http://www.trenchlessonline.com Trenchless Technology Online is a publication of Benjamin Media. hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=2087 Jim Kirchdorfer Sr., founder and chairman of ISCO Industries, a Louisville, Ky.-based pipe supplier and custom manufacturer of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping products, died Feb. 3. 2012-02-06 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=2086 The construction industry added 21,000 jobs in January, as a second consecutive month of unseasonably mild winter weather helped the industry raise employment to a two-year high, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. 2012-02-03 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=2084 To further strengthen support for clients in the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern countries, Black & Veatch has moved its operations to a new Dubai location. The new operation is part of the company’s growth plan for the region, which also includes an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2012-02-02 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=2085 NASSCO has extended the deadline for Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) recertification from Feb. 29 to Aug. 31, 2012. 2012-02-02 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=2083 Construction employment increased in 148 out of 337 metropolitan areas between December 2010 and December 2011, decreased in 128 and stayed level in 61, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. 2012-02-01 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=2082 Pure Technologies Ltd. (TSX: PUR) has announced that the Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) has approved a contract worth approximately $5.8 million for Pure's wholly-owned subsidiary, Pure Technologies US Inc., to provide pipeline inspections and monitoring for WASD. 2012-01-31 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=2081 There’s a well-known children’s book titled If You Give a Mouse a Cookie that I had the pleasure of sharing with my children as they were growing up. For those of you who have not had the delight of reading this tale over countless evenings .... 2012-01-27 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=2074 A global leader in the beverage industry had a bottling plant in Shanyang, China, that was losing approximately 150,000 liters of treated water per day through a leak in its water system. 2012-01-26