Year: 2015

Six G.W. Carver High School juniors and seniors will travel to Costa Rica this summer to experience first-hand the language and the culture of the Central American nation. The students and their families raised the majority of the more than $14,000 the trip will cost. AMERICAN, as the school’s Partner in Education, will contribute the rest.

AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe is unveiling its new Amarillo Fast-Grip gasket for use with its AMERICAN Fastite pipe. Available in 4- to 30-inch diameters, the Amarillo’s bright yellow color allows installers to more easily see if the gasket is seated […]

Former AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company President, the late Stephen D. Moxley, was inducted into the state of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame on Feb. 21, 2015. An engineer, innovator and leader in the mechanical engineering field, Moxley began his […]

This is a story about three cities in North Carolina: Albemarle, Concord and Kannapolis. Albemarle, 40 miles east of Charlotte, had excess capacity in its water system and needed new customers to defray costs. Concord and Kannapolis, within shouting distance of Albemarle, needed a new source of supply but were stymied by the cost of enhancing their systems independently.

The Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) pipeline project in Flint, Michigan, was recently named the Midwest “deal of the year,” by a publication covering the municipal bond industry. The award is designed to recognize innovation in finance.

Owners and engineers now have access to four online tools for designing and specifying ductile iron pipe. The Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA) recently introduced its online calculators to help determine thrust restraint design, hydraulic analysis, thickness design and […]

AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Senior Sales Engineer Charles Marsh was recently appointed to Auburn University’s Civil Engineering Alumni Advisory Board.