This study looked at one city’s positive first experience with Horizontal Directional Drilling using ductile iron pipe and involved three successful pulls of 1,140, 940 and 740 feet.
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Water utilities across the U.S. are specifying and installing zinc-coated ductile iron pipe. Why zinc? It’s a proven, life extending product for iron pipe, adding years of life and service to an already reliable and resilient product.
Read MoreWater utilities across the U.S. are specifying and installing zinc-coated ductile iron pipe. Why zinc? It’s a proven, life extending product for iron pipe, adding years of life and service to an already reliable and resilient product.
Read MoreResearch from the University of Michigan provides a new cost analysis tool for utilities that shows while PVC pipe may cost less initially, ductile iron pipe lasts longer, making it more cost effective over the life cycle of the pipe.
Read MoreAMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company is proud to be a presenter and exhibitor at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Pipelines 2016 Conference July 17-20, in Kansas City, Missouri. The theme is “Out of Sight, Out of Mind, But Not Out of Risk,”
Read MoreThe estimated $30-million West Side Loop 48-inch Replacement Project is being conducted by the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority to provide additional water to western Cobb County and Paulding County in Georgia. For the project, a 48-year-old, 36-inch pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) that recently failed is being replaced with 48-inch ductile iron pipe.
Read MoreRick Ratcliffe, AMERICAN Flow Control territory manager and resident of Tampa, Florida, was presented with the George Warren Fuller Award from the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) at ACE16. The Fuller Award recognizes AWWA members who […]
Read MoreFor the second time in three years, AMERICAN Flow Control has been recognized by AWWA for its advertising efforts. The “AMERICAN Landscape” ad received the Bronze Award for Best of Show Advertising in the Journal – AWWA.
Read MoreIn Birmingham’s ACIPCO-Finley neighborhood, a 2-inch water pipe that services the neighborhood was leaking. An upgrade was needed to improve water supply and pressure, and to fix the leak to conserve water resources and avoid damage to the road.
Read MoreTrimble, working with AMERICAN Flow Control (AFC), recently introduced a free web and mobile application called AFC Mapper. The app is designed to be used with the latest version of Trimble Unity software, AFC 2D barcodes and Esri GIS technologies.
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