Getting smarter about rock
The more you know about the rock you’re working in the bette you can estimate production and boost efficiency. Learn more here on how Vermeer can help.
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Category: From the jobsite
Practical tips to help avoid cross bores
When an underground utility line unintentionally intersects with another, the results can be disastrous. This is known as a cross bore, and dangerous consequences can happen instantly — or occur long after an installation is completed. Help keep your crew safe and read these practical tips to help avoid cross bores.
Read MoreInvest in training for better employee retention
Training is a great way to instill company values, boost morale, create a clear path for future advancement, increase organization productivity and, most importantly, create a place where people want to stay.
Read MoreHDD 101: Teaching engineers about directional boring
Read more about Samuel Ariaratnam, a professor of construction engineering at Arizona State University, explain how he’s educating future engineers about horizontal directional drilling.
Read MoreMicrotrenching keeps islands connected
Read how an island off of Guam decided to upgrade their outdated communication infrastructure after a major typhoon left most of the island without utilities for months.
Read MoreTrends in underground construction: from fiber to oil and gas
Stay up to date with trends surrounding all of the different underground industry markets, from telecom and electric to oil and gas.
Read MoreArkansas contractor takes on collapsed sewer job in industrial park
Read about how an Arkansas contractor, Pete Charlton, handled a 60 foot clay sewer line that collapsed beneath an industrial park, creating a large sinkhole in the middle of a heavily traveled intersection.
Read MoreContractor finds success embracing islanders’ desire to maintain the pristine
Andy Farrissey is a contractor in Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the southern tip of Cape Cod in New England. Known for its uniqueness and originality, the residents on Martha’s Vineyard are concerned about maintaining the natural ‘patina’ of what is there. Read how Farrissey has embraced these challenges and built a successful contracting business using horizontal directional drilling.
Read MoreMunicipalities empowered by vacuum excavators
Cities are digging safer and more efficiently by arming departments with vacuum excavators.
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Wiring Vermeer Wisconsin for success
Read about how a Vermeer horizontal directional drilling customer, Cal Demic, brought fiberoptic technology to a Vermeer dealer in Wisconsin.
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