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Business/People Echologics Innovation Site
Echologics Opens Innovation Site in Walkerton, Ontario

Echologics, a Toronto-based engineering company that specializes in acoustic detection of water main leaks and condition...

September 22, 2015
Directional Drilling
Large-Diameter Restrained-Joint PVC Pipe Helps Chicago Suburb Get Relief From...

Faced with boring through wetlands and under a creek to address much needed improvements to its sanitary sewer system, t...

August 26, 2015
International OnSite-Wessex-Blockage
Wessex Water: Meeting Rehabilitation Challenges Head-on

Over the past few years the name Wessex Water has become somewhat synonymous with the use of trenchless technology in th...

August 3, 2015
Canada Canada Pipe Lining Technologies Warning
Canada Pipe Lining Technologies Completes Renewal at SickKids Hospital

Small diameter sanitary pipe restoration projects can present various challenges for even the most experienced contracto...

July 10, 2015
Canada Illustration of Trenchless and Open Cut Methods
Measuring the Benefits of Trenchless

Since the various trenchless methods of construction started to become accepted in the last 40 or 50 years, the industry...

April 24, 2015
Features
Cured-in-place pipe Technique Renews Wastewater Lateral While Sparing Landmark Bridge

The motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Peace was becoming a frequent stop for The Waterworks, a residential and ind...

April 22, 2015
Canada Pipeline Report Seal
2015 Canadian Oil Pipelines Report

Market Access Continues to Drive Pipeline Expansion Amid Low Oil Prices While oil prices have dropped below $50 per barr...

April 15, 2015
Features Cured-in-Place Manhole Technology
CIP Manhole Technology Provides the Solution to Manhole Issues in...

Cured-in-place manhole (CIPM) lining was specified for this City of Marengo project....

March 3, 2015
Features Hydro Excavation
Hydro Excavation: The Safe Choice

During the past 25 years, there has been a continuous increase in demand for hydro excavation equipment and services....

February 20, 2015
Canada HDD and Pipe Ramming Used to Install Water and Wastewater Lines in Wood Buffalo
HDD and Pipe Ramming Used to Install Water and Wastewater...

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has expanded its water and sewer major infrastructure network by completing th...

February 17, 2015
Canada Ivis Inc.
Contractor Profile Rehabbing with Ivis Inc.

The City of Fort Saskatchewan — the gateway and regional service center to Alberta’s Industrial Heartland &m...

February 17, 2015
Canada TBMs Dig-in as Saskatoon Continues to be Canada’s Fastest Growing City
TBMs Dig-in as Saskatoon Continues to be Canada’s Fastest Growing...

In 2012, the City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan embarked on a two-year design-build project to improve the sanitary and sto...

February 16, 2015
Directional Drilling
Drilling Fluids: It’s About the Chemistry

Drilling fluids are critical to success in horizontal directional drilling (HDD) applications. Since drilling fluid is r...

November 14, 2014
International News
Norwegian Driller Tackles Glacial Obstacle

In 1982, Torbjorn Reime started a company that differed from any other in all of Norway. His company, Torbjorn Reime Mas...

March 5, 2014
Directional Drilling
Vacuum Excavation and HDD: A Quick Overview

Vacuum excavators have become a common site on horizontal directional drilling (HDD) jobs these days. A vacuum excavator...

February 18, 2014
Archives
Small Diameter Boring Machines add up to Big Savings in...

“Given the right ground conditions, such as a rock job or harder ground, it’s the go-to weapon,” said Claude H. Ni...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Principles of Solids Control

Relative to the use of drilling fluids within the oil and gas industry, the use of drilling fluids within the horizontal...

October 29, 2013
Business/People
Taking New Lateral Connection Cutter Technology Worldwide

It may not seem it, but it was only just over one year ago that Finland-based Picote launched its new Smart Cutter later...

August 8, 2013
Archives
Sliplining & HDPE Provide Fix for Colorado Irrigation Tunnel

In 1901, a key irrigation tunnel was hand dug into the Western Colorado landscape to provide water from the Gunnison Riv...

July 22, 2013
Archives
Solution in the Clouds

In late 2012, Hickory Hills, Ill., faced a challenge with its sewer system. Like many small and mid-size municipalities,...

June 13, 2013