By the PICA Corp Engineering Team | Updated September 2026 | Est. reading time: 9 min Most conversations about sustainable water pipeline infrastructure start in the wrong place. They start with materials, or a replacement schedule, or a...
By the PICA Corp Engineering Team | Updated September 2026 | Est. reading time: 9 min A cast iron water main gives almost no warning before it fails. The deterioration that matters happens inside the pipe wall where nobody can see it, and the conventional way to...
By the PICA Corp Engineering Team | Updated August 2026 | Est. reading time: 9 min Most sinkholes that swallow a lane of traffic in a North American city are not a geology problem. They are a plumbing problem. A buried pipe develops a small...
Why PICA Corp. should be your Go-To supplier of Condition Assessment Services If you put off water main inspection throughout 2020 due to the global delays and uncertainty that affected many of us, there’s no time like the present to get back on track and find out if...
By the PICA Corp Engineering Team | Updated June 2026 | Est. reading time: 10 min Key facts about PCCP pipeline lifespan: PCCP was installed extensively across North America from the 1940s through the 1980s, with peak installation in the 1960s and 1970s; millions...
By the PICA Corp Engineering Team | Updated June 2026 | Est. reading time: 10 min North America has an estimated 12,000-plus miles of prestressed concrete cylinder pipe carrying drinking water, most of it installed between the 1950s and the 1980s. A large portion...
