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Flow-Liner Glide

Flow-Liner Glide pipe and conduit lining lubricant gel (patent pending) is an especially designed lubricating gel for use with Flow-Liner materials.

May 2013 Ad Index

Advertisers from the print edition of Underground Construction, Vol. 68 No. 5.

Rocky Road: Carving Roadways, Utility Trenches In Tough Rock

Set among rolling ranchland and majestic live oaks in the limestone-laden terrain of Texas’ famed Hill Country, San Antonio-based contractor SACC Inc. enlisted a trio of Vermeer track trenchers to carve an intricate network of roads and utility lines that now serves as the infrastructure for an exclusive residential community.

Accepting Responsibility: Consumers Energy Redoubles Already Stringent Safety Program After Explosion

On Feb. 27, the drill head of a horizontal directional drilling (HDD) machine clipped a 5/8-inch gas line in a residential neighborhood of Royal Oak, MI. Escaping gas migrated to a nearby home and soon after the drilling crew left for the day, the gas ignited, destroying one home and killing its owner.

Padding And Spoils Handling: Equipment Spotlight

Padding and spoils handling from ALLU, Felco Industries, Ozzie’s Pipeline Padder and Worldwide Machinery

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Track Trenchers And Rock Saws

Track trenchers and rock saws from Vermeer, Ditch Witch, Tesmec, Mid America Trenchers and Trencor.

Sewer Inspector Training Comes Of Age

More than eight years ago, representatives of municipalities and consulting engineers were asking that industry neutral training be made available, particularly applicable to the inspection of pipeline rehabilitation projects.

Gas To The Ozarks

For homeowners and businesses that have natural gas service, this economical and dependable source of energy is taken for granted for heating, hot water supplies and often for cooking.

Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way: Treacherous Terrain Tests The Skills Of An Arkansas Contractor

If Ronald Cline was the type to back away from a challenge, it’s entirely possible that a natural gas gathering line, now securely in place in central Arkansas, would likely not have been installed underground. But this conscientious and ingenious native Razorback devised a trenchless approach that resulted in the successful completion of a continuous bore amid some of Arkansas’ most treacherous terrain, and through some of the state’s toughest and trickiest rock.

Great Lakes Construction Undertakes Welding Project To Connect North, South Lake Erie Shorelines

In early 2012, Cleveland, OH-based Great Lakes Construction undertook a new project: making the city’s west-side, beachfront Edgewater State Park more accessible for Cleveland residents.