Eyes and Ears

An extensive capability in video inspection and underground locating helps Ted Berry Co. provide full service to municipalities

Dec 16, 2013 | by Marian Bond |

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Eyes and Ears — Eric Pomerleau uses a 5,000-gallon tanker with a deck gun to wash down a clarifier at a paper mill. Ted Berry Company personnel designed and built the unit for this specific application.

Eyes and Ears — Technician Seth Langlin converts a camera for a change in pipe size during a recent sewer study covering some 25,000 feet.

Eyes and Ears — Technicians from Ted Berry Co. clean two 36-inch culverts for the state Department of Transportation. The pipes were 250 feet long and half-full of debris.

Eyes and Ears — Technicians inspect and locate a sewer main break at a shopping mall. They repaired the break through a two-square-foot hole without any digging. Two restaurants and several stores were kept on line during the entire project with no interruption of service.

Eyes and Ears — This before and after sequence highlights a recent spot repair. Technicians used an Aries push camera with a Prototek locator to do location, then used a Vactor truck to hydroexcavate and repair. The entire job was done in less than one day at a temperature below 5 degrees. The system served a 12-unit trailer park.

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Take a look at the Ted Berry Co. article featured 10 years ago in the October 2003 issue of Cleaner magazine. We spotlight the company again in a follow-up story to see how the business has evolved over the last decade: “Unlikely Growth in Down Economy.”In the area of Maine where the Ted Berry Co. provides municipal and industrial cleaning, it’s important to offer a full range of equipment and services.“We have to be able to do it all for the customers we’ve been serving since my grandfather, Ted Berry, started the business in 1972,” says Matt Timberlake, general manager.That

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