Ace Pipe Cleaning

What Ace Pipe Cleaning does

Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc. is a Kansas City, Missouri-based environmental infrastructure maintenance contractor organized as a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Carylon Corporation, a nationwide conglomerate of 14 specialist service companies with origins dating to 1949. Ace Pipe inspects, cleans, and rehabilitates sewer pipes, water mains, manholes, laterals, and stormwater structures for municipalities, utilities, industrial operators, and engineering firms across the southern and midwestern United States through six offices (Kansas City MO, St. Louis MO, Hendersonville TN, Fort Worth TX, San Antonio TX, and Winkleman AZ), with the Carylon parent enabling coverage of all 50 states. The company's technical stack centers on advanced inspection platforms, including a proprietary multi-sensor inspection (MSI) crawler combining LIDAR, SONAR, and HD CCTV for pipes from 24 to 112 inches, tethered live water-main insertion with combined CCTV, acoustic leak detection (hydrophone), and sonde location, sonar inspection for submerged lines from 8 inches to 18 feet, and acoustic blockage detection. Rehabilitation capabilities span trenchless methods such as fold-and-form lining, spray-on epoxy lining up to 60 inches, spincast centrifugally cast cement, main-to-house CIPP lining up to 80 feet without cleanout, and chemical grout sealing.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services priced per scope, sourced via competitive municipal bidding, direct enterprise contracting, and multi-year service agreements (e.g., the Kansas City Water Services hydrant maintenance program running since 2005 covering ~700 hydrants annually). Documented project values (e.g., ~$1.23M on Fort Worth's Lake Arlington Lift Station coating, the multi-year Fort Worth ICAP program covering 3,011 miles serving 900,000+ residents, and Des Moines's proactive CCTV/cleaning program) indicate individual engagements commonly ranging from low six figures to several million dollars. The 2019 merger with Odesco Industrial Services, Inc. expanded industrial-cleaning capability, and leadership includes President Steve Hontz (recipient of the MWEA Charles Raab Collection System Award) and Vice President Theresa Calvert (MO Chamber of Commerce 2022 Leadership Experience program). Operating certifications cover OSHA 40-hour heavy-equipment training and NASSCO MACP manhole assessment.

Name

Ace Pipe Cleaning

Legal name

Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc.

Website

https://acepipe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Ace Pipe Cleaning is a Kansas City-based environmental infrastructure maintenance contractor that inspects, cleans, and rehabilitates sewer, water, and stormwater pipelines for municipalities, utilities, industrial firms, and engineering clients across the southern and midwestern US as part of Carylon Corporation's 14-company service network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Infrastructure Maintenance Services (Sewer and Water Pipeline Inspection, Cleaning, and Rehabilitation)

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Sewer & Stormwater Line Cleaning (Jetting, Rooting) (BPALAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sewer Cleaning, Jetting & Root Control (EUANACAH), Specialty Deep Cleaning (Duct/Kitchen Exhaust/Pressure Washing) (IMAIADAN), Drain Cleaning (Commercial/Industrial) (HSAOABAB)

Keywords

• Sewer inspection services
• Trenchless pipe rehabilitation
• Wastewater infrastructure maintenance
• Pipeline cleaning services
• Hydro excavation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Infrastructure Maintenance Services: Project-based professional services for sewer system maintenance, pipe inspection, cleaning, and rehabilitation. Services are contracted through municipal bids, utility contracts, and industrial service agreements. Revenue is generated through service fees for inspection, cleaning, rehabilitation, and ongoing maintenance programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ace Pipe Cleaning provides turnkey environmental infrastructure maintenance services for sewer and water pipeline systems, including pipeline inspection (multi-sensor, acoustic, sonar, CCTV), cleaning (jetting, pigging, scraping, hydro blasting), trenchless rehabilitation (fold and form lining, spray-on epoxy, spincast cement, CIPP/MTH lateral lining), manhole rehabilitation, vacuum/hydro excavation, digester and wet/dry vacuum cleaning, sewer system studies, and soil/sludge remediation. Services are delivered to municipalities, utilities, industrial companies, and engineering firms via project-based contracts, competitive bids, and long-term service agreements across all 50 U.S. states.

