News

RehabZone Adds Guided Tours, PDFs
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

In 2013, the RehabZone will be an integral part of the annual Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition (UCT) to be held Jan. 29-31 in Houston, TX.

UCT 2013 Offers More – Education, Exhibits, Special Programs, Business Opportunities
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

Organizations exhibiting their products and services along with underground construction professionals that serve the broad range of utility construction and rehabilitation markets, are eagerly anticipating the 2013 Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition (UCT) Jan. 29-31, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Major NC Fiber System Goes Totally Underground
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

RST Global Communications, LLC (RST), based in Shelby, N.C., has completed the first phase of its Real Fiber Network, an underground, 100 percent fiber-optic network that includes backbone, middle and last mile installation.

CUES Opens New Midwest Region Service Branch
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

CUES, a leading manufacturer of CCTV inspection, rehabilitation, pipe profiling and pipeline inspection/asset management software announced the opening of a Midwest region service branch.

NYC Sinkhole Repaired With 120-Inch Hobas Pipe
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

On June 28, a sinkhole appeared on 92nd Street near Third Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. The sinkhole, west of the sidewalk, caused 11 families to be evacuated from the nearby Bay Ridge apartment building. The block of 92nd Street between Third Avenue and Ridge Boulevard was closed to traffic as emergency crews from the city’s Department of Environmental Protection inspected the sinkhole. Crews worked to stabilize the 70-foot deep sinkhole and began planning a repair.

HammerHead Introduces Improved Mole Tracking System
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

A front-locating accessory kit that effectively tracks the underground location of pneumatic piercing tools has been introduced by HammerHead Trenchless Equipment.

Microtrenching Offers Economical Installation Option
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

For some time now, horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has been capable of replacing open-cut construction on segments of many projects. The benefits of HDD are well known -- it can minimize excavation, dust pollution, and reduce damage to surface improvements which can significantly lower time-consuming and costly restoration of surface damage.

Thermal Grout, HDD Make 6,200-Foot Electrical Transmission Installation Possible
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

A recent project to install more than 6,200 feet of electrical transmission lines in Orange Beach, AL, included multiple challenges, including two intersecting horizontal directional drilling (HDD) pilot holes beneath Wolf Bay inter-coastal waterway channel to complete a single crossing.

Evolving Telecom/Electric Realities
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

As I write this column, it has been about two weeks since the presidential election. In conversations with many industry people, the topic is always what lies ahead for the next four years and can we still transition into a reasonably healthy business environment?

Deep Drill Solves City’s Water Main Crisis
December 2012, Vol. 67 No. 12

On Sunday, April 8, a water main beneath the Boise River near East 52nd Street burst when a dislodged tree floating in the river crashed into it. Immediately, water to supply hundreds of homes in the Plantation neighborhood of Garden City, a suburb of Boise, ID, was disrupted. The city worked quickly to patch the damaged pipe, which was originally installed in the riverbed during the 1970s, but knew a more permanent solution was needed.

Syndicate content