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Features
Sliplining Used to Rehabilitate Niagara Falls Sewer

The City of Niagara Falls, N.Y., is located on the Niagara River, across from the City of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada...

January 17, 2017
Features FMI 2017 Industry Outlook graphic
FMI Construction Forecast: What’s In Store For 2017

The construction industry has largely recovered from the recession, at least in terms of billions of dollars in construc...

January 13, 2017
Features
Contractor Prequalification Can Be an Effective Risk Management Tool –...

When a contractor has been prequalified for a project, it increases the chances of success on many fronts, making it an ...

January 9, 2017
Applications Case Boring Corp Robbins SBU-RC
Navigating Under New York With a Remote Controlled SBU

  Case Boring Corp. Uses Remotely Controlled Rock Boring Machine with Pinpoint Precision In the suburbs of Buffalo,...

December 27, 2016
Applications Vancouver Burrard Street Microtunnel
The Burrard Street Trenchless Crossing in Vancouver, British Columbia

In March 2016, City of Vancouver Sewer Operations embarked on a major trenchless crossing at the intersection of Burrard...

December 19, 2016
Pipe Relining
Rehabilitation DUO Specializes in Cutting-Edge CIPP Rehabilitation Solution for Pressure...

Open-cut replacement was out of the question for a 400-ft long fire suppression line running beneath a loading dock of a...

December 13, 2016
Applications ADB companies
Unpredictable Urban Terrain Tamed by ADB Companies

For utility construction companies, urban environments can pose more challenges than the hardest rock. That’s beca...

December 12, 2016
Features
Taking on Telematics: How to Successfully Introduce New Technology to...

One of the most significant challenges utility contractors face when implementing telematics is introducing the technolo...

December 9, 2016
Applications
Auger Boring Through Complex Geology

Located just eight miles northeast of downtown Washington D.C., Riverdale Park Maryland is a thriving area with both com...

December 8, 2016
Features
Sewer Nozzles and Recycled Water Sewer Cleaning Systems

The latest trend in sewer cleaning is using recycled water, which has impacted the sewer nozzle market. The use of recyc...

December 7, 2016
Directional Drilling
Directional Drilling: Tracking and Guiding 101

The middle “D” in the acronym HDD stands for “directional,” and without directional capabilities...

December 6, 2016
Engineering RJN Group
Trenchless Technology Point of View: Closing the Underground Infrastructure Gap:...

My entire 40-year career has focused on underground infrastructure engineering. Each issue of Trenchless Technology remi...

December 6, 2016
Applications Insituform Intracoastal Waterway Rehab
Palm Beach, Florida Goes Trenchless to Renew Force Main Along...

The Town of Palm Beach, Fla., continued its Accelerated Capital Improvements program in 2014 to rehabilitate almost 4,70...

November 29, 2016
Directional Drilling Ervin Cable Construction Vermeer Rig
HDD Contractor Tackles Fiber Installations in Missouri

Nathan White doesn’t know what a slow day is like.   As underground construction coordinator for the St. Loui...

November 28, 2016
Applications Ted Berry Co GAUD Project
UV-CIPP an Ideal Fit for Rehab Under Maine Turnpike

The Greater Augusta Utility District (GAUD) in Maine was originally formed in 1903 as the Augusta Water District. In 196...

November 25, 2016
Pipe Relining CONTECH Monroe County DOT
Sliplining Twin Arch Pipes in Greece … New York

The Monroe County Department of Transportation bridge engineering and operations division’s responsibilities inclu...

November 24, 2016
Applications
Pipe Ramming Across Mud Creek in Ontario

Every project should have a Plan B. As projects become more complex it becomes even more important to expect the worst. ...

November 23, 2016
Pipe Relining Hobas Pipe USA Houston Slipline
Large Diameter Sliplining for Houston’s Northside Sewer Relief Tunnel

The City of Houston operates and maintains approximately 6,000 miles of gravity sewers with diameters ranging from 6 to ...

November 22, 2016
Applications
Using Drilling Fluids to Manage Risk in HDD

When installing underground utilities using the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) method, certain risks are inherent...

November 21, 2016
Applications
Drilling Fluids Critical to Successful HDD Jobs

Times have changed, and contractors now realize the importance of drilling mud Jim Watland has been working in the horiz...

November 16, 2016