The purpose of a hydrant is to be ready in the case of an emergency. Fortunately, those emergencies do not occur on a regular basis. What does need to happen regularly is maintenance to ensure they will be [...]
Winter is here and so is water main break season. The freeze and thaw cycle of frost causes mains to shift out of position and eventually break. These breaks lead to leaks and damage in your system as well as [...]
We've all been on job sites where it's happened. You get a valve box installed perfectly, then when you're backfilling, it shifts off center and has to be re-dug and set again to make sure the valve can be [...]
Do you have a client who needs higher levels of security on their service lines to ensure an uninterrupted flow of water and to maintain safety? Maybe you have trouble areas and just shutting off the meter [...]
When you're in the waterworks industry, you'd think something as simple as a gate valve wrench would be, well, simple. Unfortunately, this often isn't the case. Whether you're working in tight quarters that [...]
When you need to get the job done, you don't have a lot of time to spend tracking down the tools you need. Fortunately, New Concept Tools has provided a solution to help you get what you need quickly without [...]
It's paving season - what's the best way to raise your service box to meet the new grade of pavement? When it comes to getting the job done right, there's nothing like being able to walk up to a service box, [...]
Bang - foosh! It's one of the worst sounds in waterworks, because it's the sound of one of your hydrants being taken out by construction equipment, a snow plow or a truck that didn't realize it was there. How [...]
There's no doubt that when you're dealing with an emergency, you'll have several other things go wrong as well. One of the most frustrating experiences for any waterworks employee is needing to turn a nut that [...]
When your job is in the waterworks industry, it can be tempting to try to make do with tools that just aren't made to take the abuse. But the damage that can happen from these tools can create a real problem [...]
New Concept Tools was started by Harry Prescott in 1978 in a small workshop located in the rural town of South Barre, Massachusetts. Today, New Concept Tools are being designed and built by people with decades of experience in various utility fields.
