September 2016, Vol. 71 No. 9

EDITOR’S NOTE: NASSCO just completed its 40th anniversary and continues to set standards for the assessment and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure. As the association continues its phenomenal growth, this series profiles those who have made significant contributions and impacted the cont..

Hydromax USA announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Detection Services, Australia, to enter into an exclusive licensing agreement to deliver pipeline inspection services to the water and sewer sectors in the United States, Canada and other selected markets. Under the proposed ag..

In early 2002, Moretrench American Corporation was asked to essentially save the “Bathtub” section of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York City. Moretrench chose to use Avanti grout for the work. The bathtub is a nine-block area of the site that was excavated down to bedrock and hard soils ..

Melfred Borzall added five new distributors, making it easier for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) customers to get the tools they need, when they need them. Central and Southern Florida: Galloway Group has industry experts ready to solve HDD challenges. Utah: B & B Supply is equipped for a v..

Stake Center Locating, a subsidiary of S&N Communications, has been selected for the 2016 Best of Salt Lake City Award in the Pipeline Locating Service Contractors category. Each year, the Salt Lake City Award Program identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their lo..

University of Michigan researchers have developed a life cycle cost assessment (LCCA) tool for use by utility decision makers to evaluate both economic and environmental impacts on water pipelines throughout their service lives. The tool allows for different pipe sizes, flows and locations, providin..

Ditch Witch, a Charles Machine Works Company, reinforces its “We’re In This Together” philosophy with its industry-first replacement program Power Pipe HD. Featuring improved bend radius with the strongest, most wear-resistant tool joints in the industry, Power Pipe HD is a superior pipe designed s..

American Ductile Iron Pipe is providing 30,000 feet of 48-inch-diameter V-Bio wrapped ductile iron pipe for a Cobb County-Marietta, GA, Water Authority project to replace a 48-year-old, 36-inch pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe. In addition, American Flow Control is supplying more than 20 resilien..

With the help of a 250-ton horizontal directional drilling (HDD) rig from Germany-based Herrenknecht, a 700-meter-long pipeline was installed in Anglesea, Australia, using the sea outfall method under extreme time pressure and strict environmental protection requirements. In August 2015, a large cl..

By Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor A project that involved installing 4,300 feet of 54-inch diameter HDPE pipe in the busy South Beach area of Miami Beach, FL, recently was completed by Spartan Directional LLC. The segment will provide an alternate backup sewer release for South Beach. It is believed ..

By Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor A key to being a successful horizontal directional drilling (HDD) contractor is finishing every project to specifications on or ahead of schedule. To achieve that, drilling equipment must perform efficiently throughout the project without breaking down. Downtime is c..

Any project that includes excavation is going to require shielding and shoring to prevent excavation walls from collapsing. For large projects, the design and installation of shielding and shoring is itself an extensive project within the project. Manufacturers and suppliers agree that shielding an..

BRH-Garver Uses 2 MTBM To Install Nearly 15,000 Feet Of Force Main The city of Houston has an ongoing program to rehabilitate and maintain its wastewater collection system – no small task considering the system includes more than 6,700 miles of sewer pipelines ranging in diameter from 2 to 144 inch..

Private participation in U.S. municipal water markets is poised for expansion, according to a new report from Bluefield Research. Municipalities and local authorities are showing increasing reliance on investor-owned utilities and private players for the ownership, management and operation of public..

More Americans are concerned about aging water infrastructure in their communities than last year and they’re willing to spend more to make improvements, according to a new survey released today by MWH Global. Among the survey’s key findings: Nearly half of Americans (48 percent) say not having ..

As a change-up to its usual lunch-and-speaker format, the Underground Technology Association (UCTA) Gulf Coast chapter hosted an Innovative Technology Transfer event on Aug. 3. Eleven vendors exhibited and presented the latest construction, restoration and rehabilitation products and services. Disp..

Hudco Pneumatic Piercing Tools have been providing horizontal bores under driveways, streets and landscaping for all of that time. They have exceptional power to penetrate tough soils and move quickly. Contractors who install cable, pipe, and wire underground use Hudco piercing tools because of thei..

The DigiTrak® Aurora® Display represents the HDD Industry’s first color touch screen. Aurora is DCI’s most rugged design to date and is compatible with all current DCI locating system and future systems. Aurora incorporates DCI’s state of the art telemetry technology for improved performance even in..

ISCO Industries is a global customized piping solutions provider based in Louisville, KY. ISCO stocks and sells a wide variety of piping materials and provides solutions for various environmental, geothermal, golf, industrial, landfill, mining, municipal, nuclear, waterworks and culvert-lining appli..

Broad pipeline industry opposition to a number of aspects of the newly proposed transmission pipeline regulations is as much about methane emissions as it is about safety. The proposal from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), issued in April and ostensibly responsive ..

by Robert Carpenter, Editor-in-Chief We lost the Keystone Pipeline to politics rather than rational justification. The environmental lobby had enough political clout with President Obama when he took office to manipulate his anti-carbon leanings into a full-fledged war on all things carbon. The Oba..