Condux Tesmec - Wed July 25, 2018
Condux Tesmec Hydraulic Puller for Underground Applications
The ARS610 hydraulic puller from Condux Tesmec is ideal for a wide range of underground pulling applications including power transmission and distribution cable installation, telecom and fiber. With more than 10 tons (100 kN) of pulling force, the ARS610 offers industry-leading features like a negative self-acting hydraulic brake, an integrated hydraulic dynamometer, a hydraulic cooling system, advanced user controls and more, according to the manufacturer....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 17, 2018
Fast-Growing Frisco Expands Main Street to Six Lanes
Frisco's expanding population is driving efforts to widen a section of Main Street from four to six lanes while improving storm drainage and a water line. The project spans approximately 3 mi. from FM 423 to Dallas Parkway....
American Augers/Trencor - Wed June 27, 2018
Trencor Introduces T1460 to T14 Trencher Upgrade
American Augers/Trencor, a Charles Machine Works company, has released the first large-scale upgrade to its 1400-series trencher line since its introduction. The T14-54/617 trencher features a Tier IV Final emissions compliant engine, modern electronics and customer-requested features....
Liz Kemmerer – Associate Editor - Wed June 27, 2018
Three Companies Become Mecalac Dealers for Midwest
Three companies, all part of the same family of dealers, recently became Mecalac dealers for the Midwest. Trenchers Plus, L.F. George and Midwest Underground will carry the Mecalac line of equipment at all of their locations....
Michael Hill - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon June 25, 2018
Fixing Massive NYC Plumbing Leak, 55 Stories Underground
NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) New York City is in the midst of a plumbing repair job of monumental proportions. Hard-hat workers are toiling deep underground, 55 stories beneath the Hudson River, to eliminate gushing leaks in an aging tunnel that carries half the city's water supply more than 85 mi....
Vermeer - Thu June 14, 2018
All the Ways to Dig a Trench
If you find yourself asking how to dig a trench we will highlight many different ways to dig a trench with a ride-on utility tractor. These attachment-carrying tractors can be changed from a vibratory plow, rockwheel or microtrencher to a chain trencher....
Wed May 16, 2018
OSHA Forms Alliance to Prevent N.D. Trench Deaths
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Some business groups in North Dakota are working with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to increase awareness of trenching hazards and collaborate on training programs....
Emily Buenzle - Thu May 10, 2018
Musk to Build Houses With Tunnel-Boring Dirt
From boring tunnels to building rockets, Elon Musk's business ventures are usually larger than life, but his latest idea is more down to earth — literally. The Boring Company recently confirmed that it plans to make "an insane amount of bricks" with the "excavated muck" it has from tunnel digging projects....
Mon April 02, 2018
Help Chesapeake Bay-Area Students Name New Tunnel Boring Machine
Students from the Chesapeake Bay area have been hard at work coming up with names for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel's tunnel boring machine. In December 2017, local sixth graders were invited to enter name suggestions for the new machine, which will bore a 42-ft.-diameter, one-mi.-long tunnel beneath the Thimble Shoal Channel in the Chesapeake Bay, a $756 million project....
Emily Buenzle - Mon March 26, 2018
Latest Hyperloop Tunnel Map Reveals Route Between Two Key Cities
Elon Musk's Boring Company recently revealed a map outlining its proposed underground loop between Baltimore and Washington D.C. The system, which would operate on two loops deep underground would deliver passengers to downtown stops in both cities in a 15-minute trip, The Baltimore Sun reported....
