July 2013, Vol. 68, No. 7

Advertisers from the print edition of <em>Underground Construction</em>, July 2013, Vol. 68, No. 7.

In a strategic move to broaden its position in the utility segment, Greenlee, a Textron Inc. company, announced it has acquired ownership of Sherman & Reilly Inc., a manufacturer of underground and aerial transmission and distribution products based in Chattanooga, TN.

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (ADS) newest distribution site has opened in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Thompson Pump & Manufacturing held their 23rd annual Pumpology School April 17-19, at their corporate facilities in Port Orange, FL.

Case Construction Equipment has released the ‘Case Experience AR Application’ that brings its products and solutions to life on mobile smartphones or tablets through Augmented Reality (AR) technology.

Lanzo Trenchless Technologies (formerly Lanzo Lining Services), a leader in trenchless underground infrastructure rehabilitation and repair, and cured-in-place piping (CIPP) technologies, recently announced the opening of a second headquarter location in Detroit, MI.

Cat hammers are wholly designed, engineered and manufactured by Caterpillar and are an optimum match to Cat carriers.

Kubota’s KX018-4 is one of the company’s most versatile compact offerings, raising the standard in the 1-2 ton class.

The new Ditch Witch JT25 is an exceptionally powerful and productive horizontal directional drill designed specifically for the utility contractor.

Deployed on any ¾-inch or 1½-inch jetter hose, the new JetScan is the quick, easy way for a cleaning crew to identify blockages during emergency call-outs, determine what tools and setup to use, and document the outcome of cleaning operations.

The Y-Block is designed for installing a micro duct or fiber optic cable into an existing occupied duct.

Submar’s articulating concrete mats are used primarily for pipeline protection, erosion control and shoreline stabilization.

GF Piping Systems has introduced the second generation Signet 9900 Transmitter featuring a Batch Controller option along with all the proven features of the original model.

Rig Source reported strong positive feedback from attendees of the 2013 Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition (UCT). It was the first time Rig Source showed its new Terramac RT9, the only North American-made rubber track carrier at UCT. The annual event, which unites utility owners, engineers, contractors, and manufacturers directly associated with development and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure, was held Jan. 29-31, 2013 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX.

Air and hydro vacuum excavators from Ditch Witch, Super Products, McLaughlin, Vacmasters, Vactor, Vac-Tron Equipment, AmeriVac Group and GapVax.

Pipe and cable locating equipment, from SENSIT Technologies, Vivax-Metrotech, MALA Geoscience USA, Ditch Witch, McLaughlin, RIDGID, Sensors & Software and Radiodetection.

Pumps and dewatering equipment from Xylem, Holland Pump, Grindex Pumps, Atlas Copco, Rain for Rent, Gorman-Rupp, Thompson Pump & Mfg. and Griffin Pump. <strong>Xylem</strong>

Southern Trenchless Solutions has introduced a new elastopolymer binder for interior pipe coating material that the company says combines the benefits of structural mortars and epoxy coatings in a single competitively priced product.

Gas and water Leak Detection products from EZ Drill, Moffatt Enterprises, Vivax-Metrotech, SENSIT Technologies, Heath Consultants, Echologics and Aries Industries.

<em>Underground Construction</em> has broken down rehabilitation equipment and product offerings by type and process as well as company. This guide offers everything you need to compare different products and decide what works best for your rehab project.

Perma-Liner has recently been appointed as the Exclusive North American Distributor for Dancutter Systems. Lars Stenberg of Dancutter recently met with Perma-Liner at their corporate headquarters in Clearwater, FL.

Responding to positive industry feedback for its C900/RJIB restrained-joint integral bell PVC pipe with Certa-Lok technology, North American Specialty Products is adding new 10- and 12-inch outside diameter options.

Aegion Corporation has announced that its subsidiary, Insituform Technologies USA LLC, has been awarded two contracts valued at approximately $10.4 million from the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD). The contracts are a part of MSD’s $4.7 billion sewer system improvement program.

Clyde Mitchell Fowler, 62, died with his family by his side on June 5 after a sudden illness.

Charles Edwin Stringer, Jr. of Combine, TX, born Oct. 29, 1947, passed away on May 30.

John H. Williams, 94, of Tulsa, OK, died on May 1. Williams was the president of the Pipe Line Contractors Association (PLCA) in 1959, and elected Honorary Member in 1998. Williams was a 1940 graduate of Yale University with a degree in Civil Engineering. He served as president and CEO of The Williams Companies (formerly known as Williams Brothers Company) from 1949 to 1971, and chairman and CEO from 1971 to 1979, when he retired. He served on the William’s board of directors until 1993.

The 2013 China International Trenchless Technology Conference & Exhibition was held from April 19 to 21 at the Suzhou International Expo Center. There were 975 guests from 25 provinces and autonomous regions in China and with nine countries and regions who attended the conference. The conference was hosted by the China Society of Trenchless Technology (CSTT).

The Turkish Society for Infrastructure and Trenchless Technology (TSITT) participated in the Smart Municipal Work Summit held by Union of Municipalities of Marmara (UMM) on March 28-29 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has extensively updated its popular Skid Steer Safety Manual and now also offers e-book versions in English and Spanish. (The print manuals are available in English and a flipbook-style English/Spanish version).

The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of the construction, is hosting its 28th Annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition, to be held August 16-18 at the International Union of Operating Engineers’ Local 150 Apprenticeship and Skill Improvement Program Center, Wilmington, IL.

The Millennium Pipeline Company has announced a non-binding open season for firm transportation service under its existing rate schedule FT-1 to be made available through the use of currently existing capacity and construction of at least one compressor station and approximately 60 miles of new pipeline that would connect to the Dominion Transmission system near Cortland, NY, and the Tennessee Gas Pipeline System near Syracuse, NY.

Design of 4,000 linear feet (LF) of 12-inch water main and 5,124 LF of large diameter sanitary sewer interceptors are being undertaken by RJN Group Inc. (RJN) for the city of Fort Worth, TX. The interceptors are in four locations in a predominately commercial and industrial area adjacent to a historic neighborhood.

Charles H. Joyce, 84, of Andover, NY, died June 9 after an extended illness.

Summer in North America brings heat. But this year, it has brought record heat. When Fairbanks, AK, hits the 90s and we get pictures of shore side sunbathers in bikinis – from Anchorage, AK, nonetheless – you know it is hot! Death Valley, CA, hit 130 degrees on June 30 – hot even by that location’s standards.

The Underground Construction Technology (UCT), through its outreach educational program the UCT Seminar Series, is once again organizing the underground utilities construction and rehabilitation program for the biannual International Construction & Utility Equipment Exhibition (ICUEE). The show will be held at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY, from Oct. 1-3.

A few years ago, the city of Fort Collins, CO, decided to replace 4,000 feet of aging vitrified clay, sanitary sewer line that had caused many headaches for the municipality.

Methods to rehabilitate and replace old and deteriorating underground pipelines have advanced rapidly in the past decade, and today there are multiple trenchless procedures for replacing, rehabilitating and repairing buried infrastructure.

An essential element in many projects to rehabilitate buried pipe is the design and construction of a bypass system to carry flow during the period the segment being restored is out of service.

Over the past decade, new technologies have unlocked a tremendous amount of domestic oil and gas reserves and a surge in development is taking place in shale fields of the Marcellus play in the Eastern United States; Bakken in North Dakota, Montana and Southern Canada; and Eagle Ford in South Texas.

There probably will be neither tears nor jeers from the pipeline community over the departure of FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff. He announced his exit in late May and is staying on until President Obama nominates a successor.