Even when structural problems with the aging US infrastructure can be detected early, currently available methods of repair are often technologically outdated, logistically complex, prohibitively ...

Advances in composite materials have enabled numerous applications for oil and gas infrastructure repair and maintenance. Add to the list TSG/Pipe Repair with Sandwich Plate System (SPS), a new ...

It goes by several aliases: Trenchless technology. In-situ pipe repair. Pipe-within-a-pipe. By any name, the underground construction rehabilitation market is a boon to motorists, who suffer fewer ...

Large and in charge. QuakeWrap team members demonstrate the size of the 16-foot-diameter StifPipe. Photo Credit, all images: QuakeWrap Inc. For more than two decades, QuakeWrap Inc. (Tucson, Ariz., ...

The city of Erie continues to deal with a high-profile and costly infrastructure failure in east Erie — a ruptured storm sewer line along East Fifth Street that heavily damaged a lumber business and a ...

Robots are great for going where humans can't, and the cramped confines of municipal water pipes are the perfect example. A new initiative is working on building robots that can access and repair ...

Corrosion of steel water pipes in the safety-related piping systems of aging U.S. nuclear power plants is fast becoming a safety concern and a significant operational cost, not to mention an ...

Iron Wrench Plumbing has expanded its integrated emergency service model in Chicago, strengthening rapid response capabilities for plumbing failures, water heater issues, and gas line complications.

A University of Arizona engineering professor may have a solution to a U.S. infrastructure problem that's growing deadlier each year. The Gas Technology Institute published a report in which the ...