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“Not As Easy As I Thought”: A TxDOT Utility Coordinator’s Eye-Opening UIS Experience
Underground utility coordination often operates in an environment of hidden risks and assumed knowledge. For infrastructure owners, municipalities, and Departments of Transportation, the financial and safety consequences of relying on incomplete subsurface data are...
From Pixels to Precision: Inside BAMI-I’s Bi-Annual Journal (Issue #9) and the Highly Anticipated CTAM Upgrade
At first glance, the challenges facing underground infrastructure appear strictly technical. Utilities need better ways to locate lines, inspect deteriorating pipes, detect infiltration, and predict failures. The industry has responded with an explosion of...
“Not As Easy As I Thought”: A TxDOT Utility Coordinator’s Eye-Opening UIS Experience
Underground utility coordination often operates in an environment of hidden risks and assumed knowledge. For infrastructure owners, municipalities, and Departments of Transportation, the financial and safety consequences of relying on incomplete subsurface data are...
From Pixels to Precision: Inside BAMI-I’s Bi-Annual Journal (Issue #9) and the Highly Anticipated CTAM Upgrade
At first glance, the challenges facing underground infrastructure appear strictly technical. Utilities need better ways to locate lines, inspect deteriorating pipes, detect infiltration, and predict failures. The industry has responded with an explosion of...
The People Behind the New CTAM (Certification of Training in Asset Management)
Purdue’s WRF 5365 Project Gets Underway with Strong Industry Support
RESEARCH & INDUSTRY COLLABORATION Purdue’s WRF 5365 Project Gets Underway with Strong Industry Support The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded Project 5365 to Purdue University to develop the “State-of-Practice Manual for Inflow and Infiltration (I/I)...
Asset Management Through Material Optimization: A Hybrid FRP–Steel Pipeline Solution for the Columbia Improvement District Irrigation System
Asset Management Through Material Optimization: A Hybrid FRP–Steel Pipeline Solution for the Columbia Improvement District Irrigation System Sanaz Ghalambor, PhD Carl Pitzer, PE Abstract Effective asset management begins long before a pipeline is placed into...
From Pixels to Precision: Multi-Sensor Inspection and a Decade of Asset Management at North Texas Municipal Water District
From Pixels to Precision: Multi-Sensor Inspection and a Decade of Asset Management at North Texas Municipal Water District By Amin Tehrani, Ph.D., P.E. and Scott Hoelzle, P.E.- Wastewater Conveyance Group. In January 2026, the pipeline Condition Assessment Program...