From the jobsite

Vacuum excavation helps streamline water main, fire hydrant maintenance and repair

Using a Vermeer FlowMaster and vacuum excavator can help you cut down the time required to attend to a broken water main.

How the right Vermeer reclaimer helps minimize sand content

The right water reclaimer can prove invaluable on horizontal directional drill jobsites located in areas with high dump fees, long distances to and from the dumpsite, highly regulated areas or where water is scarce. Learn how.

Rockin’ it on rural water project in southern Oklahoma

Learn how Built Right Construction, although new to the utility installation industry, successfully completed a challenging rural water installation job in Oklahoma.

6 steps to help prevent cross bores

There’s no room on a horizontal directional drilling (HDD) jobsite for shortcuts. That’s especially true when it comes to preventing cross bores. Learn these steps to help keep your crew and jobsite safe.

Stay on target with an HDD locator system

On the job, it may look like a beefed-up metal detector and strike you as something of minimal importance to a horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operation. But an HDD locating system is a key component of a precise, effective and efficient HDD job.

Upgrading Minneapolis’ natural gas infrastructure

After years of preparation, work on the Cedar Station Upgrade Northern Natural Gas (NNG) in Dakota County, Minnesota, was completed this past fall. The bulk of the work on the project was done using horizontal directional drills (HDD) — 22 bores in total.

Municipality puts vacuum excavation to work

Vacuum excavators aren’t just for utility contractors. Many city municipality departments are also discovering the versatility of these powerful soft digging machines for their own utility work. Learn how.

3 reasons utility contractors should verify locates

To help keep your team’s work from showing up on the Dirt Annual Report, you should be using utility locators to verify locates. Here’s why.

Diligent bore planning can help prevent utility strikes

There’s a significant amount of buried infrastructure to avoid while installing underground utilities. Those busy underground rights of way make diligent bore planning more important than ever to help prevent utility strikes.

Extending natural gas system to Fenelon Falls

In 2018, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. kicked off the lofty project of expanding its natural gas system to the Kawartha Lakes, Ontario villages of Fenelon Falls, Cameron and Cambray. Learn how they navigated challenging ground conditions to complete the project.

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