The year was 1989. The place was Anchorage, Alaska. The project was the installation of a gravity sewer line beneath Campbell Lake while it was drained for dam repairs. While this type of project and installation is unique in itself, the pipeline’s performance during a magnitude 7.1 earthquake more than 30 years after it was installed is equally remarkable.
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On October 22, ACIPCO volunteers built a wheelchair ramp for Vera Juett, one of our ACIPCO/Finley, Enon Ridge neighbors. Juett is a member of the ACIPCO Bible Class and daughter of the late Frank Juett, an ACIPCO retiree. Her brothers […]
Read MoreOn October 17, 2020, ACIPCO partnered with the ACIPCO/Finley neighborhood for a food distribution event. About 80 neighbors received meals with barbeque pork and chicken, baked beans and slaw.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, October 21, 2020, we celebrate “Imagine a Day without Water,” a day to inform Americans of the value and essential nature of water in every aspect of our lives.
Read MoreEthan Kinnaird and Isabela Restrepo each received a $2,000 scholarship through the Manufacturing Standardization Society’s (MSS) Tom Hannafin Scholarship Fund in 2020.
Read MoreAMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Marketing Services Manager Maury D. Gaston speaks with Water Talk about his upcoming virtual presentation for the UESI Pipelines 2020 Conference. In his presentation, Gaston discusses positive unintended consequences, and AMERICAN’s involvement […]
Read MoreAMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Marketing Services Manager Maury D. Gaston speaks with Water Talk about pipeline resilience and how ductile iron and steel outperform other pipe materials.
Read MoreAMERICAN Flow Control Marketing and Technical Manager Derek Scott recently spoke with Water Talk about two of the latest innovations from AMERICAN Flow Control – AFC SEMPER Remote Pressure Monitor and the ALPHA restrained joint for valves and hydrants. Scott […]
Read MoreWith its red rock and steep cliffs and canyons, the terrain of Washington County, Utah, is breathtaking and is one of the most geologically diverse areas in the world. This location, however, also lends itself to drought.
Read MoreAMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Company, a subsidiary of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is expanding its spiral-welded steel pipe operations to Paris, Texas. The plant is expected to be operational during the first quarter of 2021.
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