Vacuum Excavation

Some oil industry contractors strive to build a diverse customer base to mitigate the risk of over-reliance on one particular client. At...

For years, infiltration washed substrate into a double-barrel 48-inch reinforced concrete culvert under Duval Road in Starke, Florida, causing sinkholes. The road...

The rivalry of air and water goes waaaay back. Classic Greek thinkers were fascinated by the impact of these two elements on...

Voice communication only works if you can hear it. To create the most effective wireless communication system available for workers in challenging,...

This is the age of mobility. With smartphones, laptops, email and Wi-Fi everywhere, it’s as easy to work remotely as it is to...

The world is getting serious about job site safety. Advancements in technology, rising awareness and increased regulatory enforcement are just some of...

Vactor air-only HXX Paradigm vacuum excavatorVactor Manufacturing’s air-only version of its HXX Paradigm vacuum excavator keeps the spoils material dry and available...

McLaughlin Steerable Rock SystemMcLaughlin’s Steerable Rock System for auger boring navigates solid rock and difficult fractured rock conditions. Engineered to operate in...

Farming and underground utility construction have several similarities: heavy equipment, long hours, dirty work and dedicated people.B&T Drainage owners John, Steve and...

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...

The hydroexcavation industry has a weight problem.Trucks are exceeding road weight limits when fully loaded, giving operators two choices: Risk a hefty...

When Mike “Big Mike” Flaherty started Advanced Pollution Control (APC) Corporation in 1975, he probably had no idea his grandson would someday...

Even though your legs and feet are tired on just the second day of CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017, you continue on because you’ve only...

It’s not hard to hear the passion Mike Flaherty has for his company. Now owner of Advanced Pollution Control (APC) Corporation, Flaherty...

MAD Oilfield Solutions, based in Lac La Biche, Alberta, used two Tornado hydroexcavators to hydrovac a pipeline for inspection and maintenance work...

Designed to help contractors working in the city, the RIVAL Hydrovac is 10 feet shorter and 2 feet lower than the typical...