The ‘80s picked up where the 1970s ended: an urgent nation impatiently waiting for more oil and gas to quench its rapacious energy thirst, at the lowest possible prices. The boom was on, especially in the Gulf of Mexico, and thousands of speculators made ill-advised decisions to invest in the indust..

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of an ongoing series outlining the past several decades of underground infrastructure construction and rehabilitation as seen through the lens of Underground Construction magazine which is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2021. This month, we review highlights ..

Real-time monitoring during construction, entire service life, and detecting and quantifying corrosion for maintenance are some of the major focus areas of the CIGMAT research related to oil, gas, water and wastewater infrastructures, bridges, foundations and pipelines. These goals are achieved by d..

After one of the most devastating years that the United States has endured, I cannot help but think of the speech from Al Pacino in “Any Given Sunday,” “We’re in hell right now gentlemen. Believe me. And, we can stay here, get the **** kicked out of us or we can fight our way back into the light.” A..

Changes are on the horizon for the Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition, better known as simply UCT.  As previously announced, the first and most obvious change is the conference date. For 2021, UCT has shifted from its historic late-January date to May 18–20, 2..