The behind-the-wall framework of a home contains a vital plumbing system that keeps it running efficiently and safely. Within every residential plumbing system you have subsystems that include ...

At Central Plastics Co. in Shawnee, injection presses pound out products like electrofusion tapping tees, electrofusion flex restraints and couplings - components used in joining polyethylene pipe.

Two of the most important elements in any construction or upgrade project are safety and speed of completion. While one way to increase safety is to eliminate hot work whenever possible, the reality ...

Polyethylene (PE) has revolutionized low-pressure pipe system design on a global basis and is testimony to PE's unique combination of properties, which have driven the replacement of traditional pipe ...

However, the donation proposed by CEO Walter Wang to the Flint City Council in February 2016 seemed to languish without any public consideration or comment. But behind the scenes, officials discussed ...

Andrew Whelton, an assistant professor in Purdue's Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, is leading research into the effects plastic pipes have ...