Posted on June 8, 2026
Picking the right sewer pipe size sounds like it should be one of the simpler decisions on a collection system project. In practice, it’s where the most downstream problems start – usually because the decision was made too fast. Get the size wrong in either direction, and you’re looking at a system that can’t handle – Read the full article →
Posted on June 8, 2026
What separates infrastructure that holds up for a century from infrastructure that needs attention a decade after installation? In large part, it comes down to material selection – and the decision made at the specification stage, long before a single pipe hits the ground. In Texas, where drainage systems face intense, short-duration storms, heavy highway – Read the full article →
Posted on June 8, 2026
There’s a point in every drainage design where the numbers outgrow a smaller pipe – where the watershed is too large, the design storm too intense, or the slope too flat to make a 24-inch culvert work. That’s usually when a 36-inch culvert pipe enters the picture. Capable of handling significantly higher peak flows than – Read the full article →
Posted on June 8, 2026
When a project calls for a culvert, one of the first questions that lands on the engineer’s desk is deceptively simple: What size do we need? That question shapes everything from hydraulic performance to installation complexity to long-term cost. For a wide range of Texas drainage applications – roadway crossings, stormwater conveyance, and utility corridors – Read the full article →
Posted on May 21, 2026
May 19, 2026 11:00 AM Irving, Texas, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heidelberg Materials North America announced today that it has agreed to acquire a minority stake in AmeriTex Pipe & Products, a leading provider of reinforced concrete pipe, box culverts and precast concrete products in Texas. The company operates one of the largest – Read the full article →
Posted on May 6, 2026
When the pipe material choice gets made on a storm sewer project, everything downstream of that decision follows from it – service life, hydraulic performance, load capacity, and what a maintenance crew is dealing with three decades from now. Reinforced concrete pipe has held its position as the dominant material for RCP storm sewer systems – Read the full article →
Posted on May 6, 2026
The 12 inch drainage pipe shows up on more Texas projects than any other diameter – and it’s also the size most likely to be undersized, misapplied, or swapped without a proper hydraulic check. So when is a 12 inch pipe genuinely the right call, and when does it leave you short? Answering that question – Read the full article →
Posted on May 6, 2026
Box culvert dimensions are one of the first decisions engineers, contractors, and public works professionals face on a drainage project – and few choices downstream of it are easy to undo. Get the span and rise right, and the structure moves water reliably for decades. Undersize it, and you’re looking at hydraulic failure, roadway flooding, – Read the full article →
Posted on May 6, 2026
When a drainage problem is too wide, too shallow, or too hydraulically demanding for round pipe to handle, a reinforced concrete box culvert is usually the right call – but only if it’s specified correctly before the first section ever leaves the plant. What separates a well-specified box culvert from one that triggers change orders, – Read the full article →
Posted on April 6, 2026
Storm sewer structures are one of those project components that can either keep a schedule moving or quietly derail it. When the specification is clear, the submittals come back clean, the structures arrive ready to set, and the crew moves on. When the specification is vague or incomplete, the result is RFIs, resubmittals, field coordination – Read the full article →
