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Felix Chavez & Son 2010 named Contractor of the Year
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| Equipment World (March 5, 2010) - Ryan Chavez, owner of Felix Chavez & Son Construction, based in Weston, Colorado, won the 11th annual Contractor of the Year award sponsored by construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. and leading national trade magazine Equipment World during a recent ceremony at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. |
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by Kevin Hazaert on 3/8/2010 |
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Smart Manufacturing Smart Grid Can Save $6 Billion Annually: Report
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| Smart Grid (August 17, 2009) - Rockwell Automation reportedly announced that smart, safe and sustainable manufacturing solutions for the ongoing smart grid boom could help companies save up to $6 billion a year, or about 10 percent of the total U.S. industrial electrical energy costs, and claims that it has developed precisely such a portfolio. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/19/2009 |
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CIPP under the Baltic Sea
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| Trenchless International (October 2009) - Water from the Baltic Sea was leaking into the broken sewerage networks of the city of Norrköping, Sweden – with expensive sewer pumps working 24 hours a day. CIPP came to the rescue. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/19/2009 |
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CIPP - a cure for damaged pipes
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| Trenchless International (October 2009) - Cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) systems create a close-fit ‘pipe-within-a-pipe’. A variety of CIPP systems are available, the common feature being the use of a fabric tube impregnated with resin. The tube is inserted into the existing pipeline and inflated against the pipe wall, then cured most commonly at ambient temperature, by re-circulating hot water, steam or ultra-violet light. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/17/2009 |
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CIPP project goes swimmingly
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| Trenchless International (October 2009) - A small but innovative relining project has proven the adaptability and versatility of trenchless technology to achieve a multitude of different and challenging tasks. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/17/2009 |
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Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul
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| ZDNet (August 16, 2009) - A new survey that was conducted jointly by PR firm Burson-Marsteller and research firm Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates finds that seven out of every 10 Americans supports government initiatives to improve the energy infrastructure and develop alternative energy sources. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/17/2009 |
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Wind Market Taking Hit in 2009
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| IndustryWeek (August 12, 2009) - Only one year after overtaking Germany as the world's largest wind-power generator, with $16 billion worth of investment according to consulting firm Emerging Energy Research, the United States has seen its wind market momentum drop dramatically. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/14/2009 |
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Sprint To Focus on Smart Grid
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| SustainableBusiness.com (August 13, 2009) - Sprint announced that it is strengthening it technology portfolio to support smart grid initiatives. The company said it will provide utilities with advanced telecommunications products, data services, secure IT solutions and partnerships that are needed to support a wide range of utility automation initiatives that will make up the so-called smart grid. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/14/2009 |
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Canal in NY to be improved by microtunnelling
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| Trenchless International (August 10, 2009) - The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) is proposing an upgrade to the Gowanus Facilities – using microtunnelling in a section of the project – located on the head of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/10/2009 |
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Forget Wind Turbines, Or Solar Panels, We Need To Fund New Power Lines
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| BusinessInsider.com (August 7, 2009) - Lost in the talk of the climate bill, stimulus spending on electric cars, and renewable energy, is the fact that our transmission system is decrepit. Unless we fix that glaring problem, bringing any of the aforementioned projects to life is going to be almost impossible, Bloomberg reports. |
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by Chuck Frey on 8/10/2009 |
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