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No matter what part of the country you're in, utility constructionis a vital part of everyday life. As communities develop, so does the need for standard utility construction like water infrastructure, including septic systems and storm water handling, power infrastructure, telecommunications work both above and below ground, power lines and other utility lines.
Illinois American Water Invests Over $122M for Water Infrastructure
Illinois American Water invested over $122 million in water and wastewater upgrades in 2018. The 2018 construction season included installing approximately 198,000 ft. (more than 38 mi.) of water main and approximately 3,700 ft....
Egypt Water Anxiety Grows Over Ethiopia Dam on Nile
CAIRO (AP) -- It's an ancient worry facing a modern challenge. Anxiety over water is growing in Egypt as Ethiopian leaders press forward with plans to build a massive dam that officials fear will block the flow of the Blue Nile....
The most important thing when it comes to energy infrastructureis having a professional who has been working with energy infrastructurefor a period of time. A live wire in underground utility constructioncan cause sudden death, and the same goes with live wire with energy infrastructure with power lines.
Lake Mead Drinking Water Project Meets Big Milestone
LAS VEGAS (AP) After a three-year battle to keep their underground job site from flooding, a construction crew at Lake Mead is ready to let the water win. Workers will shut off pumps keeping the water out and allow it to fill a cavern they have carefully excavated from the rock more than 500 ft....
Nearly 36 Miles of Pipeline Replaced After Gas Explosions
BOSTON (AP) - The utility company involved in last month's explosions and fires in Massachusetts says it has replaced nearly 36 miles of main pipeline in the area. Columbia Gas announced Oct. 21, that it's 80 percent through its work replacing 45 miles of main pipeline, and about halfway through its work replacing 6,100 service lines to homes and businesses....
Indiana American Water Expands Treatment Capability
Indiana American Water, a subsidiary of American Water Company in Richmond, Ind., is currently in the middle of a $45 million upgrade to the company's water treatment endeavors. Work will include the construction of a new water treatment plant and a new raw water pumping station....
Utility Line Construction also deals with the everyday maintenance that occurs or when a power line goes down in a town. Without the right utility construction training and utility constructionequipment, millions could be without power for hours or even days. Along with this is the need for septic system maintenance. This is critical for towns, cities, and residences. Often times, in the summer, you'll find construction workers waist deep in a pit on the side of the road. This is because they are doing septic system maintenanceor completely replacing the system.
Towson Town Sanitary Sewer Project Poses Rocky Challenge
When Baltimore County's Public Works department commissioned Cossentino Contracting Company to install approximately 2,000-ft. of 24-in. gravity sanitary sewers, the contractor knew it would need to cut through hard blue rock....
Utility Crews Find Bone While Digging
A Florida construction crew recently found a piece of history – or rather, pre-history – at a site in Cape Coral. The crew was doing utility work about 17 feet deep when they dug up an enormous bone, which is presumed to be from a mastodon, or mammoth, the New York Post reported....
Explosion Destroys Coffee Shop, Injures Three
HOMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) — An explosion and fire destroyed a coffee shop Friday in this rural south Georgia city, seriously injuring three people and prompting a warning from city officials for residents to avoid the downtown area....
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Smaller HDD Rod Size Makes All the Difference for Dakota
Bigger is not always better — at least in the case of horizontal directional drills and their rods. When the city of Benbrook, Texas, called on Dakota Utility Contractors Inc. to relocate existing utility lines under Highway 377, Dakota President Aaron Graff knew that the right combination of power and precision would be the key to successfully drilling the 500-ft....
Ahwatukee Waterline Relocation Work for South Mountain Freeway Delayed
Work to relocate a water main located within the path of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway has been delayed, causing Liberty Lane traffic restrictions to remain in effect through this summer. Since March, crews working for Connect 202 Partners, the freeway developer, have been digging trenches along Liberty Lane between Desert Foothills Parkway and 24th Street to install a specially designed 4-ft.-wide pipe that will run more than a mile....
