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Articles by Bradley Kramer, Contributing Editor

Auger Boring
Massive Pipeline Project Poses Unknown Obstacles

Joe Kandefer started out as a plumbing contractor, but it wasn’t long before his company began to take on bigger, ...

May 23, 2016
Canada
Trenchless Market Provides Opportunity for Waste Management Companies

The complexity for companies operating in the trenchless market is increasing with bigger diameter bores and longer dril...

April 27, 2016
Features
CIPP Solution for Major Soft Drink Bottling Plant’s Complex System

A major soft drink bottling plant located in Tempe, Ariz., experienced failure to its extensive network of lateral and v...

April 22, 2016
Pipe Relining
Baltimore Bypass: Joint Efforts Lead to Successful Bypass of Large...

Working in conjunction with Spiniello, Sunbelt Rentals Pump & Power Services division executed one of the largest se...

April 19, 2016
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Drill Pipe Under-Torque: The Devil in Disguise

Many of you have been there. It’s your first large-diameter bore with your shiny, new maxi drill rig. Part of the ...

April 19, 2016
Directional Drilling Second-year sellout endorses HDD industry’s desire to learn, grow
2016 HDD Academy a Resounding Success

The 2016 HDD Academy, hosted by the Arizona State University Del E. Webb School of Construction and Benjamin Media Inc.,...

March 31, 2016
Directional Drilling Pipeline River and Levee Crossing Combines Trenchless and Over-the-Top Construction Methods
HDD Challenge: Pipeline River and Levee Crossing Combines Trenchless and...

How can you install a pipeline under the Atchafalaya River with trenchless construction while still providing the most p...

March 30, 2016
Directional Drilling NCS
Contractor Profile: Networx Cabling Systems

Based in Flagstaff,  Ariz., NCS operates in Arizona and California with licenses pending in New Mexico and Nevada...

March 28, 2016
News Ditch Witch FXT Air Series
Ditch Witch Enters Air Excavation Market with New FXT Air...

Ditch Witch added a new line of air excavators: the FXT30 Air FXT50 Air, and FXT65 Air to its equipment portfolio. The v...

March 28, 2016
Features Winter Downtime? Spend it Wisely by Giving Your Pump a Finetuning to Help Save you Money
Mud Pump Check Up

Since horizontal directional drilling (HDD) work tends to be slower in the winter months, particularly when the ground i...

March 24, 2016
Features Small Trenchless Rehabilitation Project in Utah Yields BIG Results
Winning in the Wasatch: Small Trenchless Rehabilitation Project in Utah...

American Fork City, Utah, a municipality located south of Salt Lake City, recently completed the Utah Valley Drive pipel...

March 18, 2016
Manhole Rehab Rainstopper
Virginia Beach, Va., Addresses Its Manholes

The City of Virginia Beach, Va., has been addressing pesky and costly inflow-and-infiltration (I/I) issues that had been...

March 14, 2016
Condition Assessment Gaining Confidence with Condition Assessment in Ohio
Gaining Confidence with Condition Assessment in Ohio

Faced with the need to inspect a high value pipeline asset due to previous failures and an overall unknown condition, an...

March 10, 2016
Features CIPP Rehabilitates Century-Old Tunnel in Guangzhou
CIPP Rehabilitates Century-Old Tunnel in Guangzhou

Guanfeng (Andy) An, chief engineer of Guangzhou Municipal Group, was searching for an effective solution to apply to the...

March 8, 2016