by: National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA)
Bibliographic: version 1.0, CD, 2006
Publisher: NUCA
About the book:
A time-saving, easy-to-use interactive software designed to help utility engineers and designers evaluate the trenchless construction methods that can be employed in the installation, rehabilitation or replacement of buried utilities. The TAG approach, which is based on the trenchless methods covered in the manual, limits input data to information readily available to utility engineers at the design stage of the project¿e.g., minimum depth of the proposed installation, pipe diameter, soil type(s), etc. Using the specific characteristics of the project, the software performs a preliminary screening. Characteristics of construction methods stored in the method database are compared with project requirements to ensure technical soundness and compatibility. Failure to satisfy any of the requirements eliminates a construction method from the list of technically viable methods. At the end of the analysis, the user is provided with a summary report listing all of the construction methods deemed suitable for the proposed project. When the trenchless industry was still in its infancy, NUCA was forging the way by providing cutting-edge information on methods, materials and applications. Now in its 4th edition, the associations Trenchless Construction and Rehabilitation Methods manual has proved to be an invaluable source of such information for utility contractors. Following a brief introduction to trenchless technology, individual chapters describe the characteristics, equipment requirements, procedures, advantages and disadvantages of each trenchless installation method. In the expanded 4th edition, the chapter on pipe ramming methods has been revised and expanded, and six new chapters have been added¿Pipe Bursting, Sliplining, Cured-In-Place Pipelining, Fold and Form Pipelining, Deformed/Reformed HDPE Pipelining and Vacuum Excavation.