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Digging Safe Is No Accident
Traci Read, Managing Editor
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

As a professional excavator, if you are digging or placing any object in the ground, you are required to get marks indicating the location of underground utilities. The person doing the excavating is the person that has to make the call.

RehabZone A Home Run For UCT Attendees
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

New faces, familiar faces, all with smiles and a thumbs-up thank you.

That’s how Daniel Magill describes the 2013 RehabZone at the annual Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition (UCT) held in Houston the last week of January.

Right Time, Right Place For Piercing Tools
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

Among the longest-established trenchless installation methods is the use of pneumatic piercing tools: an option that has been providing contractors with a cost-effective and easy-to-use alternative to trenching for nearly half a century. Water, gas, sewer and electrical interests have all benefited from this established and proven underground method, which also serves as an efficient alternative to larger directional drilling equipment. As is the case with nearly every installation approach, piercing tools are most effective when used in specific situations.

Company Finds Many Applications For Hydro-Excavating
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

Even the most highly visible public works projects depend on improvements to and protection of the invisible underground infrastructure. That’s what keeps Goliath Hydro-Vac Inc. busy. The 10-year-old contracting firm based in Jordan, MN, uses a fleet of hydro-excavating trucks from Vactor Manufacturing to tackle a variety of construction and remediation projects that require special attention to existing underground infrastructure.

Priorities In Dealing With Gas Line Hits
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

While some projects are more dangerous than others, most construction work involves risks that can cause serious injury and death.

New Technology Leads To Successful Electric Transmission Project
Erin Boudreaux, Hobas Pipe USA
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

Since the first building in Houston, TX, was air conditioned in 1923, media has often dubbed the city, “the air conditioning capital of the world.” With summer temperatures often exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit, it’s no wonder that Houstonians are concerned about reliable electricity to keep the units running.

Layne Christensen Reveals $80 Million Heavy Civil Construction Project
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

Layne Christensen Company recently announced that Layne Heavy Civil will design and construct a wastewater collection and transmission project for the Cudjoe Regional Wastewater System in Monroe County, FL. The agreement was signed with the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) which is acting as the program manager on behalf of the Monroe County Commission, which is funding the project.

DCA Hosts Big Turnout In Miami, Raises $538,000 in Annual Auction
Oliver Klinger, Publisher
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

Attendance was up by almost 100 people as the Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) attracted 415 delegates to its 52nd annual convention at the Lowes Hotel in Miami Beach, FL. One in four of those delegates were attending their first ever DCA convention. Fourteen past presidents also attended – a record – and Dave Nelson of Pilchuck Contractors was inducted as an Honorary Member.

Programs Grow To Eliminate Crossbores
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

"Progress in Efforts to Eliminate Crossbores" was the topic of one of the presentations in the Damage Prevention and Safety track at the 2013 Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition.

Obama Draft EIS on Keystone XL Leans Toward Project Approval
April 2013, Vol. 68 No. 4

The Obama administration's positive draft environmental impact statement on the final, four-state leg of the Keystone XL pipeline appears to set approval by the State Department on an exorable path.

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