As the owner of CST Utilities, Chuck Lang Jr. knows full well that horizontal directional drilling is fraught with risks. That fact...
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Contractor Breaks Into Pipe Bursting
Castlerock Excavating’s evolution from a tiny excavation company developing water sources on local ranches into a large firm repairing and replacing municipal...
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Tips for Shopping for New and Used Equipment
Within the construction industry, digging equipment is arguably the hardest-working machinery being used on a daily basis, and as such, it is...
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Working With the Community Can Benefit Your Business
It didn’t take long for Mike Morehouse to step into action when Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area in August.Morehouse, owner of...
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Five Tips for Building a Solid Team
Owning a pipeline rehabilitation and inspection business can be fun and rewarding. I have been involved in building — or helping build...
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Figuring Out the Right Time to Buy
It is a common question most contractors struggle with: When is it time to make that investment in a new piece of...
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Crews Should Be Aware of Their Surroundings on the Job Sites
You don’t have to be in a car to get killed in a car accident.Struck-by, struck-against and back-over incidents are far too...
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Happenings - November 2017
CALENDARNov. 28-29 Risk Management in Underground Construction Conference, Residence Inn Arlington Capital View, Washington, D.C. Visit www.undergroundriskmanagement.com
Jan. 21-26 Underground Contractors Association of...
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Putting on the heat with a hydrovac water heater
In hydroexcavation work, sometimes applying heat is just better. When a crew is cutting through dense clay soil or working in a...
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Workplace Rumors: Stop Trouble in Its Tracks
At some point in your life, I am sure you have played the game of telephone. You tell a secret to a...
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Improving Hearing Protection for NW Natural
Construction and public works crews need to know where gas lines are before digging, drilling, pile driving, bulldozing or performing any other...
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Hydroexcavation Crews Aid in California Fire Cleanup
More than 40 vacuum excavation crews are ready to get to work following the destructive Tubbs fire that leveled more than 2,900...
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Local Contractor Wins Fifth Annual Trailer for a Cause Auction
Felling Trailers Inc. conducted its fifth annual online auction of an FT-3 drop deck utility trailer to benefit a nonprofit organization, Special Olympics...
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Ditch Witch Partners with Utilicor Technologies, Coring Technology Leader
Public works managers across the nation have welcomed the use of keyhole coring: a less costly, safer and less disruptive approach to...
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Product News: October 2017
McLaughlin EC075 and VX75 vacuum excavatorsEC075 and VX75 mid-range vacuum excavators from McLaughlin answer the demand from the underground utility market for...
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Michels Tops Ranking of Pipeline, Power Contractors
Michels has been named the top U.S. contractor for pipeline and power transmission and distribution by Engineering News-Record (ENR). Michels was also...





















