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EVANSVILLE, IN – March 19, 2018 – Hydromax USA is pleased to announce that it has acquired Miller Pipetech, an environmental services company specializing in pipeline condition assessment for wastewater and natural gas utilities.
The acquisition of Miller Pipetech’s technical service division will enable Hydromax USA to increase its capacity to deliver on its high-demand, suite of service solutions for both critical gas cross bore identification and sewer condition infrastructure assessment programs. Throughout the country, cross bores continue to be a cause of concern as more and more stakeholders are addressing the problem and associated risks. Cross bores, unintended intersections of utilities, pose a threat to public safety and industry workers alike. All types of cross bores can cause damage, however the intersection of natural gas lines in sewer pipes are considered the highest threats. In addition, aging sewer infrastructure coupled with limited financial resources continues to further the need for utilities to understand the current state of buried sewer infrastructure in order to maximize their use of funds on rehabilitation.
This acquisition will strengthen Hydromax USA’s footprint in the Eastern and Midwestern United States, enabling Hydromax to extend the capabilities of its state-of-the-art Louisville Data Center to current clientele of Miller Pipetech. Louisville’s data center provides end client solutions and support to our clientele nationwide, delivering unmatched project quality assurance through our 100% audit approach; key program and infrastructure insights through our web-based business intelligence platforms; management, analysis, and integration of terabytes of program information into client information systems; and technical support of our field operations nationwide.
“The completion of this acquisition opens new opportunities for our clients, our employees and the communities in which we serve,” said Jeff Griffiths, Director, East Region for Hydromax USA. “We are very excited to begin to introduce our enhanced services to the Miller Pipetech client network and we look forward to a smooth transition as we add Miller Pipetech’s technical service assets and experienced personnel to our team.”
Hydromax USA’s services include:
GasSafe®
Our GasSafe™ suite of solutions puts critical data at your fingertips for planning, operations and regulatory compliance. These solutions are based on a unique, comprehensive combination of processes, GIS platforms and rigorous QA/QC requirements that provide high-confidence, verifiable results.
Cross Bore Inspection
Gas Leak Survey
GIS Data Integration
IntelliSpan 360™
Hydromax USA provides comprehensive evaluation and assessment of sewer systems using state-of-the art technologies and techniques. Pinpointing problem areas supported with precise, accurate data enables utilities to make cost-effective decisions in the rehabilitation of their infrastructure.
CCTV Inspection
Flow Monitoring
Manhole Inspections
Smoke Testing
Dye Water Flooding
MaxSense™
Our MaxSense multi-sensor inspection solution comprises any combination of inspection technologies, such as camera, sonar and laser. The key is to present the data in an efficient, easy-to-understand format that accurately describes corrosion, sedimentation and structural defects. HUSA has significant experience with several multi-sensor technologies offering advanced capabilities, such as continuous & simultaneous data collection with easily interpreted data in open source formats.
Hydromax also offers advanced solutions for the water industry through its advanced offering of condition assessment services p-Cat, Utilis, and IntelliSpan 360 – providing an unmatched portfolio of services to clients across the country.
“Hydromax USA uses many technologies to provide valid and reliable infrastructure condition assessment data to our clientele. We have capitalized on advancements in technology to develop a suite of unparalleled solutions for our clients in the sewer, gas, and water sectors. Our programs are designed to provide you with essential information that will help to improve capital investment and O&M planning, provide continuity for critical systems, manage risk, and facilitate regulatory compliance. Our portfolio of services, depth of experience, and customer-centric focus is what sets us apart from other firms.
Steve Lacy, CEO, Hydromax USA
The acquisition was completed March 19, 2018. Financial terms of the transaction are undisclosed.
About Hydromax USA
Established in 2003, Hydromax USA is a professional services firm specializing in data collection in support of locating and assessing the condition of the country’s aging water, wastewater and natural gas conveyance systems. Hydromax USA’s vast experience with new technologies and techniques empowers contractors, engineers and utility owners to make the best rehabilitation decisions regarding their buried infrastructure.
Hydromax USA has performed infrastructure condition assessment programs that have evaluated hundreds of thousands of infrastructure assets, helped clients recover millions of gallons in lost water, and provided information management services for improvement of system models and development of GIS integrated solutions for utilities across the United States.
