Author Archives for Alan Siebenthaler

In 2010, a sudden and massive break in a section of Miami-Dade’s sanitary sewer force main occurred. This incident...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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