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PERRY, Oklahoma. – Charles Machine Works, has appointed Kevin Smith as HammerHead® Trenchless Equipment president. Rick Johnson, CEO of Charles Machine Works and interim HammerHead president during the candidate selection process, has endorsed Smith as the ideal choice for the Charles Machine Works company which offers trenchless repair and rehabilitation solutions, as well as pneumatic tools for a variety of applications.
Smith had been serving as president of MTI® Equipment, itself a Charles Machine Works company – as is Ditch Witch®, where Smith had worked through the years as director of product definition and research, product planning manager, business manager and salesman.
Johnson said, “Kevin’s incisive vision comes directly from his solid industry background working with leading manufacturers within the Charles Machine Works family of companies. This means he knows every aspect of the business from multiple angles. He not only sees where HammerHead Trenchless Equipment can go but how to get there.”
Tiffany Sewell-Howard, Executive Chair for Charles Machine Works, said, “Throughout his admirable career, Kevin has been an integral part in achieving the goal shared by our family of companies: ensure our customers success by providing the most complete solutions for the installation, replacement, and maintenance of underground utility pipe and cable.
Smith said he looks forward to continuing the legacy of HammerHead Trenchless Equipment. “I strongly believe that our strategic alliances with global industry leaders and our close relationship with our sister companies Ditch Witch, Subsite® Electronics, DW/TXS®, Radius® HDD, American Augers®, Trencor® and MTI Equipment, will continue to assure the success of our customers. This is an exciting time to take this position, having seen the new, next-generation solutions being launched, with more soon to be released.”
Authorized HammerHead Trenchless Equipment dealers can be found on the web at www.hammerheadtrenchless.com or by calling 800.331.6653. (International: + [1] 920.648.4848).
Photo: Kevin Smith, new president of HammerHead Trenchless Equipment, a Charles Machine Works company.
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Release Date: 10/29/2015
Contact Information: Kate Melanson, (617) 918-1491
Boston– In its ongoing efforts to protect the Cape Cod aquifer from contamination from historical military training activities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued final cleanup strategies for two contaminated areas at Camp Edwards.
EPA, in consultation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP), has recently determined the appropriate cleanup approaches for the Small Arms Ranges and for the “J-3” Range. Under EPA’s enforcement orders governing Joint Base Cape Cod (formerly Massachusetts Military Reservation), EPA is requiring the U.S. Army National Guard to complete the cleanups at the Small Arms Ranges and the J-3 Range. The military training ranges are located above the Cape Cod Aquifer, the sole source of drinking water for the Upper Cape.
The Small Arms Ranges refers to a group of 40 active and inactive ranges where small arms ammunition has been used for military training since World War II. Small arms range impacts to soil and groundwater include propellant-related chemicals, including lead, antimony, nitroglycerine and 2,4-DNT deposited on the ground surface at firing points, and metals associated with projectiles including lead, copper, tungsten and antimony.
The Small Arms Ranges cleanup includes:
• At several ranges, removing contaminated soil that exceeds health-based standards to eliminate threats to the Cape Cod Aquifer.
• At a number of other ranges, monitoring groundwater over the long term and controlling land use to provide early warning of any future groundwater contamination.
• At other ranges, EPA has determined that the response actions EPA has overseen to date are sufficient to protect human health.
The J3- Range, also at Camp Edwards, is in the southeast portion of the Joint Base Cape Cod. Military small arms training, munitions testing, and munitions disposal all occurred in the J3 Range from 1935 through the late 1990’s. EPA’s selected cleanup for the J-3 Range includes:
• Extracting contaminated groundwater to reduce contaminant levels in the aquifer;
• Using a combination of monitoring natural processes in the groundwater, controlling land use, and sampling to verify that all sources of contamination have been addressed, and that human health is being sufficiently protected; and
• Performing soil sampling and geophysical investigations to ensure that any soil contamination that poses a threat to the Aquifer is removed as part of the cleanup.