About Miller Pipetech
Miller Pipetech, together with its predecessors, is an environmental services company specializing in pipeline assessment and repair for utilities and service contractors for over 30 years. The company is a fusion of plumbing services and technical services, which are identified respectively as Miller Pipetech Plumbing Service Division and Miller Pipetech Technical Service Division. The Miller Pipetech Plumbing Service Division is not part of the acquisition and will remain in operation doing business as Ron Miller Plumbing, LLC.
Contacts:
Jeff Griffiths Jeff Graham
Director, East Region Director, Central Region
Phone: 757-353-1521 Phone: 502-548-8965
jeffrey.griffiths@hydromaxusa.com jeff.graham@hydromaxusa.com
Source: Hydromax USA, LLC
Industry News, trenchless people
Mortimer the Sewer Rat and now his protege, Morty Jr., have been busy traveling around the country raising the awareness for trenchless technology! This year Morty traveled with Iowa Trenchless and with Michael Bryne Manufacturing.
Just yesterday, Morty and Jim Weist, CEO and President of Michael Bryne Manufacturing, headed south in the snow with an 84″ diameter auger and cutting head for a project!
Iowa Trenchless and Michael Bryne Manufacturing generously sponsored Morty this past year by winning him during NASTT’s 2017 Educational Fund Auction. Interested in sponsoring Morty for 2018?
Join us at the auction in Palm Springs, Monday, March 26!
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New in 2018 *Retiree Membership*
Retirement is a new beginning, but if you go away we will miss you – so stay with NASTT! Open to any fully retired individual residing in North America who wishes to stay involve with NASTT’s educational and social programs. A Retiree Membership requires a minimum of five-years of NASTT membership prior to retirement and a minimum age of 55. Continue your engagement with NASTT for $40 per year.
Feeding the birds? Shuffleboard? Nah! Don’t sit around (there’s nothing good on tv these days anyway) and don’t pick up those golf clubs just yet. At NASTT there are over 25 committees, mentor/mentee programs and so much more. In trenchless, we go under the hills – not over them!
For question on how to apply for NASTT’s Retiree Membership, please contact Renee Corea, Membership Administrator at rcorea@nastt.org
Industry News, trenchless people
Jacksonville, FL – SippTech LLC CEO/CTO Kent Weisenberg announced recently that the company has finalized a contract with Louisiana Tech’s Trenchless Technology Center for their continued partnership and product analysis of the advancement of Spray in Place Pipe Technology, (SIPP). The awarded contract specifically involves testing of SippTech’s robotic systems and installation of its cutting-edge, filament reinforced composite lining, SippSteel™.
“The Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) is excited to support SippTech through testing, research and developmental support of their innovative Spray-in-Place Pipe (SIPP) technology. This new SIPP technology has high potential to drive the pressure pipe rehabilitation industry forward in the very near future” stated Dr. John Matthews, Director of the TTC and Principal Investigator on the SippSteel™ project. Mr. Matthews further stated, “It is also a monumental moment for the TTC as this is the largest contract awarded to us from a private company since our conception.” Dr. Matthews will be assisted on this four-phased project by co- Principal Investigator’s Dr. Shaurav Alam and Dr. Amin Azimi. Industry professionals, undergraduate and graduate students will also be collaborating during each phase of testing.
SippSteel™ is comprised of a composite lining of two dissimilar lining material layers and a carbon fiber filament reinforcement, which are applied robotically in a single pass through the pipe system. The robotic apparatus is self-propelled, and all its mechanical functionalities are controlled autonomously by internal sensors and computer vision. Employing both individually specific and a synergetic combination of computer vision, LIDAR, ultrasound, RF, Wi-Fi, gyroscope, accelerometer and machine learning technologies, the robot can precisely navigate and apply the SippSteel™ composite inside of the pipe. The device can be operated via umbilical or autonomously providing lining lengths of more than a mile from one access point in the pipe.
“The SippSteel™ technology addresses a multitude of customer needs as well as resolving systemic problems in the trenchless technology sector. Today’s pipeline rehabilitation industry has long been searching for an innovative, and more importantly, versatile technology to fulfill all the structurally independent liner requirements” Mr. Weisenberg stated.
Innovative components that ensure that the SIPP system can deliver:
- The ability to provide structurally independent rehabilitation; therefore, significantly optimizing the cost effectiveness and efficacy of the rehabilitation method as well as increasing the design life of the pipeline.
