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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...
Kiewit and BAMI-I Partner Again: Announcing the 30th Utility Investigation School (UIS)
BAMI-I is proud to announce the 30th Utility Investigation School (UIS), hosted in partnership with Kiewit at their headquarters in Denver, Colorado, from December 14–17, 2026. This intensive four-day program provides critical, hands-on training for engineers,...
Locating Underground Gas Pipes with High Precision GPR
Discover how District Heating Solutions used cutting-edge ground penetrating radar (GPR) to accurately locate a subsurface gas pipe without costly and disruptive digging. Subsurface Utility Mapping With Real-Time Data Visualization Overview The team at District...
What UIS And UIC Changed In My Practice?
How the BAMI-I scholarship experience at UIS and UIC helped shape a more proactive approach to utility investigation, documentation, and BIM-informed practice By Karen Ortega The challenge of underground utility risk is not new, but its significance often becomes...
INNOVATION AND CITY VISION, Smart Cities Underground: The Ultimate Guide to 3D Mapping of Underground Infrastructure
By Alberto Florez How 3D mapping of underground infrastructure is key to efficiency, safety, and sustainability in urban project development Beneath the asphalt of our bustling cities lies an invisible metropolis: an incredibly complex network of pipes, cables, and...
Smartphone-Based RTK Mapping for GIS-Compliant Utility Documentation
Documenting underground assets Undocumented or poorly documented underground utilities remain a hurdle for safe construction and long-term asset management. Traditional reliance on incomplete as-built records often leads to utility strikes and operational...
Beyond Traditional NDT: CPM Pipelines and Acquarius™ Deliver Deep Insight into Marshfield’s 20-Inch 2 Mile Ductile Iron Forcemain
By CPM Pipelines team The City of Marshfield, Wisconsin has actively maintained the local environment for over 140 years. Located in central Wisconsin, Marshfield has provided wastewater collection and treatment services since 1880 and currently serves a population...
Purdue Research Team Awarded The Water Research Foundation (WRF) Project 5365 to Advance I/I Detection and Mitigation at Street and Private Lateral Levels
The Water Research Foundation has awarded Project 5365, State-of-Practice Manual for Inflow and Infiltration Detection and Mitigation at Street and Private Lateral Levels, to a Purdue University research team led by Principal Investigators Dr. Dulcy Abraham and Dr....