Background:
Joint Base Cape Cod is a 22,000-acre property that has been used for military training activities since 1911. The base is located over a sole source aquifer that provides drinking water for residents of Cape Cod. Two environmental cleanup programs (one implemented by the Army, the other by the Air Force), are addressing the areas of soil and groundwater contamination that have resulted from fuel spills and other past activities on site. The U.S. Air Force is addressing contamination from activity at the Otis Air Force Base in the southern portion of MMR under the Federal Superfund Program. The U.S. Army is addressing contamination at Camp Edwards in the northern portion of JBCC under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Both cleanup programs are progressing with oversight from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).
Source: EPA.gov
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Quam Construction of Willmar, Minnesota joined the LMK network of independent licensed contractors for the T-Liner® Main-to-Lateral Connection Lining System in July.
Professionalism, experience, reliability, productivity; those are just a few of the key values that Quam Construction has built their success around and LMK is proud to work with a contractor that shares those same values. As part of their Underground Utilities division that services municipal, commercial, and residential areas, Quam also has plans to become licensed in LMK’s Performance Liner® Sectional Spot Repair, Cured-In-Place Manhole Rehabilitation, and VAC-A-TEE® Cleanout systems.
With an expanding business, Quam is bringing in new technologies and equipment necessary to maintain and expand their already exceptional customer service and quality craftsmanship. “Quam Construction is an excellent addition to the family of growing licensed LMK installers. We are proud to have them on board and wish them great success for years to come,” Rick Gage, Vice President of Sales at LMK.
The Quam Construction story started in 1956 with John Quam and his wife Irene. The vision for their company consisted of a simple yet powerful work philosophy: “Work hard. Do it right. And treat people with respect.” Over the past 60 years, Quam Construction has become a quiet leader in the construction industry. As a family-owned company with humble beginnings, Quam has flourished, completing projects throughout the upper Midwest, including Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa. For more information, visit www.quamconstruction.com.
About LMK Technologies
Headquartered in Ottawa, IL since 1993, LMK Technologies, is a world leader specializing in renewing lateral sewer infrastructure and has more than 100 worldwide issued patents for its advancements in trenchless technology. LMK products are available to the municipal and residential markets through a network of independent licensed contractors. For more information regarding LMK trenchless solutions please visit www.lmktechnologies.com, call 1-815-433-1275 or email info@lmktechnologies.com.
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Lithos Engineering is open for business in Colorado providing Tunnel, Trenchless, Geotechnical, and Geological engineering services. Robin Dornfest, Nate Soule, Benny Siljenberg, and Lance Heyer have joined forces to provide client focused engineering services to Owners, A/E Firms, and Contractors across Colorado and in neighboring states. Lithos Engineering has offices in Fort Collins and Lakewood, Colorado.
Robin Dornfest, President of Lithos Engineering stated, “I am extremely proud to be part of such a talented group of engineers who focus on serving our clients’ needs and helping them navigate their challenging projects. Bringing recognizable value has always been my focus and with the Lithos Engineering team, I have no doubt that our clients will quickly find we bring the solutions and value we promise.”
Lithos Engineering was formed with the vision of serving our communities by providing our clients and their projects with recognizable value through prudent site evaluations, constructible solutions, and an understanding of project risks. Lithos focuses on tunnel, trenchless, geotechnical, and geological engineering and design services through innovative, collaborative, client focused consulting uniquely tailored to suit the needs of our clients and their projects.
The combined experience of the Lithos Engineering team spans numerous challenging tunnel, trenchless, geotechnical, and geological engineering projects across Colorado and the US. Lithos Engineering has several high-profile projects in progress and looks forward to bringing value to their communities for many years to come.
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NASTT turns 25 in 2015! What was happening 25 years ago?
On October 25, 1990, Evander Holyfield KO’d Buster Douglas in three rounds for the heavyweight boxing title.
On October 26, 1990, the horror movie Graveyard Shift, based on the Stephen King short story, was released in theaters, just in time for Halloween!
