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TRIC Tools, Inc.

Oakland, CA 94621

Company Info

  • Est. 1996
  • Annual Vol Not Provided

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Our Story

TRIC Tools Inc. is a company born of invention. That invention started not only a corporation, but an entire industry that continues to grow to this day. In 1996, when company founder Ward Carter was foreman with an underground construction firm near San Francisco, the term “lateral pipe bursting” was not yet a part of any contractor’s vocabulary. Repair or replacement of a home sewer meant digging it up, in whole or in part, with results that were messy, disruptive, and often incomplete. Then Ward assembled and tested the prototype of what was to become the TRIC lateral pipe bursting system. His father, engineer Robert (Bob) Carter, made drawings and applied the principles of manufacturing that turned the idea into a product. This whole process was not new to the Carters. Bob's father, Mitchell Carter, invented the Coleman Stove, the Garbage Grinder, and Foam Rubber. Innovation just runs in the family.

Next, TRIC pursued patents at home and abroad, and campaigned relentlessly for approval of HDPE plastic pipe in residential building codes. These combined efforts established the lateral bursting industry, and set the TRIC method as the gold standard for trenchless lateral replacement across America. The TRIC formula­—tools that are simple, modular, compact, and adaptable—has since been applied to other utilities, including larger pipes of various materials, in commercial and municipal projects around the world.

So when you choose TRIC equipment, you’re getting more than just hardware. You are investing in decades of innovation and field-tested solutions, coupled with an ongoing commitment to product improvement and customer satisfaction.

TRIC has registered both device and method patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. TRIC also holds international patents for device and method in Canada, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and New Zealand. Patent applications are pending in Japan and Norway.

TRIC Tools Inc. invented the first sewer lateral pipebursting system, opening the market for trenchless home sewer replacement.

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  • San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose

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Our CSI Codes

01 78 43 - Spare Parts
02 06 30.13 - Boring or Test Pit Log Schedule
22 05 76 - Facility Drainage Piping Cleanouts
22 13 13 - Facility Sanitary Sewers
22 13 16 - Sanitary Waste and Vent Piping
22 13 19 - Sanitary Waste Piping Specialties
22 14 13 - Facility Storm Drainage Piping
23 22 13.13 - Underground Steam and Condensate Heating Piping
26 05 43 - Underground Ducts and Raceways for Electrical Systems
31 21 16.13 - Methane Venting
33 01 30 - Operation and Maintenance of Sewer Utilities
33 01 30.13 - Sewer and Manhole Testing
33 01 30.16 - TV Inspection of Sewer Pipelines
33 01 30.51 - Maintenance of Sewer Utilities
33 01 30.71 - Rehabilitation of Sewer Utilities
33 01 60 - Operation and Maintenance of Hydronic and Steam Energy Utilities
33 01 70 - Operation and Maintenance of Electrical Utilities
33 01 80 - Operation and Maintenance of Communications Utilities
33 05 13.13 - Manhole Grade Adjustment
33 05 19 - Pressure Piping Tied Joint Restraint System
33 05 23 - Trenchless Utility Installation
33 05 23.13 - Utility Horizontal Directional Drilling
33 05 23.16 - Utility Pipe Jacking
33 05 23.19 - Microtunneling
33 05 23.23 - Utility Pipe Ramming
33 05 23.26 - Utility Impact Moling
33 05 23.29 - Cable Trenching and Plowing
33 06 10 - Schedules for Water Utilities
33 06 30 - Schedules for Sanitary Sewerage Utilities
33 06 40 - Schedules for Storm Drainage Utilities
33 06 60 - Schedules for Hydronic and Steam Energy Utilities
33 06 70 - Schedules for Electrical Utilities
33 06 80 - Schedules for Communications Utilities
33 09 30 - Instrumentation and Control for Sanitary Sewerage Utilities
33 09 40 - Instrumentation and Control for Storm Drainage Utilities
33 09 60 - Instrumentation and Control for Hydronic and Steam Energy Utilities
33 09 70 - Instrumentation and Control for Electrical Utilities
33 09 80 - Instrumentation and Control for Communications Utilities
33 11 16 - Site Water Utility Distribution Piping
33 13 00.00.01 - Disinfecting of Water Utility Distribution
33 29 00.00.01 - Well Abandonment
33 30 00.00.01 - Sanitary Sewerage Utilities
33 31 13 - Public Sanitary Utility Sewerage Piping
33 33 13 - Sanitary Utility Sewerage
33 33 16 - Combined Utility Sewerage
33 34 13 - Sanitary Utility Sewerage Inverted Siphons
33 39 23 - Sanitary Utility Sewerage Cleanouts
33 41 13 - Public Storm Utility Drainage Piping
33 50 00.00.01 - Fuel Distribution Utilities
33 51 13 - Natural-Gas Piping
33 60 00.00.01 - Hydronic and Steam Energy Utilities
33 61 13 - Underground Hydronic Energy Distribution
33 61 23 - Aboveground Hydronic Energy Distribution
33 63 13 - Underground Steam and Condensate Distribution Piping
33 70 00.00.01 - Electrical Utilities
33 71 19 - Electrical Underground Ducts and Manholes
33 71 39.23 - Underground High-Voltage Wiring
33 71 49.23 - Underground Medium-Voltage Wiring
33 79 19 - Utilities Grounding
33 79 19.13 - Electrical Utilities Grounding
33 79 19.16 - Communications Utilities Grounding
40 23 36 - Sanitary Water Process Piping
41 67 23 - Plant Maintenance Tools

Project Experience

  • Non-Union
  • Prevailing Wages (Davis Bacon)
  • Public
  • Private
  • Projects From $3,000 to $200,000

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Valco Mall
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Fusion Machine
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Trenchless Technology Explanation
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Tric Patents

Associations & Memberships

NASTT (North American Society for Trenchless Technology)
NASTT (North American Society for Trenchless Technology)
UPC (Uniform Plumbing Code)
UPC (Uniform Plumbing Code)
PHCC (Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors Assn. of California)
PHCC (Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors Assn. of California)
IAPMO (International Assn. of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials)
IAPMO (International Assn. of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials)
APWA (American Public Works Assn.)
APWA (American Public Works Assn.)

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