Tag: horizontal directional drilling
New ASCE Manual of Practice 155 Provides Guidance on Direct Pipe Installations
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s Manual of Practice, Direct Steerable Pipe Thrusting, MOP 155, details how engineers and construction professionals can utilize the...
UPDATED ASTM STANDARD AVAILABLE FOR HDPE HDD PROJECTS
The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) today came out with a statement supporting and stressing the importance of updated ASTM standard for...
Installing Two 20-inch Sub-Aqueous Water Mains to City Island
Dual Compound Curve Brings First-Ever NYC Technology to Long Island Sound
In 2002, the City Island Bridge was determined to be in a state of...
New EPA Rule Points to More Lead Water Pipeline Replacement
IRVING, Texas - December 19, 2019 - With the possibility of tighter rules limiting the amount of permissible lead in water pipes looming, the...
Horizontal Infrastructure, Vertical Price Tag
With Water and Wastewater Systems in a State of Decay, Engineers Must Have Options
By Suad Cisic, P.E., John Harris, P.E., and Fred Muncy, P.E.
It...
Horizontal Directional Drilling Academy scheduled in February
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is supporting the annual Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Academy, Feb. 22-23 in Tempe, Ariz. The intensive course focuses on HDD pre-construction, design and material selection, construction, and operations.
AEC TECH NEWS: SwRI’s pipeline inspection technology detects coating defects using magnetic field variations
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) patented a new technology to inspect coatings of pipelines installed through horizontal directional drilling.