St. Petersburg, Florida Utilizes 30-inch Fusible PVC® Pipe for a 1,700-foot HDD on Major Wastewater Transmission Pipeline
Located on a beautiful peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay, the City of St. Petersburg is the fourth largest city in Florida. Home to the Tampa Bay Rays MLB team, Salvador Dali Museum, annual Gran Prix Indy Car race, and the St. Pete Pier, the “Sunshine...
Emergency Bypass System Overcomes Obstacles
A city in Alabama discovered severely deteriorated sewer lines, which could fail at any moment, during routine maintenance on a 36-inch trunk sewer line. The city engineer and sewer department determined that the 36-inch trunk line had several upstream and downstream...
Analysis and Design of Pipe Ramming Installations Final Report SPR 710
In November, 2013 Armin W. Stuedlein, PhD, PE and Tadesse Meskele of the Geotechnical Engineering Group, School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University completed a research project on pipe ramming installations for the Oregon Department of...
Aegion Corporation Awarded Two Sewer Rehabilitation Contracts from Metro Water Services in Nashville, Tennessee with Combined Value of $7.4 Million
Aegion Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Insituform Technologies, LLC has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of $7.4 million from Metro Water Services in Nashville, Tennessee. Beginning in early 2014, Insituform crews will install...
Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority Manages PCCP Assets Using Engineering Analysis and Inspection
Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority (CCMWA) is the second largest drinking water supplier in Georgia, providing vital service to nearly 800,000 people through twelve wholesale customers. With two award-winning water treatment plants and over 200 miles of...
First Pilot Tube Guided Boring Project Completed in Mexico City
In mid-October 2013, construction was finalized on the installation of 2,944 ft. (897m) of new 36-in. (914mm) ID storm and sanitary pipelines using pilot tube guided boring methods in Mexico City. The Subcolector San Marcos project, owned by La Comisión del Agua del...
Osceola Parkway-Florida Turnpike Crossing, Orlando, Florida
The TOHO Water Authority (TOHO) has been acquiring and integrating water utility systems in Osceola County near Orlando, FL. As part of that growth, a 24-inch interconnect in Kissimmee, FL was required to provide adequate redundancy in the system. The route of the...