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For more than 25 years, blockages and backups were a way of life for the owners of a two-story pier-and-beam house in...

Contractors Hit With $300,000 in FinesCal/OSHA cited two California construction companies more than $300,000 for exposing workers to cave-in hazards at a...

Seth Church and other staff at C Company in North Dakota had been watching the news and reading about the massive flooding...

A 4.5-mile-long tunnel was completed in Columbus, Ohio, to help deter stormwater runoff that has been an issue for residents and motorists.The...

With some machines, a consistent regimen of preventive maintenance is critical. Oil needs to be changed out and components need to be...

Locating equipment is becoming an increasingly important tool in the excavating world. With the underground environment littered with various public and private...

Infiltration through failed joints in a 27-inch concrete gravity sewer in Windsor, Ontario, taxed the capacity of the wastewater treatment plant during...

Bertha’s Front End Lowered into Access PitSeattle Tunnel Partners (STP) lowered the front-end section of the tunneling machine named Bertha into the...

The Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) has completed most of the repair and reassembly of its tunneling machine, Bertha, installing a spare main...

Using the foam injector from Water Cannon can be six times more effective than simply using wet chemicals. This tool can be used for a broad...

A construction worker in West Lafayette, Indiana, was injured when a 4-foot by 6-foot section of a sidewalk collapsed into a trench...

A worker from Nevada died when equipment malfunctioned while he was operating a winch at the Upper Narrows Pipeline Replacement Project tunneling...

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...

While utility locating may be The Underground Detective’s forte, it is not the only area in which the company’s equipment and expertise...

A contractor using a utility locating system appears to be a magician of sorts. By slowly waving a wand through the air,...

It can take up to a year before a new employee at The Underground Detective is ready to take on a job...

Hi-Vac Corporation, manufacturer of sewer cleaning and hydroexcavation equipment, industrial vacuum systems, hydro-jetters and portable and stationary vacuum equipment, has named Daniel...