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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....
Industry Education Drives Excellence: Larry Oliver on the Importance of UIS and Continuous Learning
The Utility Investigation School (UIS) continues to serve as a vital platform for advancing knowledge, collaboration, and professional excellence across the utility engineering and utility locating industries. During a recent UIS program hosted by Ground Breakers,...
Tech Tip: Best Practices for HDPE Electrofusion Pipe Joints
By Camille George Rubeiz, P.E., F. ASCE, Co-chair, HDPE Municipal Advisory Board, Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI). High-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe has been used for municipal and industrial water applications for almost 50 years. HDPE’s heat-fused joints...
RECAP – Reliving the Future of Infrastructure: 27th UIS & UIC San Antonio
Reliving the Future of Infrastructure: 27th UIS & UIC San Antonio Recap Did you miss the energy in San Antonio? We are taking you back to the 27th Utility Investigation School (UIS) and the Underground Infrastructure Conference (UIC), where the best minds in the...
Day 1 Recap: Momentum Builds as UIS & UIC Kick Off in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, TX — The energy was palpable inside the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center today as the 27th ASCE UESI/BAMI-I Utility Investigation School (UIS) and the Underground Infrastructure Conference (UIC) officially opened their doors. This landmark...
Strategic Vision Set: BAMI-I 2026 Board of Directors Installed at UIC
SAN ANTONIO, TX — On the opening day of the Underground Infrastructure Conference (UIC) and 27th Utility Investigation School (UIS), the Buried Asset Management Institute–International (BAMI-I) convened its annual Membership and Board of Directors Meeting. Held at the...
Strengthening the Talent Pipeline Together: Become a Founding ILP Partner
Strengthening the Talent Pipeline Together: Become a Founding ILP Partner We believe this initiative will meaningfully strengthen the future of our underground infrastructure industry. We talk often about the "aging infrastructure" crisis—the crumbling pipes, the...
BrainDrip’s Health and Risk Monitoring System: Asset Reliability, All the Time
Author: BrainDrip LLC Team A Changing Buried Asset Management Landscape Due to the critical infrastructure that pipelines provide to modern society, system reliability is of critical importance regardless of the pipeline materials and construction methods used. A...