Articles
from Cleaner Magazine:
August 2003 Cleaner Magazine:
Tough Job:
Happy As a Clam
June 2003
Cleaner Magazine:
Tough
Job: Tunnel Trouble
By
Scottie Dayton
The
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel's maintenance department has
a zero-tolerance policy for any water on its two mile-long
tunnel dual roadways. Should an accident occur due to skidding
on water or ice, it closes one of the north- or southbound
lanes, causing massive traffic backups. A runoff trough
parallels each lane. Besides catching the salt and sand
spread during the winter, it collects the standard roadside
litter. When debris accumulates three to four inches deep
in the trough, water could back up onto the highway. Consequently,
Bridge-Tunnel's maintenance department manually cleans the
troughs four to six times a year. In early February, maintenance
supervisor Richard Denniston noticed signs that it was time
to clean the troughs again. He called Ben Jones at Virginia
Public Works Equipment Company of Richmond, Va., and told
him he wanted to mechanize the process. "Dick was looking
at a small vac truck, but once I had a feel for the work
involved, I knew which machine would be a perfect match,"
says Jones. He scheduled a vacuum truck demonstration and
accomplished in two hours what four men could do in eight.
Product News
- Sewer
Equipment Company of America (www.sewerequipment.com)
introduces the RAMVAC-2600CM trailer-mounted combination
high-pressure water jet and vacuum
- LMK
Enterprises (www.performanceliners.com) introduces a downhole
roller to protect cables pulled through manholes and pipes
- Cobra
Technologies (www.cobratec.com) designs a Data Logger
specifically to manage PACP data requirements
- Hannay
Reels (www.hannay.com) offers a new color catalog
- Advanced
Infrastructure Technologies, LLC, introduces The Oiler
to extend the life of hydraulic root cutting tools
Reprinted
with permission from Cleaner, (June) 2003 / COLE Publishing
Inc. / 800-257-7222 / www.cleaner.com
December 2002 Cleaner Magazine Cover article:
The Best Of Two Worlds -
Two Connecticut companies find complementary businesses in
equipment sales and municipal and industrial service contracting.
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