A sewer drainage issue is the last thing you want in a surgical center. When Carl Fielder, video inspection coordinator for Luckinbill Inc., visited a clinic to inspect its drain system, his team was asked to wear paper coats, booties, goggles and hair caps. The team’s ROVVER X inspection crawler received a deep clean and was covered in plastic wrap.
Luckinbill hadn’t been the clinic’s first call. A local plumber had already broken a snake in the problem pipe. But Fielder, his expert team and their nimble ROVVER X were up to the task. They soon found the snake, and further down the line they located the source of all their problems: A broken pipe.
One company, many solutions
This kind of project is all in a day’s work for the Luckinbill Inc. team. Established in 1939, the company provides a variety of commercial HVAC and plumbing; electrical and mechanical contracting; utility work; industrial coatings; and building- control systems services to Oklahoma and surrounding states.
Their motto is “one company, many solutions,” and the firm’s versatility depends on the cooperation and adaptability of its team.
“The guys here, we’re all cross-trained,” says Fielder. “Even Dennis — the company owner whose father founded it nearly 80 years ago — will go out in a hard hat and yellow vest.”
In addition to helping larger towns and cities, Luckinbill provides services to Oklahoma’s small communities, says Fielder. “Some of these little towns have only two people on staff — the city manager is also the local police officer, who’s also reading water meters. They don’t get to have these things done often. We find ways to make inspection services available to them.”
Expecting the unexpected
The company runs two camera systems full time, and Fielder’s friendly with Envirosight’s service team as well as the experts at Key Equipment, Envirosight’s regional sales partner.
“I’ve seen other systems out there, and they’re just not user-friendly,” says Fielder. “It’s great to take ROVVER to an area where they’re running something else. They see us pop on the ROVVER X’s wheels, lower it down, and they just stand there in amazement.”
While he liked the VC200, the updated VC500 controller changed everything. “It’s really effortless.”
Fielder and his team work a lot of straight contract jobs, and they coordinate with the Luckinbill jetter team to ensure pipe cleanliness. Not all their work is run-of-the-mill sewer CCTV though. One trip brought them to a grain silo, where the owners needed assistance finding a crack in the wall of a holding area.
Once, in a panhandle town, they opened a sewer and discovered the flow was cotton-candy pink and smelled terrible. “The fire department came out in full gear,” Fielder says. “They thought we’d been contaminated with meth residue, but finally realized a hardware store was dumping old paint and lacquers. You haven’t lived until you’ve been quarantined for three hours because of a sewer camera.”
Service above all
Whether they’re helping small towns ensure residents have safe wastewater systems or providing CCTV in an unlikely environment, Fielder’s crew provides the best possible service. Its ability to adapt to unique circumstances, and its passion for the communities they serve, has ensured it will continue to expand its reach in Oklahoma and beyond.
Envirosight LLC of Randolph, New Jersey, provides sewer cameras and other pipeline inspection solutions to municipalities, contractors, departments of transportation and civil/environmental engineers.
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