Tulsa is on the cusp of something incredibly special on its Arkansas River waterfront. The George Kaiser Family Foundation is developing a $400 million park, the result of a public-private partnership that has set a record as the largest private gift to a public park in our country’s history. A Gathering Place for Tulsa is transforming 100 acres of urban land into a natural setting for the public to enjoy with numerous amenities including a …
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Irrigation Project Testing Ground for Large HDPE Pipe Installation
In February of 2014, a news photographer snapped a picture of almond trees being ripped from dry soil in Firebaugh, California. Baker Farming uprooted 20%, about 1,000 acres, of almond trees that day because they lacked adequate access to water as the California drought continued into yet another year. California agriculture relies heavily on irrigation, transporting water sometimes hundreds of miles. In order to keep the remaining trees living and producing almonds, Baker Farming needed …
Read MoreArched bridge presents unique staging for pipe fusion job
Sailboat Bridge, which arches impressively over Grand Lake in northeastern Oklahoma, was a feat of infrastructure when it was built in 1938 and rebuilt in 2001. Installing new water and sewer pipelines on the underside of its half-mile-long deck was quite a feat as well. The dual pipelines are funded by the Cherokee Nation in its efforts to bring water and sewer services from the city of Grove to their new casino that just opened …
Read MoreMcElroy TracStar® 1200 meeting industry needs
Since its launch in 2015, the TracStar 1200 has been proving its ease of use and efficiency on large-diameter pipeline projects across the country for a variety of industries including sewer, water and industrial. Fortiline Waterworks was quick to put the machine to work on two projects in the summer of 2016. The first was a HDPE pipe system for a sewer siphon system and the other was the construction of a 4,500 ft. pipeline …
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