Washington D.C. is home to some of the United States’ most prized and revered memorials. To the nearly 24 million people who visited the mall in 2011, the Reflecting Pool was more science project than a scenic and iconic tourist stop. Several key improvements were needed to keep the largest and most famous reflecting pool in the capital sustainable for years to come. The pool, originally constructed in the early 1920s, has been relatively untouched …
TULSA, Okla. — McElroy, the leading manufacturer of thermoplastic pipe joining products, is giving their educational branch a new set of online tools. For more than 30 years, McElroy has been the only pipe fusion machine manufacturer to continuously offer basic and advanced training. McElroy University’s courses have been attended by thousands of students over the years. The training sessions give students the opportunity to become certified in fusion operations or more knowledgeable in the …
TULSA, Okla. — McElroy, the pipe fusion experts, is celebrating 15 years of Pit Bull® fusion machines. The Pit Bull line of machines butt fuse thermoplastic pipes together for use in water, gas, mining, wastewater, geothermal, landfill methane recovery and other industries. The most popular Pit Bull has long been the Pit Bull 14, which fuses the popular 1-inch IPS through 4-inch DIPS pipe size ranges. The 14 and other Pit Bulls are designed to …
Sand Springs, Ok. — A Cub Scout camp located in the heart of one of Oklahoma’s largest ranches is expanding its facilities and recently installed a new polyethylene (PE) sewer line. The camp is called Cub World and has become a big part of the thirty-two thousand acre Zink Ranch which is located about fifteen minutes from the city of Tulsa. The ranch is a non-profit organization and about 100,000 kids from the Boy Scouts, …