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Barbco
barbco.com
David Barbera, co-owner and general manager of
East Canton, Ohio, Barbco, and director-at-large for
the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA)
board of directors, conducted a seminar at local
trenchless contractor AccuLine Underground.
The event was one of hundreds, reaching tens
of thousands of workers, taking place in the fourth
year of an innovative NUCA program. " Trench Safety
Stand Down " training, toolbox talks, educational
seminars, live demonstrations and other activities
reinforce the importance of safety around job-site
excavations and trenches, and generate dialogue
among employees, peers and experts about reducing the associated risks.

One of the biggest commercial truck manufacturers in the U.S., Curry Supply Co. entered the
industry in 1932. The family-owned company ships
globally from its locations in Texas, Arizona, and
Pennsylvania, serving the oil and gas, construction,
waste, agriculture, rail, mining, and rental industries.

PPI
plasticpipe.org

installations, " he said. " This new PPI technical report
provides a uniform joining procedure that brings
a greater consistency to this aspect of gas pipeline
installation, will help to facilitate the pipeline operator's efforts to qualify the procedure, reduce costs,
and simplify DOT's enforcement duties. It also
discusses fusion parameters and visual inspection
guidelines specific to PA-12. "

Doosan
doosanequipment.com

Kleinfelder
kleinfelder.com
Kleinfelder, an engineering, design, construction
management, construction materials inspection
and testing, and environmental professional services
firm, opened a new office in Portland, Maine.
Demonstrating the company's commitment to
providing high-quality services and resources locally, the new location also strengthens its presence
in the region. Kleinfelder engineers, scientists, and
construction professionals already support transportation, water, and energy projects, and a growing
demand particularly for construction management,
from offices in Augusta, Maine, and Manchester, NH.

Curry Supply
currysupply.com
Curry Supply, a commercial vehicle manufacturer,
is working with Metalcraft of Mayville's Versatran
division, based in Watertown, Wisc., to offer
customers the Retriever line of industrial carriers.
First developed in 2002, Retriever provides an
innovative method for loading and transporting
various types of equipment. It features an airoperated curved platform, fast cycle times, idle-free
system operation, fantastic hauling capacity, as
well as a deck with a low center of gravity and the
shallowest loading angle in the industry.
Versatran cites Retriever efficiencies from its
nimble design, and rapid deck and ramp deployment for increasing daily deliveries and improving
owner returns by more than $60,000 per year.
Curry Supply now offers the Retriever 20T and
15T models across the country. The group will also
take part in launching Versatran's eagerly anticipated non-cdl 6T model early next year.

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Fusing sections of PA-12 pipe

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) published
two new technical reports that discuss steps for
the fusion of polyethylene and PA12 pipe. TR-49
Generic Electrofusion User Guide for Field Joining
of Polyethylene Gas Piping and TR-50 Generic
Butt Fusion Joining Procedure for Field Joining of
Polyamaide-12 (PA12) Pipe are available without
charge at the association's Energy Piping Systems
Division website: plasticpipe.org/energy/.
" For more than four decades, heat fusion of
polyethene pipe has provided leak-free joints, "
stated Randy Knapp, Ph.D., engineering director
of the Energy Piping Systems Division of PPI. " A
PPI task group was formed in 2017 to examine
the differences and similarities among the varying
joining procedures. It was also a goal to provide a
more uniform, or " generic " joining procedure that
could be implemented by pipeline operators for
regulated gas applications as required by the Code
of Federal Regulations, Title 49.
" Our new TR-49 report is a step-by-step guide
that encompasses our task group's findings and
also contains guidance based on leading gas
utility review and the latest research on surface
preparation, cleaning and scraping techniques
published by the Gas Technology Institute (GTI).
This user guide is the first of its kind to provide
generic industry guidance for electrofusion
developed in cooperation with leading gas utilities. "
Knapp said the TR-50 guide on one of the
newest gas piping materials. " Polyamide-12 (PA12)
piping is now approved for use in regulated gas
applications and is well-suited for high-pressure gas

Doosan Infracore North America, LLC, continues its
partnership with Gateway Dealer Network, adding
three locations in South Carolina: Greenville, Columbia and Spartanburg. Beginning in its St. Louis home
base 30 years ago, Gateway Dealer Network expanded across the Midwest and into the Southeast,
now with 18 stores spanning across eight states.
" This expansion gives us new opportunities
to support current Doosan customers while also
growing to serve new markets, " said Mike Allen,
president and CEO of Gateway Dealer Network.
While the Spartanburg facility serves as a parts
and service dealer for customers, the Columbia and
Greenville dealers are full-service locations, offering
sales of articulated dump trucks; crawler, wheel and
mini excavators; material handlers; log loaders; and
wheel loaders. The three dealer locations primarily
serve the construction industry, but also provide
equipment to customers working in agriculture,
recycling and forestry.
" Gateway Dealer Network continues to be a
valued partner for Doosan, " says Adam Howard,
Doosan regional director. " These new locations will
help bring Doosan equipment and service even
closer to our customers in South Carolina. "
To better serve customers, these three new
locations currently employ 45 Gateway Dealer
Network personnel, including 13 trained service
technicians. In addition, telematics and dispatch at
its headquarters, will work to help further support
the South Carolina customers.
Trained specialists will provide direct support over
the phone concerning any issues that may arise
with machines. For cases that cannot be resolved
immediately, field support is an available option for
all customers and is coordinated in real time.

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