General

Mission critical work is defined as anything deemed vital to a business or project. That pretty much describes what AEI Subsurface does...

When Pat Aubin founded AEI Subsurface more than four decades ago, the company’s primary focus was site preparation for residential construction projects....

Adam Teets can sympathize with contractors using an inspection camera to discover a problem in the line.“You see the object causing the...

The National Park Service was modernizing cabins and rehabilitating the wastewater infrastructure in Glacier National Park in Columbia Falls, Montana. HK Contractors...

Just about any contractor can learn how to run machines effectively and efficiently. But figuring out how to use equipment to solve...

San Francisco’s push for faster high-speed internet got a big boost last week, when a city supervisor introduced a bill that would...

Beset by difficult challenges in its early years, Supreme Vac is now a veteran player in the oilfield services industry in Alberta....

Trenchless excavation contractor Bill Heinselman has zero tolerance for subcontractors who don’t show up on jobs. Yet ironically enough, he owes such...

A collapsing 72-inch corrugated metal pipe jeopardized operations at a stone quarry in Stafford, Virginia. The 800-foot pipe was the main dewatering...

Ditch Witch JT40 directional drillThe JT40 horizontal directional drill from Ditch Witch is equipped with two 7-inch LED displays for a direct,...

Combination fittings on mobile homes in three Oklahoma City parks tapped directly into 6-inch clay sewers blocked by massive root intrusions that...

Vactor RamJet 850 Series truck jetterVactor Manufacturing has updated the RamJet 850 Series truck jetter, offering an optional aluminum rear shroud with...

It’s hard to avoid winter temperatures, especially when living in the depths of the Midwest, coastal New England or the rolling mountains...

The city of Omaha, Nebraska, will have to pay $2.75 million extra to complete one of its sewer overhaul projects because a...

The design of pipe fusion machines vary depending on the manufacturer, but one — McElroy Manufacturing — has a program in place...

With their many small components, taking care of pipe fusion machines can sometimes be a challenge for contractors.Without proper maintenance, the machines...

Growth wasn’t the goal when C.D.B. Utility Contractors got started in 2002. Yet 15 years later, the company is 40 employees strong...