A 100-year-old pipeline, busy downtown streets and a tight deadline made for a tough challenge for crews attempting to install a 12-inch AMERICAN Fastite pipe in State College, Pennsylvania, this past summer.
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Weighing in at nearly 30,000 pounds and with a height of more than 13 feet, AFC’s 60-inch Series 2500 Flex-Ring boltless restrained joint valve is the first and the largest resilient wedge gate valve in the industry without flanged ends.
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AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company is one of two companies to receive this year’s prestigious C. Everett Koop National Health Award in recognition of its WellBody health and wellness program.
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Specification Rubber Products introduced its new BarracudaTM restrained joint gasket to the water industry at the annual Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) in New Orleans, Louisiana, this week.
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In January 2014, Discovery Science Channel’s How It’s Made Episode 13 included a segment on the making of spiral-welded steel pipe. The segment was filmed at AMERICAN SpiralWeld in Columbia, South Carolina. Click here to view.
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AMERICAN Marketing Services Manager Maury Gaston talks with the hosts of Water Online Radio about recent innovations in the water industry and how water systems can increase energy efficiency and lower pumping costs by installing ductile iron pipe.
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A growing trend among U.S. cities and counties is installing parallel water and wastewater pipelines to address future needs. With this type of forward thinking, utilities are able to reduce maintenance issues and expenses. So, when Oconee County, South Carolina, was looking to provide sewer services for its Golden Corner Commerce Park to bring new industry to the area, the decision was clear: Two wastewater pipelines would be installed side by side in the same trench.
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AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company President and CEO Van Richey was recently recognized by Positive Maturity as one of the greater Birmingham area’s top 50 individuals over the age of 50. Individuals were recognized for their success and/or achievements in […]
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AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company President and CEO Van Richey made the Birmingham Business Journal’s (BBJ) list of Birmingham’s Most Influential Executives for 2014.
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Pasco County Utilities has made headlines in the waterworks industry as a pioneer in the application of horizontal directional drilling (HDD). HDD is a technique in which pipe joints are assembled above ground and then pulled through a hole drilled under natural and manmade obstacles. HDD allows for environmentally friendly pipe installations under wetlands, rivers, creeks, highways, railroad tracks, buildings and other obstacles.
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