PPI Municipal & Industrial Division

Happy Thanksgiving to our employees, members, and all of our other neighbors to the north!

24" HDPE Horizontal Directional Drilling gets the job done in Plano, TX Read this article in Trenchless Technology Magazine to learn how City of Plano in North Central Texas installed nearly 1500ft of 24" #HDPE pipe with space and noise constraints and tough drilling conditions. The contractor Lovelady Directional Drilling employed noise reduction matting and barriers to minimize the disturbance to surrounding homeowners while employing state-of-the-art equipment to cut through the hard shale. Click here to read the full article: https://ow.ly/GQBM50TIUOW FOLLOW PPI Municipal & Industrial Division on LinkedIn and visit our website to learn more about how #HDPE and modern installation techniques connect us to #reliable and #resilient infrastructure: https://ow.ly/z4AV50TIUV7 #plasticpipeconnects

Ft. Lauderdale's 17 Directional Drills with 48” and 54” #HDPE This article in Trenchless Technology Magazine discusses Ft. Lauderdale's struggle with aging sewer infrastructure and the frequent pipe failures resulting in spillage of over 211 million gallons in just a single 2 month period. The project is part of the City’s program to replace all of its decaying cast iron and ductile iron sewer pipes due to the area’s corrosive high salt water table. The solution was to use #HDPE pipe that was installed via 17 Horizontal Directional Drilling #HDD sites and under 3 rivers. The City worked with Hazen and Sawyer (owner’s representative) and with the 2 MAB contractor members Murphy Pipeline Contractors and DAVID MANCINI & SONS, INC. to build this 7.5-mile force main. Click here to read the full article: https://ow.ly/UQkV50TCkLB FOLLOW PPI Municipal & Industrial Division on LinkedIn and visit our website to learn more about how #resilient and #reliable HDPE pipe connects us to a leak-free future: https://ow.ly/yqNN50TCl0G #plasticpipeconnects

Check out this case study from Sovereign Pipe Technologies This case study highlights how SPT, along with partner Core & Main, delivered 2,000ft of IPS DR11 #HDPE pipe to Ellis County in Texas on an emergency basis to help mitigate a looming disaster when Chambers Creek Watershed Dam No. 10 was at risk of failure due to excessive rainfall and already ongoing rehabilitation efforts on the dam. Read the full article on Sovereign Pipe Technologies' website here: https://ow.ly/5Lug50TzeGe FOLLOW PPI Municipal & Industrial Division on LinkedIn and visit the MID website to learn how #HDPE pipe connects us to safe water management: https://ow.ly/s1t250TzeN2 #plasticpipeconnects

Did you see this article in Trenchless Technology Magazine on Pipe Bursting with #HDPE? This article highlights how St. Paul Regional Water Services increased their water main replacement by bringing in house the pipe bursting program. In 2022, St. Paul launched this program and HDPE “is being used to replace existing cast iron mains.” Since start of the program, St. Paul has “completed an average of 5,000 ft of main pipe bursting a year.” St. Paul Regional Water Services maintains approximately 1200 miles of water mains spanning 7 cities in the region. Click here to read the full article: https://ow.ly/KFkC50TwxCV FOLLOW PPI Municipal & Industrial Division on LinkedIn and visit our website to learn more about how #resilient HDPE pipe connects us to reliable water delivery: https://ow.ly/tp3K50TwkBw #plasticpipeconnects

Read this article from Trenchless Technology Magazine to learn about how the City of Clearwater, FL is using trenchless installation methods to replace aging infrastructure with minimal destruction and disturbance to the surrounding community. Using pre-chlorinated pipe-bursting method MAB Member, Murphy Pipeline Contractors, has installed over 6,000ft of #HDPE pipe replacing cast iron, ductile iron, and PVC pipes to ensure future reliability and resiliency of the City's water system for approximately 8,000 residents as well as thousands more businesses and tourists. Click here to read the full article: https://ow.ly/AmAn50Tpobn FOLLOW PPI Municipal & Industrial Division on LinkedIn and visit our website to learn more about how #resilient HDPE pipe connects us to reliable water delivery: https://ow.ly/tcNk50Tpoj5

Happy Labor Day to all those who work in the trenches every day to improve our communities and build a brighter future!

Did you see the Informed Infrastructure article on new MAB-11? MAB-11 covers the installation of large diameter #HDPE water service, distribution, and transmission pipes via MAXI-HDD and MINI-HDD. Maxi-HDD refers to the installation of pipes of 24" diameter or greater is capable of drilling holes of up to 10,000 ft in length, and placing pipes of up to 60-in. diameter, at depths of up to 200 ft. MINI-HDD. MINI-HDD refers to the placement of pipe that are 12" diameter or smaller and is capable of drilling holes of up to 600 ft in length, and placing pipes of up to 12-in diameter, at depths of 15 ft. Check out the article here: https://ow.ly/PQOv50SZCwb Click here to view and download MAB-11: https://ow.ly/fXe050T3bEW FOLLOW PPI Municipal & Industrial Division on LinkedIn and visit the MID website to learn more about how innovative trenchless installation methods for #HDPEpipe connect us to a more #sustainable and leak-free future: https://ow.ly/IyRQ50SZEjl #plasticpipeconnects

Congrats to the Grads! The Municipal Advisory Board is excited to offer a heartfelt "Congratulations!" to the graduates of last weeks MAB training on #Fusion and #Electrofusion at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in City of Green Bay, WI. These graduates from City of Arlington, San Antonio Water System, Jonestown, TX, Detroit Water & Sewerage Department, Purdue University and Miami-Dade County will return home well equipped to produce leak free #HDPE joints for #sustainable infrastructure. FOLLOW PPI Municipal & Industrial Division on LinkedIn and keep an eye on the MAB website for information on future training classes: https://ow.ly/eT6q50SUaiE

We're excited to welcome this week's trainees to Green Bay! The Municipal Advisory Board would like to thank these cities and organizations for sending 12 students to this week's class on HDPE Fusion & Electrofusion at NWTC in Green Bay: City of Arlington, San Antonio Water System, Jonestown, TX, Detroit Water & Sewerage Department, Purdue University, Miami-Dade County Contact [email protected] or keep an eye on the MAB website for more information on future trainings classes: https://ow.ly/Agxc50SQPPn