much you kn...

July 19, 2017
Features stitch bored fiber job
A Stitch in Time: The Mole Inc. Gets the Job...

Travis Fields, job coordinator at underground contractor The Mole Inc., will tell you that one of th...

July 18, 2017
Directional Drilling
PVC & HDD Innovations

PVC has been in use across the United States for water pressure applications since the 1950s. It&rsq...

July 17, 2017
Directional Drilling Lake Sakakawea JD Hair
HDD Used to Cross Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota

For most energy companies, planning to install a pipeline crossing beneath a sensitive resource over...

July 10, 2017
Applications UEA Pty NSW HDD
UEA Completes Highest Elevation HDD in New South Wales, Australia

The Bald Hill Reserve upgrade is a $7.4 million improvement project of the existing Bald Hill viewin...

June 26, 2017
Rehabilitation Val Vista Main Sliplining
The Invisible Rehab of Phoenix’s Val Vista Transmission Main

Snaking its way through the densely populated and growing suburbs of Tempe and Mesa, Arizona, to ult...

June 22, 2017
Features Quadex GeoKrete
The Keys to the Growth of the Manhole Rehabilitation Market

For decades, relining manholes was considered a temporary solution. Then, every few years these manh...

June 16, 2017
Pipe Bursting Pipe Bursting
Mitch Wright Plumbing Tackles Slow Drain

Mitch Wright Plumbing of Southaven, Mississippi, was called by a residential customer who was experi...

June 14, 2017
Condition Assessment Helix in manhole
From Flashlights to Big Data: The Rapid Evolution of Manhole...

Many of us had our hair blown back in 2015 when we learned that 90 percent of the world’s data...

June 13, 2017
Last Word gold shovel standard logo
Last Word: Gold Shovel Standard More Important Now Than Ever...

Damage prevention is very complex. It is an appreciation of this complexity that led me to explore, ...

June 8, 2017
Directional Drilling McLaughlin Vacuum Ex
Vacuum Excavators Give Contractors a Better View at What’s Underground

  While contacting 811 before you dig and having utilities identified is a great place to start...

June 5, 2017
Features
Raising Skin Cancer Awareness in the Construction Industry

If you work in construction, chances are you spend a lot of time outside. And if you are doing so wi...

June 5, 2017
Auger Boring Auger Boring
Auger Boring: A Key Component in Railroad Expansion

The railroad system continues to be a major component in the transportation of raw materials used in...

May 30, 2017