Features

Mears Sets Fusible PVC Pipe Installation Record
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

The completion of another record breaking pipe installation, this time at Parris Island, a marine training base in Beaufort, SC, marks a series of successful and lengthy crossings of Fusible PVC (FPVC) pipe. Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority (BJWSA) contracted Mears Group Inc. to horizontally directional drill two crossings, 6,400 feet of 16-inch DR 18 FPVC and 600 feet of 16-inch DR 21 FPVC.

Slide Rail Systems Offer Cost-Effective Trench Safety Option
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

For excavation projects requiring manned entry, shielding and shoring trench walls is a major cost. Material and labor prices escalate as excavations cover more area and become deeper. On many large projects -- especially long runs of large-diameter pipe installation -- slide rail systems have become the preferred method of preventing the collapse of trench walls.

Underground Market Faces Tier 4 Equipment Adjustments In 2011
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interim Tier 4 emission standards for off-road equipment powered by diesel engines of 175 to less than 750 horsepower will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2011. From that date through Tier 4’s final implementation in 2014, the equipment marketplace will begin to change for equipment manufacturers and dealers and their customers.

City Of Dearborn Tackles Complicated Grout ‘Curtain’ Project
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

Many United States municipalities and utility districts face federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates to correct water quality problems caused by discharges from combined sanitary and storm sewer systems.

Shoring, Dewatering In Flood Zone
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

There are few, if any, basements beneath the homes and office buildings of South Florida. The cellar (root or otherwise) is a rarity there and if you’re in search of an underground parking garage, you may spend a lifetime looking.

GPS Technology Enhancing Underground Utility Locating
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

Communication in the underground locating business is vital to providing accurate and timely information between one-call centers, utilities, locators and excavators. However, often even the best lines of communication can break down, whether it’s transferring data or just communications between the different stakeholders.

Confined Space: Deadly If Not Prepared
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

One of the most dangerous aspects of underground construction is working in closely confined spaces as manholes, underground vaults, sewer pipes, tunnels and pipes, other enclosed areas and open excavations more than four feet deep.

UCT Is Go-To Place For New Technologies
March 2010 Vol. 65 No. 3

UCT has become synonymous for innovative technologies and services in the construction and rehabilitation industry – it’s the go to place for attendees who are looking for the latest innovations in the industry. UCT San Antonio offered exhibitors an opportunity to showcase their new products as the ideal venue to reach their customers.

Association’s New Name Better Reflects Its Role
Traci Read, Senior Editor
March 2010 Vol. 65 No. 3

The Gulf Coast Trenchless Association has launched a new name to better reflect the association’s role within the underground construction industry.

Changing The Communication Landscape Through Construction
Chad Gamble Public Service Director City of Lansing, MI
March 2010 Vol. 65 No. 3

It has been said that good news travels fast. In a town like Lansing, MI, news travels slightly faster. The tight-knit capital community is, without a doubt, one of Michigan’s biggest small towns. So when construction hits, the word gets around.

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