Underground Utility Contractors Industry Blogs

APWA Reporter

Medium: association magazine + website. APWA’s flagship publication covers utilities, right-of-way, asset management, trenching, and public works best practices—useful for underground utility contractors. Digital edition email distribution exceeds 78,000 recipients.

https://www.apwa.org/news-media/reporter-magazine/ Readership: 78,000

CoatingsPro Magazine

Medium: trade magazine + website. Practical field coverage of protective coatings and linings for tanks, pipelines, wastewater structures, and civil assets—relevant to corrosion control and rehab on underground jobs. Reported readership 35,365.

https://www.coatingspromag.com/ Readership: 35,365

Incident Prevention

Medium: trade magazine + website. Utility safety and operations content for utilities and contractors (excavation, T&D, traffic control), with case studies and procedures applicable to underground work. Reaches more than 18,000 utility safety professionals.

https://incident-prevention.com/ Readership: 18,000

Materials Performance

Medium: trade magazine + website. AMPP’s publication on corrosion prevention for infrastructure (pipelines, water/wastewater, buried assets)—useful for underground utility materials and rehab. Distributed to more than 37,000 readers.

https://materialsperformance.com/ Readership: 37,000

Municipal Sewer & Water

Medium: trade magazine + website. Covers installation, inspection, maintenance and rehab of sewer, water and stormwater systems, with contractor and municipal focus. Reaches about 30,000 professionals.

https://www.mswmag.com/ Readership: 30,000

NASTT’s Trenchless North America

Medium: association magazine + website. NASTT’s quarterly focuses on trenchless design/installation/rehab for water, wastewater, gas, and telecom—highly targeted to underground work. Circulated to 4,000+ readers.

https://nastt.org/resources/nastts-magazine/ Readership: 4,000

North American Oil & Gas Pipelines

Medium: trade magazine + website. Business and construction coverage for oil and gas pipelines (planning, permitting, HDD, integrity) across North America—relevant to underground mainline contractors. Mailing list count 10,562.

https://napipelines.com/ Readership: 10,562

Pipeline & Gas Journal

Medium: trade magazine + website. Long-running midstream title with technology, construction and maintenance coverage including HDD, corrosion, safety and project updates. Total qualified circulation 24,000; total reach 79,400+.

https://www.pgjonline.com/ Readership: 24,000

Storm Water Solutions

Medium: trade magazine + website. Stormwater, drainage and erosion control content for design/build teams working on underground pipes, culverts, and related infrastructure. Reaches 70,000+ across print and digital.

https://www.estormwater.com/ Readership: 70,000

T&D World Buyers’ Guide

Medium: annual buyer’s guide + website. Resource used by utility engineers/contractors for T&D products and services; includes undergrounding technologies and equipment. Total circulation 40,000.

https://energy.endeavorb2b.com/td-world-buyers-guide/ Readership: 40,000

Trenchless Technology

Medium: trade magazine + website. Leading trenchless source for HDD, microtunneling, pipe bursting/relining, and underground infrastructure projects and methods. Magazine subscribers: 51,850.

https://trenchlesstechnology.com/ Readership: 51,850

Tunneling & Underground Construction

Medium: association magazine + website. UCA of SME’s quarterly covers tunneling/underground construction methods, equipment, and demand forecasts—useful when utility work intersects tunnels/bores. More than 13,500 readers per issue.

https://www.smenet.org/UCA/Professional-Development/Tunneling-Underground-Construction-Magazine Readership: 13,500

Tunnelling Journal

Medium: trade magazine + website. International tunneling/underground construction news and features; regular North American issues relevant to utility tunnels and crossings. Website reports ~80,000 visitors per month.

https://tunnellingjournal.com/ Readership: 80,000

Trenchless Works

Medium: digital magazine + website. Westrade/ISTT partner title focused on trenchless methods and case studies across water, wastewater, gas and telecom. Circulation over 40,000 subscribers.

https://trenchless-works.com/ Readership: 40,000

Underground Infrastructure

Medium: trade magazine + website. Cross-cutting coverage of open-cut and trenchless utility construction (water, sewer, gas, telecom) and rehab markets. Qualified circulation 39,688; total reach 127,000+.

https://undergroundinfrastructure.com/ Readership: 39,688

Utility Contractor

Medium: association magazine + website. Official NUCA title covering excavation, trench safety, HDD, pipe rehab, project delivery, and contractor business topics in underground utilities. Mailing list count approx. 10,437.

https://utilitycontractormagazine.com/ Readership: 10,437

Utility Fleet Professional

Medium: trade magazine + website. Focused on fleets and equipment management for utilities and utility contractors—specs, maintenance, upfitting for underground crews. Reaches 7,000+ fleet pros.

https://utilityfleetprofessional.com/ Readership: 7,000

Utility Products

Medium: trade magazine + website. Product and methods coverage for electric, telephone and CATV markets—including underground tools, safety, PPE and test gear. Circulation 23,398; monthly reach noted at 30,076.

https://www.utilityproducts.com/ Readership: 23,398

Water & Wastes Digest (Wastewater Digest)

Medium: trade magazine + website. News, trends and technical solutions for water/wastewater utilities and contractors; useful for pipe rehab and plant-to-pipe interfaces. Reaches about 65,000 people per month.

https://www.wwdmag.com/ Readership: 65,000

Water Finance & Management

Medium: digital magazine + website. Finance, asset management, and policy for water/wastewater—capital planning and funding insights for underground utility programs. Estimated monthly visits ~6,400.

https://waterfm.com/ Readership: 6,400