Check in every Friday in 2015 when NASTT posts more facts about 25 years ago…
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Fantastic Flygt Facts:
- 4 million Flygt wastewater pumps* would fill over 3,000 Olympic size swimming pools in just one second
- 4 million Flygt wastewater pumps would empty the entire Baltic sea in just one month
- The largest Flygt submersible can pump 535,600 m3 of water, the equivalent of 214 Olympic-sized swimming pools, in 24 hours
- The world’s first submersible drainage pump was produced by Flygt in 1947 and the world’s first submersible sewage pump in 1956. The first clean water Flygt pump was launched in 1930.
EMMABODA, Sweden – Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company, has produced the 4 millionth Flygt wastewater pump at its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Sweden. Xylem is the first international pump manufacturer to have produced this quantity of wastewater pumps at the same facility. The 4 millionth Flygt wastewater pump will support the efficient operation of the central pumping station at Azaibah, Muscat, Omanwhich pumps wastewater across eight kilometres to the Al Ansab treatment plant in the Middle Eastern state.
Xylem’s Flygt brand has a 100 year legacy ofinnovation in pumping, from developing the first submerged pumps to designing the non-clogging N-impeller, to producing wear resistant hydraulics.The very first Flygt pump was manufactured at Xylem’s factory in Emmaboda, Sweden. Xylem’s Flygt pumps are also produced at manufacturing sites around the world in China, India, the United States and Argentina. The company applies its expertise and technologies to solve complex global water challenges including removing flood waters from New York and New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy, providing energy efficient wastewater pumping at Heathrow airport and preventing flooding of downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The 4 millionth 500 kilowatt (kw) pump stands at 2.85 metres in height, 5,300 kilogrammes weight, with a pumping capacity of 500 litres per second at 66.9 metre head. It features Flygt´s state-of-the-art monitoring system for operational safety, and accessible data review. When the existing Flygt pumps in the central pumping station require routine maintenance, the 4 millionth pump will ensure that this critical pumping station can continue to operate efficiently.
Mr. Saud Salim Ambusaidy, Senior Maintenance Manager,Haya Water – Oman, said,“Producing 4 million wastewater pumps at this facility is a testament to the illustrious legacy of Xylem’s Flygt brand and the significant impact this brand has had, and continues to have, on solving water issues worldwide. This central pumping station is a crucial part of the sewage system in Oman – we need reliable, robust pumps to ensure that we provide a dependable service. Since 2006, Xylem has supported us to do this and we are confident that the company will continue to facilitate an efficient water service into the future.”
Tomas Brannemo, Xylem Senior Vice President and President of Transport, said, “As the original submersible wastewater pump, the Flygt pump transformed the wastewater industry and we have continued to innovate since that time. We are very proud of the brand’s rich heritage and this 4 millionth Flygt wastewater pump will play a key role in supporting a sustainable environment in Oman. I also look forward to many future milestones and believe the expertise, innovation and market-leading technology at Xylem will ensure customers always have the most advanced and efficient water pump solutions in the industry.”
Mr. Ambusaidy, Haya Water and Mr. Mustafa Bawab, General Manager with distributor Gulf Development and Construction (INMA) LLC attended an event hosted by Xylem at the Emmaboda facility in Sweden to mark the milestone achievement.
4 millionth Flygt pump features:
Capacity:500 litres per second at 67 metre head (high head pump)
Height:2.85 M
Weight:5,300 Kg
Location:Central Pumping Station at Azaibah, Muscat, Oman
About Haya Water
Haya Water is a state organisation formed in 2002 to build and operate the wastewater infrastructure in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. Since 2012, Haya Water has operated all wastewater facilities in Oman.
Xylem is a preferred manufacturer/supplier of Haya Water. Flygt pumps and mixers facilitate the smooth operation of almost all Haya Water plants.
* refers to the 3800 Flygt wastewater pump
About Xylem
Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Xylem is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York, with 2014 revenues of $3.9 billion and approximately 12,500 employees worldwide. Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the last three years for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions worldwide.
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all — that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit www.xyleminc.com
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