Mears Group, Inc.

MAOP Addressed At Mears Seminar
Alan Eastman, Mears Group
January 2012, Vol. 67 No. 1

At its recent Integrity Educational Seminar, Mears Group Inc. personnel focused on the topic of establishing the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of a gas pipeline and the general concept of operating margin of safety.

Lawson Joins Mears Group
June 2011 Vol. 66 No. 6

Kurt Lawson joins Mears Group as a senior director of integrity solutions. Lawson has over 25 years of experience in the field of corrosion and materials engineering.

Design-Build HDD Project Offers Assurance To Owner
Stephen Tait
November 2010, Vol. 65 No. 11

Mears Group Inc. completed in April a 7,400-foot horizontal directional drilling bore in Jacksonville, FL, a design-build project that allows a regional energy producer to expand its natural gas pipeline to serve new facilities. To complete the project, Mears drilled a 7,400-foot pilot hole 130-feet beneath the St. Johns River bottom to install the 16-inch steel pipe. It is an essential link in a 50-mile pipeline that ends at the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA’s) Greenland Energy Center.

Underground Construction's 2010 Capabilities Guide
October 2010 Vol. 65 No. 10

Want to know what's happening with leaders in the underground construction industry--what they can do, where they can do it, and what's next? Check out the 2010 Capabilities Guide, where companies show off their strengths and innovations for the underground market. Need more information than you find here? Don't forget to investigate the buyer's guide.

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.

Mears Hosts Workshop On ECDA For Cased Pipelines
Oliver Klinger, Publisher
January 2010 Vol. 65 No. 1

With the PHMSA in the process of developing guidelines to further clarify baseline and integrity assessment requirements for cased pipe, Mears invited a group of customers to its test-and-research facility for a hands-on workshop of External Corrosion Direct Assessment applications of cased pipes.

August Newsline: Senate panel cuts EPA budget, update on sewer debt crisis
August 2009 Vol. 64 No. 8

Senate panel cuts EPA budget
Oversight panel sought to end sewer debt crisis
EPA admonishes Ohio to fix sewer overflows

Equipment Aids Safe, Fast HDD Pipeline Installation In Billings
June 2009 Vol. 64 No. 6

Pro Pipe Services, Energy Contract Services and Mears Group Inc. set a high standard in safety, design and planning on a recently completed horizontal directional drilling project.

Workforce Crisis: Unique Training Facility Provides Multiple Workforce Solutions
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
November 2008 Vol. 63 No. 11

There's no single solution to solving current and future workforce shortages of construction workers. Organizations usually must consider several options to address their individual situations.

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