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# NEWS & EVENTS

## Issues Impacting Our Storm Pipe Industry and Its Stakeholders

## [Florida Bills Target Storm Sewer Industry](https://florida.concretepipe.org/blog/florida-bills-target-storm-sewer-industry?hsLang=en)

Douglas Holdener, P.E. (FL) -  

6 February 2026

For two consecutive legislative sessions (2025 and 2026), bills have targeted the storm sewer inspection industry. HB239 Standards for Storm Water Systems (Grow) and its companion ...

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## [Warning About Plastic Modular Stormwater Storage Systems](https://florida.concretepipe.org/blog/warningaboutplasticstoragecrates?hsLang=en)

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 ...

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## [Steel: The Other Non-Flammable Pipe Material](https://florida.concretepipe.org/blog/steel-the-other-non-flammable-pipe-material?hsLang=en)

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 ...

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## [Florida Project Wins ACPA Project Achievement Award](https://florida.concretepipe.org/blog/fdot-i4-ultimate-project-wins-acpa-project-achievement-award?hsLang=en)

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 ...

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## [Shocker: More Florida homes at wildfire risk than any other state](https://florida.concretepipe.org/blog/shocker-more-florida-homes-at-wildfire-risk-than-any-other-state?hsLang=en)

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: ...

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## [Oconto County, Wisconsin sheriff deputy and K9 escape road washout.](https://florida.concretepipe.org/blog/oconto-county-wisconsin-sheriff-deputy-and-k9-escape-road-washout?hsLang=en)

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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