Entries Tagged Excavation

The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their...

The National Utility Contractors Association signed an important agreement last month with several stakeholder organizations to better protect industry employees who perform trenching...

Safety is a vital component of every utility construction job site and employee activity. That's why the National Utility Contractors Association recently...

Dozens of worker deaths occur every year, and one out of every five of these deaths happen in extraction or construction occupations....

The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their...

Proper training and thorough examination of the job site are the keys to a safe pipeline rehabilitation job. Successful pipe bursting has been around for...

While technology has been enhancing excavator performance for more than a decade, end-user demand for certain features has accelerated in the past...

Replacing rusted-out culverts can be quite a project. To start, there’s the excavation. Then demolishing and rebuilding any headwalls. Major traffic disruptions. And possibly...

Answering the door when opportunity knocks may be a cliché, but it aptly describes what spurred Michael Wilson to establish Pipelining Technologies,...

To avoid the challenges of snow, ice, and frozen ground, and weather-related work stoppages, contractors will often stop working early in the...

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Eric “EJ” Herron understands what it’s like to be a small contractor trying to decide whether to invest in new technology. For nearly 10...

From the beginning, Mark Joski wanted his company to be a full-service business. He opened Joski Sewer Services in 2014 solely as a...

Everyone plays a role in preventing damages to underground utility infrastructure. AEM continues to support the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) and asks its members to help spread awareness of the need to...