While the $550 billion bill in new federal investment is promising, the construction industry continues to face stubborn challenges related to job capacity.
John Hair and Frank Canon might have grown up on different sides of the HDD track, but they both made pioneering contributions to the future of the industry using specialized knowledge as a primary tool.
The Town of Wingate, N.C. Public Works Director Eugene Jones noticed two pump stations were running on average of four hours every day. However, during rain events, the pump stations would run up to 35 hours straight. After further inspection, Jones found that infiltration and inflow (I&I) was the cause of the long run times.
Last winter, in bitterly cold temperatures and snowy conditions, Ellingson Contracting Inc. (ECI) completed a difficult, 4,075-foot-long horizontal directional drill (HDD) intersect crossing of a swampy area in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, to install 30-inch diameter steel pipe.
While never a simple market, the past two years have seen the complexity of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) reach new levels, due to both anticipated and unexpected problems.
Doosan Introduces its First Line of Dozers
Doosan introduces its first line of dozers for the 2022 equipment lineup.
Doosan Introduces Next-Generation Wheel Loaders
Doosan introduces a new line of wheel loaders with several high tech features.
CASE Delivers Electric Backhoe Loaders to Utilities in New York
CASE delivers the company's new electric backhoes to utility companies in New York.
John Deere and National Grid Joint Test the Partnership’s First Electric-Powered Backhoe
John Deere has announced an electric backhoe concept.
Sharewell HDD has introduced the state-of-the-art Opti-Trac Gyro navigation system for horizontal directional drilling (HDD).
Jean-François Bolduc
Jean-François Bolduc was named president of LOGISTEC Environmental Services Inc. and SANEXEN Environmental Services Inc., part of Montreal-based LOGISTEC Corporation.
Wyo-Ben
Wyo-Ben celebrates its 70th anniversary along with the launch a new website to give users easy access to the company's wide range of products.
American Pipeline Contractors Association
The American Pipeline Contractors Association continues to plan a busy 2021 despite many challenges faced by COVID-19.
By Robert Carpenter, Editor-in-chief First the good math The over two-year COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc through the lives of virtually everyone in the world. That also held true for the business world and certainly the underground infrastructure indust..
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