Hydrovac Newsletter - Week 36-26

A 50-year-old worker was rescued nearly five hours after a trench collapse on Tuesday in Oxford Township...used a vactor truck to collect the soil.

RCMP confirm that it happened at 1-47 p.m. and is just south of the Bellows rail crossing. Police say it involved a Hydro Vac semi-truck and that both the driver and a passenger were taken to hospital with minor injuries…

A gas leak was reported Thursday morning in the Azalea Terrace neighborhood on Fort Gordon after a Georgia Power contractor struck a gas line.

Solaris Energy Infrastructure has acquired Omega Foundation Services in a ~$101M deal, bringing hydro excavation and heavy civil EPC capabilities in-house to support its growing power infrastructure platform across the Gulf South.

CTS Services, Inc. is marking 13 years in business, celebrating its growth from a Benton, Arkansas startup into a one-vendor industrial contractor offering hydro excavation, vacuum truck services, hydroblasting, tank cleaning, and confined space rescue.

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WASHINGTON — Damage to the utility lines beneath America’s feet costs the U.S. economy an estimated $83.2 billion every year—more than $227 million every day—according to a landmark report released today by Common Ground Alliance (CGA). The new estimate is nearly three times the widely cited $30 billion benchmark established in 2019. It reflects the rising number of damage incidents alongside the most comprehensive accounting of what happens after an underground...

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The telecommunications company Metronet has issued a statement of apology after an Aug. 16 incident in which a subcontractor bored into the City of Copperas Cove’s 16-water main, and a nearby sewer main as well.

Weslaco is billing third-party fiber optic contractors after workers severed underground water lines three times in a single day, forcing emergency city repairs.

Sweden's DISAB Group has acquired Vacuum Truck Supplies (VTS), a 25-year-old Mansfield, Victoria-based manufacturer of vacuum trucks, trailers, and portable units serving Australia's hydro excavation, liquid waste, and mining industries, marking the group's direct entry into the Australian market.