PolyHorse helps contractor tackle cross-country fusions

Many people have heard of a cross-country foot race. A cross-country race is a timed event where competitors face different challenges over a fixed distance. The obstacles can range from weather to adverse terrain. The thrill of the race might be the obstacles awaiting the competitors at every turn. However, no one would blame a competitor for using a shortcut in the race, if it were legal and within the rules. Near Loudonville, Ohio, R&R …

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140-Year-Old Manhattan Water Main Rehabilitated Through Trenchless Methods

In “the city that never sleeps,” it seems only right that any construction job match the moniker of Manhattan. For the past two years, workers from contractor Halycon Construction and subcontractor Insituform Technologies Inc. have convened on different blocks of iconic Madison Avenue, to rehabilitate a 140-year-old 48-inch water main running under the street. To alleviate the headaches that could happen by snarling New York City’s rush-hour traffic, workers quickly moved onto sections of the …

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HDPE Aids Superfund Cleanup

Eureka, UT — Located 70 miles south of Salt Lake City , the town of Eureka is part of Utah ‘s historic Tintic Mining District. For more than 100 years, miners took lead, silver, zinc and copper from some of the most bountiful mines in the country. This prosperity has come at a price and the area is now a superfund site. The fast paced cleanup involves the construction of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipeline …

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Butt Fusion — The “Leak Free” Answer

The natural gas industry adopted polyethylene pipe over 30 years ago and it is still the material of choice for distribution systems across the US and Canada . It has proven to be the long-term answer to the decaying infrastructure problem because of its 50-100 year life, non-corrosion characteristics, ease of installation, low life cycle cost and economical leak-free butt fusion joints. Now the potable water industry, with it’s failing infrastructure, is growing in its …

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