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

CALENDARSept. 14-17 - Short Course on Tunneling, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, www.csmspace.com/events/tunneling/.Sept. 21-23 - Fourth Annual Cutting Edge Conference, Urban Tunneling, Grand...

Will Congress renew higher limits under Section 179 of the U.S. tax code for 2015? It’s a question that has dogged small-business...

As much as it increases the margin of safety, hydroexcavation can be dangerous work due to the use of high-pressure water and...

Water for drilling operations can be tough to come by, and disposal costs for mud used in drilling can be expensive for...

As an underground trenchless technique for installing and replacing culverts, pipe ramming is often the most efficient and economical. At times it...

Trying something new is always a little scary, whether starting a new business, expanding the business in some way or testing out...

Directional drilling goes back nearly a century when the oil and gas industry developed the process to allow multiple wells to be...

Piercing tools provide less disruptive alternative to trenchingProblem: United Cable Construction, based in Ladson, South Carolina, was contracted to complete a 2-mile fiber...

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...

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...

When Kevin Reardon started California Boring 20 years ago, not many people knew about directional drilling and other trenchless technologies. Reardon learned...

With five locations and a service area that spans 22 states, The Underground Detective relies on a wide array of locating equipment...

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

Your employees work best when they are working together – not acting in self-interest but in a spirit of teamwork, communicating, collaborating...

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

Whether you’re just window shopping or looking to haul a shiny new piece of machinery back to the shop, the International Construction...

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