Since becoming part of the Avanti family, I have met with dozens of grouting contractors and municipal crews with years of experience rehabbing underground structures. Most feel confident in their quality of work, and with balancing efficiency, effectiveness, and safety. As someone who served as an infrastructure restoration contractor for a decade, I know from personal experience how difficult it is to make procedure adjustments, modify processes, and implement subtle improvements.

f your calendar is full, we have a lot in common. Avanti’s Calendar of Events is stocked full for the better part of 2013! We believe that education is the way forward, which is why we offer webinars, seminars, hands-on-learning events, tradeshows and speaking engagements across the country that you can be a part of. If you’re near a PC or in the neighborhood for any of these events, stop by and see us!

Communities large and small face a delicate balance of improving their underground sanitary sewer collection system and reducing flow to their treatment plant while being good stewards of the rate-payer and protecting quality of life. The intrusion of groundwater and soil files are sabotaging system efficiencies causing the plant to treat twice the volume, increasing sanitary sewer overflows, and polluting our clean water systems.

It happens only once a year. Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO) hosts a week long short-course on grouting. It’s attended by Who’s Who in the geotechnical grouting industry.

On the afternoon of June 19, 2013, the school hosted a Field Day and participants were able to view a live demonstration of the permeability of different grouts through Sand Column Testing. I’m pleased to announce, US Grout’s Ultrafine Cement excelled over other cement grouts by reaching the top of the sand column (60 inches) in just 80 seconds. No other cement grout came close.

Planning for repair work is more than setting a date. Just like a good paint job is all about the preparation, so is chemical grouting. With work often in confined spaces, after hours, and sometimes requiring equipment shut down, it is vital to have everything ready to facilitate starting on time so you can finish as planned.

The basic meaning of the popular phrase "proof is in the pudding" is being uncertain about the quality of something until it's been tried and tested. That's how we feel about our Field Services Manager, Charlie Lerman. He's a hot commodity, our secret weapon, the real deal, tried and tested ... you see where I'm going with this. Most of all, he's genuine and always willing to assist, teach and mentor those of the grouting community.