July 2014, Vol. 69 No. 7

<em>In 2016, NASSCO will celebrate its 40th year of setting standards for the assessment and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure. As we look forward, we also look back to those who have made significant contributions and have impacted the continued acceptance and use of trenchless technologies. This month’s story features Jack Doheny, founder of the Jack Doheny Companies. It is the second installment in a series of articles exploring the history of NASSCO through the eyes of industry leaders:</em>

North America’s energy revolution is alive and well was the message at <em>Pipeline & Gas Journal/Underground Construction/Pipeline News</em>’ 10th annual Pipeline Opportunities Conference held March 25 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Firms in the business of repairing and replacing culverts need to look no further than the next job to discover potentially complex and unique situations, especially when unpredictable water and vehicle traffic are involved. For crews at a fast-growing Canadian construction firm, the greater the challenge the better.

Less than an hour north of San Diego, CA, lies Escondido, a quaint city surrounded by rocky hills and beautiful skylines.

Protecting the nation’s buried utility infrastructure is a continuing challenge for utility providers and the contractors that maintain and install the new pipes and cables needed to keep pace with growing demands of business and residential users.

Ask any underground contractor what is the most crucial element to a successful utility installation operation, and you will almost always be told to follow proper utility locating procedures.

What’s one of the biggest barriers to maintaining the nation’s water infrastructure? Adequate funding, of course – many municipalities struggle to find enough resources to support their maintenance projects. But there’s another obstacle and it’s related to asbestos.

The Borough of Monaca located in Beaver County, PA, recently implemented a new smart water network and expects to save more than $2.6 million by 2026 through leak detection and increased efficiencies.

Baltimore City Department of Public Works will soon implement a new pipe condition assessment service as a means to assess the condition of select water distribution and transmission mains throughout the city.

The Utah State University (USU) Buried Structures Laboratory has published a comprehensive study on PVC pipe excavations, testing and life cycle analysis.

President Obama on June 10 signed into law a $12.3 billion water resources bill that will improve U.S. infrastructure, contribute to economic growth and bolster international trade.

Internal joint seals from Miller Pipeline and Cretex Specialty Products. <strong>Miller Pipeline</strong>

Vacuum excavators (air & hydro) by Vac-Tron Equipment, Ditch Witch, Super Products, Vermeer by McLaughlin, Vacmasters, Vactor, AmeriVac Group, GapVax, Ring-O-Matic and Vacstar.

Spot/point repairs by LMK Technologies, Logiball, Ratech Electronics, Infrastructure Repair Systems, Perma-Liner Industries, AMerik Engineering and Masterliner.

Pipe and cable locating equipment by Ditch Witch, McLaughlin, Heath Consultants, Sensors & Software, Copperhead, Schonstedt, Subsurface Instruments and SENSIT Technologies.

[inline:Gorman-Rupp_equip spot2.jpg]Pumps and dewatering equipment by Atlas Copco, Global Pump/Mersino, Rain for Rent, Gorman-Rupp, Thompson Pump, Subaru, Xylem, Grindex Pumps and Myers-Seth.

New gas and water leak detection equipment by Moffatt Enterprises, Heath Consultants, Echologics, Aries Industries, SubSurface Leak Detection, Pure Technologies and SENSIT Technologies.

HammerHead Trenchless Equipment has developed a new system for replacing half-inch to four-inch natural gas distribution pipe.

Three years ago, Inland Pipe Rehabilitation (IPR), in conjunction with Milliken Infrastructure Solutions, developed the EcoCast Advanced Geopolymer Relining System to provide a more cost-effective sewer infrastructure repair and rehabilitation solution.

Quadex / InterfitUSA, an industry leading provider of manhole, pipe and lateral rehabilitation products based out of North Little Rock, AR, announces that Taylor Daniele joined its management team in June.

Need to clean old bitumen and tar lining materials out of your drinking water pipes? The Tomahawk System can do it with ease.

New WinCan VX is a revolutionary overhaul of the world’s leading pipe inspection and asset management software.

Burst and replace water, sewer, gas and other pipes with the Grundoburst static pipe bursting system from TT Technologies. The Grundoburst can pull in a variety of replacement pipe including PVC, DIP, ABS, cast iron, fusion welded HDPE and VCP jacking pipe. Pulled by a hydraulic bursting unit, the cutter head’s special cutting wheels split the host pipe. Six models are available for bursting 2-inch through 54-inch pipes and larger. 630.851.8200, <a href="tttechnologies.com">tttechnologies.com</a>

For the latest trends, use and research in plastic pipe networks, attend the Plastic Pipes XVII (PPXVII) event at Chicago’s Swissôtel, Sept. 22-24.

Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP), the design-build contractor for the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel in Seattle, announced on April 21 it will replace the bearing on the State Route 99 tunneling boring machine (TBM) and expects the machine to start tunneling again in March 2015.

According to Carmine Rositano, GlobalData’s managing analyst covering downstream oil and gas, Canada is developing infrastructure projects, including the proposed East Energy Access Pipeline Projects, on both of its west and east coasts.

