Pipe Bursting Methods

Pipe Bursting Using the Grundocrack® and Grundoburst®

TT Technologies is the world leader in pipe bursting equipment and experience. Since 1980, thousands of miles of pipe have been successfully replaced using pipe bursting equipment from TT Technologies. Superior quality materials and unparalleled experience combine to form Grundocrack the most successful pipe cracking system of all time and Grundoburst the most innovative pipe bursting system available.

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Pneumatic Pipe Bursting

From 4-inch through 54-inch diameter pipe, see why the Grundocrack system has replaced more than all other systems combined.

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Grundoburst static pipe bursting typical set-up

Static/Hydraulic Pipe Bursting

For years, ductile iron and steel pipe has been a major limitation of pipe bursting. See how the recently introduced hydraulically operated Grundoburst pipe bursting system makes bursting ductile iron and steel pipes a problem of the past.

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Pipe Bursting Stories

Bursting In Action

Click on the articles below to read about the latest challenges and successes from around North America!

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Super Upsize No Problem for PW Trenchless Construction

When it comes to trenchless pipe bursting, few contractors can claim the experience and success that PW Trenchless Construction can. The Surrey, British Colombia based contractor has almost 20 years of pipe bursting experience and has performed some of the most notable bursting work in Canada, including a recent project for the City of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.

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The Tougher the Better! D’Allessandro Corp. Fights Tides and Terrain in Tough

Difficult projects are their strong point, that according to D’Allessandro Corp. Project Manager Peter Piantedosi. The company has garnered a reputation for a contractor that can take on the hardest projects and see them through to completion.

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Home Town Team! Hurst Excavating Completes "Hall of Fame" Burst

The city of Knoxville, Tenn., is somewhat of a sports mecca. In addition to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is also home to the Knoxville Bears SPHL professional hockey team, the Knoxville Knight Hawks indoor football team and the NCAA Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, located in downtown Knoxville on Hall of Fame Drive. There are plenty of spectator sports in Knoxville, but a recent sewer main replacement, while certainly a hall of fame candidate, was completed mostly out of sight like any good trenchless project.

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