As an underground trenchless technique for installing and replacing culverts, pipe ramming is often the most efficient and economical. At times it...
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Contractor Completes Pipe Ramming Job With Several Obstacles
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Tips for Keeping Your Directional Drill Operating
Directional drilling goes back nearly a century when the oil and gas industry developed the process to allow multiple wells to be...
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New Equipment, Business Ventures Can Be Scary, But Beneficial
Trying something new is always a little scary, whether starting a new business, expanding the business in some way or testing out...
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Horizontal Directional Drilling, Piercing, Bursting, Boring And Tunneling
Piercing tools provide less disruptive alternative to trenchingProblem: United Cable Construction, based in Ladson, South Carolina, was contracted to complete a 2-mile fiber...
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Welcome To The US
Foremost has long been known in Canada for durable, cold-weather-ready hydroexcavation systems. Now, thanks to a partnership with Colorado-based heavy truck distributor...
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No-DigTec Finds Fast Growth In Underground Construction
In 1999, veteran underground-utility and site-prep contractor John Newell clearly saw his business future lying along a busy roadway in Houston.“I happened...
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California Contractor Delivers Directional Drilling Services With Help From Subsidiaries
When Kevin Reardon started California Boring 20 years ago, not many people knew about directional drilling and other trenchless technologies. Reardon learned...
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Personal Active Safety Lighting System Helps Workers See And Be Seen
The Halo Light 360-degree personal active safety system from Illumagear attaches to any hard hat, enabling the wearer to see and be seen...
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GAINING TRACTION: Alternative Forms Of Excavation On The RiseThe move toward trenchless is rapidly growing in popularity as more contractors in the U.S. seize...
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Hydroexcavation Unit From LMT Provides Functionality On Smaller Scale
Brand-new to the North American market, the HX-4000 hydroexcavator from LMT, in partnership with Smart-Dig of New Zealand, is designed on a...
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Locating, Surveying, Site Logistics And Digital Technology
Filtration tubes used to remove sediment from pondProblem: A community pond in Lenexa, Kansas, was in poor state due to decant water. The...
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Family Finds Success With Hydroexcavation Company
Family has always been important for Kenny Baker and his three siblings. They were close growing up and eventually worked together as...
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Private Utility Companies Can Sometimes Provide More Than 811
One of the big misconceptions in the “locating” world is that 811 finds everything. However, any utility beyond the service meter is...
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Happenings - May/June 2015
CalendarMay 6-8 - Ohio Stormwater Conference, Kalahari Resort and Convention Center, Sandusky, Ohio; www.ohiostormcon.com.June 7-10 - Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC), Sheraton New...
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Is Key Person Insurance Right For Your Company?
How many hats do you wear? General contractor, site director, head mechanic, substitute driver, payroll manager — for many of you, that’s...
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Safe Outcomes Can Be Predicted
Anyone involved in safety is familiar with Heinrich’s Law: For every 330 incidents, there will be 300 with no injuries, 29 minor...
