Progressive Pipeline Management set a world record last July for lining the largest-diameter gas main ever: a 42-inch-diameter, 600-foot-long pipeline running below Central Avenue in East Orange, New Jersey.
While the project underscored the Wenonah, New Jersey-based company’s expertise, it also reflected a key to its success — investing in productivity-enhancing equipment that provides value for customers. In this case, it was a robotic PRD-Blast rotary sandblasting head made by Pacific Roller Die. Progressive Pipeline Management purchased the unit specifically for the project.“I’m always searching for new technologies that can help us be more profitable and productive,” says Dave Wickersham, the