- The ability to rehabilitate long lengths of pipe; therefore, substantially reducing installation time as well as costly and environmentally invasive excavations.
- The ability to negotiate through pipe bends and valves; therefore, substantially reducing excavations that increase costs and disrupt the public.
- The ability to provide a thinner liner system without a resulting annulus between the liner and the host pipe; thereby increasing the comparative cross-sectional diameter and subsequent flow capacity while impeding all potential for infiltration behind the liner which can result in hydraulic failure.
The Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) was initiated as the Trenchless Excavation Center in 1989 and formally established as the Trenchless Technology Center in November 1991. It was created to promote research, development and technology transfer in the trenchless technology industry.
“After several years of painstaking R&D we are tremendously enthusiastic to have entered the final analysis phase with such a highly credible institution as the TTC for the final verification of our compiled scientific testing and empirical data.” stated, Mr. Weisenberg. “We are proud to be revealing SippSteel™ and its capabilities which will revolutionize the industry for the rehabilitation of pressure pipelines in an extensive range of diameters.” Mr. Weisenberg noted.
Please visit www.sipptech.com for more information on Spray in Place Pipe technology.
Contact:
Tiffany Laufer
SippTech Technologies, LLC.
tiffanyl@sipptech.com
904.374.5606
Industry News, trenchless people
You are invited to participate in the 8th Conference of Trenchless Technologies NO-DIG POLAND, which is going to take place on 18-19 April 2018 in Kielce.
The conference began in 2005 and takes place every second year, and each of the previous editions were attended by a number of domestic and international participants (also from outside of Europe), including representatives from the scientific community, water supply and sewerage companies, design and construction companies, manufacturers of materials and equipment used in trenchless technologies.
The topics of the upcoming conference include issues closely related to the use of trenchless technologies in design, construction and renewal of underground infrastructure in the water, sewage, gas, road and rail industries, as well as in trenchless infrastructure tunnels.
The conference is an excellent opportunity to share knowledge and experience between public administration staff, scientists and professionals working in the water and wastewater sector.
For more information visit the conference website.
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Expanded access and support for HDD rock tooling
PELLA, Iowa, February 15, 2018 – Two of the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) industry’s leading equipment and tooling manufacturers, Vermeer Corporation and Mincon Group PLC, have formed a distribution alliance to expand contractors’ access to quality rock tooling worldwide. As part of the agreement, Vermeer dealers are now the exclusive channel for Mincon HDD air hammer systems, HDD pull reaming hammers and HDD support equipment, including HDD support stations and oilers.
“Mincon has pioneered HDD rock drilling solutions and when paired with Vermeer drills are productive in hard rock environments,” said Jason Zylstra, product manager, Lifecycle at Vermeer. “With the responsive support provided by Vermeer dealers and quality Mincon tooling, contractors have everything they need to take on challenging rock bores.”
Mincon hard rock hammer systems utilize high-frequency cycle technology that aids in the faster removal of drill cuttings from the bit face while providing the smallest possible chips. This design also improves steering capabilities and causes less vibration in the drill string.
For more information about Vermeer HDD equipment and Mincon HDD tooling, please consult your local Vermeer dealer.
ABOUT VERMEER
Vermeer Corporation delivers a real impact in a progressing world through the manufacture of high-quality tree care, environmental, underground construction, surface mining, and agricultural equipment. With a reputation for durability and reliability, that equipment is backed by localized customer service and support provided by independent dealers around the world. To learn more about Vermeer Corporation, products, the dealer network and financing options, visit Vermeer.com.
ABOUT MINCON
Mincon Group PLC was founded in 1977 in Shannon, Ireland. Mincon manufactures and distributes a range of precision engineered hard rock drilling tools for a variety of industries including mining, exploration, waterwell, geothermal, construction, horizontal directional drilling, oil-gas and energy. Mincon Group PLC has a worldwide presence with offices in Ireland, UK, Sweden, Finland, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Senegal, Chile and Peru. For more information about Mincon Group PLC, visit Mincon.com.
EVANSVILLE, IN – March 19, 2018 – Hydromax USA is pleased to announce that it has acquired Miller Pipetech, an environmental services company specializing in pipeline condition assessment for wastewater and natural gas utilities.
