TULSA, Okla. — McElroy, the leading manufacturer of pipe fusion equipment, is celebrating the success of the Certified McElroy Rental Program. Certified McElroy Rental machines undergo a rigorous checklist and regimen by participating McElroy distributors in order to provide customers with the most reliable fusion machine rentals in the marketplace. The 2-year-old program is a partnership between participating McElroy distributors and McElroy. Distributors use a comprehensive checklist created by McElroy to check fusion machines after …
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HDPE Plays Key Role in Reflecting Pool Renovation
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 …
Polyethylene Pipe Plays Role in Wastewater Treatment Plant Renovation
The Town of Denton, Maryland installed a 400-foot-long high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe as part of needed wastewater treatment plant upgrade. The smooth-walled HDPE pipe is an important component in the treatment plant’s enhanced nutrient removal upgrade. Within the 54-inch diameter DR 32.5 pipeline, chlorine has adequate contact time with effluent to disinfect the town’s wastewater before being chemically de-chlorinated and released back into the environment. The environment is of key concern in the Chesapeake Bay …
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 …