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Trenchless Technology
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION- from the Owner's Perspective-July 2006
By Bradley Kramer
The trenchless market has seen major changes over the last decade, from new products and technologies available, to new regulations and management practices. To see what changes are occurring, Trenchless Technology went straight to the ultimate source - the owners.
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UIM (Underground Infrastructure Management)
Implementing Asset Management-The Experience of Two Agencies-Sep/Oct 2006
By Michael Van Dine
The American private sector has long been aware of the concept of Asset Management. The manufacturing sector of the American economy has long been developing systematic, proactive maintenance and operational procedures designed to make them more efficient and cost competitive in today's global economy.
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BRICK & CLAY RECORD: Taking Advantage of Waste-May 2006
by Christine Grahl
Logan Clay Products Co. in Logan, Ohio, has always been in the waste business-wastewater, that is. For more than 100 years, the company has produced the high-quality clay sewer pipe specified by municipalities from New York to Chicago to the Carolinas.
Waste in its manufacturing facilities, however, is a completely different matter.
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UIM (Underground Infrastructure Management)
Maximizing Asset Value - The Paradigm Shift in Today's Wastewater Industry-Nov/Dec 2005
By Michael Van Dine
We have all purchased something new that we thought was a good value.We were assured that it would work just like the more expensive model. Over time, we found that our purchase failed to meet our expectations and we had to buy the more expensive model to be sure we received value for the money we spent. We bought cheap and we paid the price.
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Standardization News
ASTM and the National Clay Pipe Institute-August 2004
By Edward J. Sikora
ASTM Committee C04 on Vitrified Clay Pipe turned 100 years old in 2004.
For a century, dedicated members from the public and private engineering community and clay pipe
manufacturers have worked harmoniously to develop today's stringent standards for sewer pipes.
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NASA - Focusing on Value Engineering on Terra Firma-August 2003
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Engineers, contractors and suppliers all say it. "Everything at
NASA is special." And NASA wouldn't have it any other way. The demands placed on the space program
necessitate an "only the best" approach. Their demands are no different right here on terra firma
(or in terra firma). All of NASA's capital plant systems are designed and installed with an unwavering
focus on quality, coupled with a concern for life cycle costs.
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University of Houston Pipe-Joint Infiltration Testing Program-April 2003
HOUSTON, Texas - Final Report: University of Houston - Pipe-Joint Infiltration Testing Program
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You've identified 40 possible contaminated sites! Now what?-March 2003
DAYTON, Ohio - It happened to Bill Horst, chief engineer of the Sanitary
Engineering Department for Montgomery County, Ohio. His Phase I environmental assessment records for
the Northridge Sanitary Sewer Interceptor revealed approximately forty different possible contaminated
sites.
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It's A Dirty Job And Clay Is The Best Way To Do It-March 2003
SANFORD, N.C. - Vitrified clay is proven to be the best product for challenging
environments and applications once again. In this case, the problem occurred about 35 miles south
of Raleigh, N.C., where a segment of concrete pipe had begun to corrode from the inside out. The
breakdown resulted from a normal chemical process occurring in this type of sewage system.
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"Concrete" Proof of Clay's Durability-December 2002
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A sewer pipe rehabilitation project on the campus of the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor proved to be a major test of not only the pipe's longevity, but
particularly its durability, and once again clay was up to the challenge.
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