McElroy Introduces DataLogger® 5, DataLogger® Vault™

TULSA, Okla. — McElroy recently launched the next-generation DataLogger® 5 and a new software application known as the DataLogger Vault™ to provide users with the most up-to-date tools in quality assurance. The DataLogger Vault provides unparalleled joint-data analysis and storage and is available to anyone who rents, owns or uses a McElroy DataLogger version 3, 4 or 5. The DataLogger 5, which records and documents key parameters of the pipe fusion process, is the most …

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Unique Slipline Project Solves Problematic Springfield Water Mains

Within eye shot of the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, a double-barreled pipeline runs underneath the Connecticut River. The paired pipelines are one of three water main crossings that pass under New England’s longest river to service the communities of Springfield, Ludlow, Agawam, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow and several others. Like much of America’s infrastructure, the key pipelines were aging and precarious until a 2011 sliplining operation gave the pipelines new life. Likely constructed …

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Leading Community Putting in Smart Water Infrastructure

At the heart of Silicon Valley is Palo Alto, California — a community that is home to entrepreneurial companies and forward-thinking minds. Take a short drive and chances are you’ll happen upon Stanford University, Google, Apple, Hewlett-Packard and other iconic institutions of invention, progress and ingenuity. While Palo Alto has plenty of commercial appeal for residents, its best asset might be a city utility engineering department insistent on putting the best infrastructure systems in the …

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Contractor Crosses Washita River with a New “Horse”

In mid-2011, McElroy equipment helped the City of Ardmore, Oklahoma install a 36-inch DIPS SDR 11 pipeline under the Washita River. Using directional drilling, the new water main was installed to replace a concrete main that had been washed away by the constant erosion forces of the river passing over the exposed pipe. Ardmore lies equidistant between Dallas, Texas and Oklahoma City. Home to approximately 24,000, the city relies on several reservoirs, a series of …

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