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ACPA & BESSER NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for 2024 SCHOLARSHIP

Civil + Structural Engineer

Irving, Texas – The American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA)’s Research and Education Foundation, in conjunction with Besser Company, is excited to announce the opening of applications for the 2024 Besser Scholarship. Students participating in, or planning to attend, a technical program, community college, or university are eligible.

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Choosing a Welding Company: My Experience and Recommendations

CCR Magazine

Selecting a reliable welding company for installing and welding Industrial piping under pressure is a challenge many procurement specialists face. Recommendations for Procurement Specialists Procurement specialists should understand welding standards, materials, and technologies.

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Above Ground Pump Stations: The Growing Common-Sense Trend

Civil + Structural Engineer

Pump Station facilities comprise a receiving well (wet-well) that is equipped with pumps, pipes, valves, power supply, and control systems and may include a screen or other specialized components designed to mitigate against heavy clogging materials along with systems for odor control and ventilation. Installation costs.

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Work Winds Down at Florida’s Ralph Brennan WTP

PC Construction

This is the first design-build contract for the City of Daytona Beach’s utility department, and the PC team worked hand-in-hand with the owner at every step to ensure everyone understood the process that would lead the design progression and procurement for an on-time project delivery. The scope of work required over 45 individual shutdowns.

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Infrastructure Products Australia: All for one

Roads Online

I’m working with the engineers that are installing the underground combined service routes to run the electric cabling and signalling. This month Infrastructure Products Australia are set to release Pit-to-Pipe Connector – an innovation designed and engineered in-house. We also do cable joining pipe covers, as well as precast elements.

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Fort Worth – Demanding Growth

Civil + Structural Engineer

The critical path of the project started in Phase 1 which was driven by the installation of various large storm drainage box culverts. The project team was able to mitigate critical impacts to the overall project schedule by shifting phases and working on the Heritage roundabout which had minimal storm piping.

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5 Construction Fails – A Tongue-in-Cheek Look at Defect Management

OmTrak

The solution isn’t a frosted film cover-up after the fact; it’s identifying the rooms purpose and clarifying the procurement process at the design stage using systems designed to avoid see-through scenarios where they don’t belong. Pipes making a cameo where they shouldn’t are more than just conversation starters.