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Mini-HDD for Placement of HDPE Pipe in Municipal Applications
for proper drill rig positioning, consistent with meeting required placement depths and drill rod... certain points along the bore path and their relative distances from the drill rod entry or exit points. These distances are a function of the entry angle and drill rod characteristics (e.g.... radius limitation of the drill rods is sufficiently large to be compatible with that of the product...
UCT Opens Registration for Orlando Event, Industry-Leading Education Program Announced
for golf enthusiasts. However, even if you are not a golfer, you can select the “networking/food... is where you should be. For more information on how your company can become an exhibitor, connect... educational program will again include a carefully crafted mix of panels, presentations and roundtable... is designed to provide valuable and essential information to attendees that can immediately benefit them...
UCT: Your total source for industry education and networking
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UCT Educational Program, Jan... delivers diverse educational sessions that are intensive, yet are timed to give you ample.... The 2011 UCT attendee survey showed 92% of attendees found the content informative and valuable. • Can I Afford To Use...
Track Trenchers Provide Competitive Advantage for Contractors
to get paid if you’re a contractor. “Everyone benefits when the work can be done in less time,” Hugdahl...-changing ground conditions can be. There are more than 1,300 different kinds of soil recognized..., sandstone, marl, conglomerate, paleosols — Texas has all of these sediment and rock types, and all can... them ahead of schedule and on budget. R & N Trenching More than 12 years ago, Richard Bauman...
Fast & Affordable ‘Internet for All’ Requires Fiber Optic Hardware: We Can Do This!
, expertise and deployment strategies to accomplish this worthwhile task. We can do this! With Congress..., reliable internet service to all Americans. Let’s do it with fiber. We can do this!...
The RehabZone Brings Together Yesterday and Today
The RehabZone™, exclusive to UCT, offers attendees a “hands-on” look at the history and best of today’s trenchless technologies for the rehabilitation of aging infrastructure. The exhibit-within-an-exhibit is where you can see the methods used in North America over the last 200-plus years... lining, joint and seal repairs, water main lining, lateral lining, grouting, root control, manhole...
S&N Communications Awarded a New Large Project Locating Contract
S&N Communications, a company specializing in locating, utilities and infrastructure... that was set to commence in February of this year. S&N garnered the attention of AGL after reducing... over the last several years, choosing S&N was a good business decision,” added Graham. According to Allen Powell, S&N CEO and president, the budding company trains their employees extensively...
Direct Pipe Method Proves Comes To U.S.
in just three days. During the installation, REM also implemented the use of a Pipe Thruster, which can... from an above ground drill cab, which allowed REM to monitor the bore closely and make necessary... mud frac outs from rising to the surface. This operation too is conducted from the drill cab... compromising the stability of the utility gravel bed. On the launch side, REM also had to drill parallel...
July Rehab News: Instituform wins $6.5M Contracts, CertainTeed replaces failing sewer
replaces aging clay sewer main in Illinois The Village of Baldwin, IL, recently made the decision to replace a failing 40-year-old clay tile sewer main with a new 10-inch gravity sewer, featuring 600 feet... installation and pressurization, while elastomeric O-rings provide a dependable pressure seal. The Village... sewer main and build a new sewage lift station. The contractor used a Vermeer directional drill...
Avanti International Celebrates 40 Year Anniversary
HOUSTON, March 20 – Avanti International is proud to announce that the company has reached a milestone, celebrating 40 years as an industry leader. Founded in 1978, Avanti began with only one product, AV-100® Chemical Grout, used primarily to seal leaking sewer lines. Company owner and grouting.... President Britt N. Babcock, PE, remarked, “We are honored to be able to celebrate four decades...
Iowa City Faces Extreme Measures to Find Clean Water
in Des Moines is planning to spend up to $30 million to drill wells to mix in pure water when... water. Rivers tainted by the algae can’t be used as drinking water. Nitrates can cause so-called blue... is now paying the U.S. Geological Service $770,000 to evaluate spots to drill wells just north...’ problem requires an unusual solution. “Nitrate doesn’t usually get to the levels you see in the Des...
CIGMAT focuses on challenging research, technology transfer, information sharing
with high aggregate content, in a binding agent, can be used in the construction of very small to very...) for the clay was 3.68. Cement grouts investigated in this study, with 10 percent clay (MK) content... relationships for cement grouts with various w/c ratios and different clay (MK) content are shown in Fig... Pa and increased to 10.6 Pa when the clay (MK) content increased to 10 percent - a 94 percent...
Reviewing OSHA Trench Safety Requirements
It’s an everyday occurrence on the job. Whether you are the contractor, the inspector or even the engineer you may have to get in a trench. Most of us don’t give it a second thought and get the job done. Trenches however, are a dangerous environment and accidents can occur quickly... or control these hazards and conditions.” After you have identified the trench type, you should asses...
Drilling Deeper: Beyond The Purchase Price
for Vermeer. “Even though you may buy a less expensive rig up front, if that drill costs you more...; There are several steps contractors and drill operators can take to enhance and preserve the residual value of a drill during the prime operating years; much of which can be accomplished simply... horizontal directional drill. “There’s a lot more that plays into the equation than...
Making the Grade: Tracking On-Grade Bores
material you can find,” said Kallwick. “We’re still able to track the head quickly and accurately... on the drill and interpret depths and percentages constantly as we’re moving. I can continue to progress... and seamless data transmission to a display on the drill has enabled the company to trim time off... bores. That kind of precision drilling doesn’t just happen – it’s earned. “You have to be thorough...
- Hudson Tunnel Project set to generate 95,000 jobs during construction phase, report says
- Boring machine 'Chessie' resumes drilling at Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel site after anchor incident
- Guam contractor faces $1 million fine over repeated trench safety violations, OSHA investigation reveals
- Fusion in paradise
- CIPP rehabilitation of pressurized pipelines