KEMTRON Technologies founder Hemu Mehta, 65, passed away on May 12. Mehta was born on Sept. 1, 1948 in Ahemadabad, India.

The U.S. Senate voted on May 22 91-7 to approve a water resources legislation containing the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) that AWWA and others have sought.

Steve Maliszewski, employee at construction software firm HCSS (<a href="www.hcss.com">www.hcss.com</a>), will take on one of the toughest foot races on the planet: the Badwater Ultramarathon in California July 21-23, 2014.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners announced it will invest approximately $671 million to grow its carbon dioxide (CO2) infrastructure in southwestern Colorado and New Mexico.

Now partway through a 10-year, $4-billion capital program, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is experiencing the largest expansion in its history.

Water and wastewater pipe demand in the U.S. will grow 7.7 percent per year to $18.1 billion in 2018.

Hoffman Equipment Company announced that Mike Anderson has been promoted to vice president and general manager of New York operations.

Sterling Lumber, a Chicago area producer of crane and access mats, has expanded operations to a new 520,000-square-foot, 60-acre facility in Phoenix, IL.

Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm with 2013 revenues topping $170 million, has hired Scott Hensley as project manager for the firm’s hydro excavation services group.

Manassas City Utilities received the Century Award from the American Public Power Association (APPA) for its 100-year anniversary.

Atlas Copco Construction Equipment has announced that Stewart & Stevenson is now a distributor for the company’s full line of generators, portable air compressors, boosters and associated equipment throughout various territories in the United States. Headquartered in Houston, TX, since 1902, Stewart & Stevenson provides equipment and service from a strategic network of sales and service centers in domestic and international locations. 800.732.6762, <a href="atlascopco.com">atlascopco.com</a>

Don Santa, president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, released the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Acting Chairman Cheryl LaFleur and Norman Bay to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: “The natural gas pipeline industry looks forward to working with commissioners LaFleur and Bay to ensure the approval of the pipeline infrastructure needed to transport abundant, clean-burning domestic natural gas.

Thompson Pipe Group (Thompson), manufacturer of FLOWTITE™ fiberglass pipe (FRP), added an experienced sales team manager in order to meet the continued demand for the customizable pipe product in the water transmission market.

Looking for a better way to buy or sell your equipment? HDD Broker, the industry’s leading marketplace for used utility installation equipment, has just unveiled its new website.

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AECOM and URS Corporation announced on July 13 the execution of a definitive agreement under which AECOM will acquire all outstanding shares of URS for a combination of cash and stock valued at approximately $4 billion or $56.31 per URS share, based on the AECOM closing share price as of July 11, 2014.

FLOWTITE fiberglass pipe (FRP), manufactured by Thompson Pipe Group, added two sales team managers in preparation for strategic growth in the water pressure and sewer/gravity markets.

Industrial vacuum equipment producer Vac-Tron Equipment LLC, Okahumpka, FL, was recently honored with two Manufacturing Leadership Awards from Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council.

CASE Construction Equipment brought the Dire States tour to Washington D.C. for Infrastructure Week 2014, a series of events designed to “explore emerging solutions, innovative approaches and best practices being developed nationwide to modernize aging infrastructure.”

Vacuworx, a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of vacuum-lifting technology and material-handling equipment, has received the 2014 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Exporting.

As part of the Doosan commitment to its communities around the globe, Doosan Portable Power recently held its first Doosan Day of Caring — a company-wide volunteer effort organized in conjunction with Doosan’s Foundation Day and global volunteer week.

The University of Houston Alumni Association (UHAA) has selected Rafael Ortega, P.E., vice president of Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. (LAN), as a 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award Honoree.

Terra Novo, a manufacturer of erosion and sediment-control products in Bakersfield, CA, has supported countless pipeline projects across the United States, helping areas develop vegetation at a low cost using its one-step erosion- and sediment-control product, EarthGuard Fiber Matrix.

The new NCG24-535 water jet lances are rated for applications requiring operating pressures of up to 24,000 psi and designed to reduce the chance of hose or fitting failure.

Expanding on its previously available options for the HydraLiner Lateral Lining system, HammerHead’s new single base resin system comes with three choices of curing agent hardeners.

Originally developed by Audio Supply to serve the HDD market, the WMS-1B Underground Listening Device (also referred to as the Yellow Box) has proven effective in preventing expensive gas line, water line and sewer line hits.

Bit Brokers International has introduced a new PDC (polycrystalline diamond compact) hole opener/reamer for horizontal directional drilling that the company says has features that set it apart from other products in the industry.

For the most advanced, durable and productive housings, you can rely on the new Ditch Witch PowerHouse HD dirt housings.

Copperhead’s new ViperMag is a multi-functional locator used to detect buried pipe and cable.

The headline from a recent Wall Street Journal article read “Seven States Running Out Of Water.” It took a moment for the significance of that statement to sink in. How could an entire state be running out of water, the essence of life?

Congress set up a new federal financing authority for water infrastructure construction.