NEWS & EVENTS

Issues Impacting Our Storm Pipe Industry and Its Stakeholders

Warning About Plastic Modular Stormwater Storage Systems

Douglas Holdener, P.E. (FL) -  
14 November 2024
A recent series of articles by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on Claims Reduction and Management warn engineers about underground plastic stormwater ...

RCP Withstands Washout, US 17/92 Restored

Douglas Holdener, P.E. (FL) -  
31 October 2024
Orange City, Florida. During Hurricane Milton, heavy rainfall and flooding washed out the southbound lanes and median of US 17/92 (Volusia Avenue in Orange City. Stormwater runoff ...

Steel: The Other Non-Flammable Pipe Material

Douglas Holdener, P.E. (FL) -  
2 June 2023
In October 2022, a three-vehicle crash on I-95 in Delray Beach at Atlantic Avenue caused a fuel tanker to spill and ignite. Five people were injured, but fortunately no ...

Florida Project Wins ACPA Project Achievement Award

Douglas Holdener, P.E. (FL) -  
2 June 2023
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) I-4 Ultimate Project in Orlando, Florida was recently awarded the Project Achievement Award from the American Concrete Pipe ...

Shocker: More Florida homes at wildfire risk than any other state

Douglas Holdener, P.E. (FL) -  
16 May 2022
A recent New York Times article titled Here Are the Wildfire Risks to Homes Across the Lower 48 States reported a surprising statement on the wildfire risks to Florida homeowners: ...

Oconto County, Wisconsin sheriff deputy and K9 escape road washout.

Douglas Holdener, P.E. (FL) -  
16 May 2022
Take a guess, what type of culvert material was the culprit? Scary stuff.
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