Progressive Rail salutes AMERICAN in its July 1 issue of News From the Tracks
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Planning for a new wastewater treatment plant in Pensacola, Fla., had already begun when Hurricane Ivan hit in 2004. But that planning accelerated after Ivan’s Category 3 winds pummeled the area, knocked out operations at the city’s downtown wastewater treatment plant and caused untreated sewage to flow in the streets with Ivan’s storm surge.
ECUA’s response to the hurricane is now the state-of-the-art Central Water Reclamation Facility (CWRF), which began operations in August 2010.
Read MoreIn 2012, Columbia County Water Utility completed installation of its North Belair Road transmission main in Martinez, Ga. The pipeline is more than four miles long and is 36 inches in diameter. In terms of diameter, this is the utility’s largest water main.
Read MoreAMERICAN ductile iron pipe and valves came together in a big way during a water main upgrade at the historic Omohundro Water Treatment Plant in Nashville, Tenn.
Read MoreProgressive Rail salutes AMERICAN in its July 1 issue of News From the Tracks.
Read MoreMaury D. Gaston, manager of Marketing Services for AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe, has been selected chair of the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council. The council advises Dean of Engineering Christopher B. Roberts on various matters pertaining to the college. Gaston will serve a three-year term as chair.
Read MoreWith the advent of new construction technologies comes the need for proven field tests to advance their use. Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) using ductile iron pipe, first introduced in 1994, is a method of installing the pipe underground without digging a trench. With HDD, a gentle arcing bore path is drilled horizontally beneath the surface, then the pipe is joined section by section above ground, and then pulled through.
Read MoreMike Kallaher was recently named manager of Production Planning and Inventory Management (PPIM) at AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company (AMERICAN).
Read MoreRoads and bridges, airports, energy systems – all are types of infrastructure that we depend on daily to bring functionality to our lives. Yet one of these infrastructures, concrete roadway, lasts, on average, just half our lifetime before becoming worn, riddled with potholes and in need of resurfacing. Hidden beneath our feet, however, is a durable product that plays a more vital role than all of these combined: Gray cast iron and ductile iron pipe make up roughly two-thirds of the nation’s water infrastructure, and they often last hundreds of years.
Read MoreAMERICAN SpiralWeld was recently awarded the 2012 Steel Pipeline Project of the Year by the Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) for the Salt Lake City Terminal Reservoir Project.
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