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Precision Piping and Pump Installation Calls for Planning and Creativity

PC Construction

The early phases made space for the new pump station work, which featured new structural steel framing and an elevated operating floor slab, installation of 24-inch and 48-inch suction pipe and discharge lines and four 800-horsepower vertical turbine high-lift pumps. My piping crew and I are extremely proud of this work.

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HEAT FUSING POLYPROPYLENE PIPE DETAILED IN NEW ASTM F3722 STANDARD

Civil + Structural Engineer

Guidance for Techniques Proven in Pressure Piping Systems During Decades of Use IRVING, Texas The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. PPI) has announced the publication of the new ASTM F3722 Standard Practice for Heat Fusion Joining of Polypropylene (PP) Pipe and Fittings by ASTM International. According to Lance MacNevin, P.

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What’s the Difference Between a Chimney Flue and a Flue Pipe? A Simple Guide for UK Homeowners

UK Construction Blog

The post Whats the Difference Between a Chimney Flue and a Flue Pipe? When youre planning to install a wood burning stove or update an existing fireplace, youll quickly encounter two important terms: chimney flue and flue pipe. What Is a Flue Pipe? A flue pipe is the connector between your stove and the chimney flue.

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Shaft tunnelling for water pipe installation spares 200-year-old rail line

New Civil Engineer

An innovative tunnel boring shaft technique has enabled Northumbrian Water to lay a new water pipe under a 200-year-old railway without disruption. The post Shaft tunnelling for water pipe installation spares 200-year-old rail line appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

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How 3D laser scanning can guarantee future business

Construction Dive

By capturing existing site conditions, Brady Industries says it's prefabricating piping assemblies more accurately, installing systems more rapidly and eliminating surprises for customers.

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Challenging £8.4M installation of outfall pipe in Severn Estuary successfully completed

New Civil Engineer

project to install a new outfall pipe in an ecologically sensitive area of the Severn Estuary. installation of outfall pipe in Severn Estuary successfully completed appeared first on New Civil Engineer. Kaymac Marine & Civil Engineering has successfully completed a challenging 8.4M The post Challenging 8.4M

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NDDU: One stop-shop for trenchless technology

Roads Online

Trenchless technology is important for installing new services, as well as rehabilitating and maintaining existing pipelines and infrastructure, without having to dig multiple trenches, disturbing traffic, business and residential locations. Leading the initiative is Jason Marshall, who joined Pipe Core in 2023 as Chief Executive Officer.