Product overview

Ace Pipe Cleaning is an environmental infrastructure maintenance service company offering a comprehensive portfolio of integrated services for sewer systems, sediment management, and water infrastructure. The company's offerings are organized into three service divisions: Sewer Services (including acoustic inspection, digital TV inspection, hydro blasting, infiltration control, spincast cement pipe rehab, lateral service line inspection and sealing, manhole rehabilitation, multi-sensor pipeline inspection, sewer cleaning, sonar pipeline inspection, and vacuum/hydro excavation), Sediment Services (digester cleaning and wet/dry vacuum cleaning), and Water Services (pipeline diagnostics and assessment, pipeline cleaning, and pipeline rehabilitation). Additional services include sewer system studies and soil/sludge remediation. The company operates as part of Carylon Corporation and serves municipalities, utilities, industrial companies, and engineering firms throughout the United States, providing both inspection/assessment services and rehabilitation/treatment solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acoustic Inspection of Pipelines Cost-effective inspection method that uses transmitters and receivers to detect blockages in sanitary sewer pipes by analyzing tone degradation, providing blockage assessment in less than three minutes without confined-space entry.
• Digital TV Inspection CCTV-based sewer inspection service using latest equipment and reporting methods to precisely locate trouble spots such as cracked tiles, offset joints, and blockages without excavation, with comprehensive data collection and archiving capabilities.
• Hydro Blasting High-pressure cleaning service using equipment operating at pressures up to 36,000 psi and volumes from 7 gpm to 40 gpm to cut through stubborn scales, remove old paint, and peel away deposits from chemical processing equipment without damage to original surfaces.
• Infiltration Control Combination digital television inspection and sewer joint sealing service that provides a guaranteed solution to excessive infiltration without costly excavation, disruption of traffic, or bypass pumping of sewage.
• Spincast Cement Pipe Rehab Rehabilitation system for corrugated metal pipes, culverts, concrete pipes, catch basins, and storm water structures using a fiber-reinforced cementitious mixture centrifugally cast using a specially designed mixing system and spinning nozzle.
• Lateral Service Line Inspection and Sealing Comprehensive lateral service line services including CCTV inspection from main line or cleanout, cleaning and root cutting, MTH lining (CIPP lining up to 80 feet), lateral connection repair, chemical grout sealing, and excavation services.
• Manhole Rehabilitation Structural rehabilitation and protective coatings for manholes providing cost-effective, permanent seal against corrosion, infiltration and exfiltration using epoxy, cementitious products, or manhole chimney sealing techniques.
• Multi-Sensor Pipeline Inspection Collection of data from multiple sensors (LIDAR/SONAR/HDCCTV) on one robotic platform in one pass, collecting data on internal pipeline conditions including debris level, ovality, H2S corrosion, lateral location, and damage without requiring flow diversion or manhole ring removal.
• Sewer Cleaning Sewer cleaning services including high velocity jetting (up to 165 gpm at 2,500 psi) and power bucketing for severely clogged sewer lines, removing obstructions and debris without damage to sewer walls.
• Sonar Pipeline Inspection High-resolution sonar inspection for submerged and semi-submerged pipelines ranging from 8 inches to 18 feet, providing real-time cross-sectional views and quantifying silt level, grease accumulation, pipe deformation, offsets, and blockages below the water line.
• Vacuum/Hydro Excavation Non-destructive excavation using water or air vacuum technology to quickly, safely and economically excavate in areas inaccessible to conventional digging equipment, allowing work within 5 feet of hotline buffer zone boundaries.
• Digester Cleaning Wastewater digester cleaning service using pressurized water, pumps operating at up to 4,500 gpm, and dewatering capabilities for proper landfill disposal of removed sludge or material.
• Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaning Vacuum cleaning service using vehicles operating at 3,200 to 7,500 cfm and 18 to 27 inches of Mercury to quickly remove waste, debris, metal chips, slag, steel shot, wood chips, sawdust, grain, mill scale, slurries, sludge and water.
• Pipeline Diagnostics & Assessment Pipeline condition assessment technologies including live water main insertion (CCTV with acoustic leak detection), CCTV crawler, digital couponing, external wall thickness testing (ultrasonic and radiography), transient pressure monitoring, GIS mapping, and GPS survey.
• Pipeline Cleaning Pipeline cleaning services including jetting (high-pressure water scouring), pigging (using pigs propelled by water flow for cleaning long piping runs up to a mile), and scraping (mechanical removal of built-up deposits down to bare metal).
• Pipeline Rehabilitation Trenchless pipeline rehabilitation services including fold and form lining (self-supporting flexible liners not bonded to host pipe) and spray-on lining (epoxy or pipe lining fabric soaked in epoxy for pipes up to 60 inches in diameter).
• Sewer System Studies EPA regulation compliance services including infiltration/inflow analysis, sewer system evaluation survey, continuous flow monitoring, isolation flow gauging, manhole inspection, dyed water flooding, smoke testing, stormwater sampling and analysis, and NPDES data collection.
• Soil/Sludge Remediation Site remediation and EPA-regulated site closure services using excavation equipment including dozers, loaders, and long reach excavators for removal of contaminated material from lagoons, pits, tanks, pipes, culverts and other contaminated sites.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces cleaning costs by up to 30% using inspect-before-clean methodology for large diameter pipes
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Carylon CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAce Pipe Cleaning is a wholly-owned operating company within Carylon Corporation, a nationwide collection of 14 best-in-class companies offering specialized services in sewer system maintenance, water supply maintenance, and soil/sludge remediation. Carylon's origins date back to 1949 when National Power Rodding Corporation pioneered the world's first heavy-duty continuous rod power rodder and was first in the industry to use closed-circuit television to inspect sewers. Ace Pipe benefits from shared resources, technology, and cross-company expertise.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia North America: Global water and wastewater utility services incumbent offering inspection, cleaning, and rehabilitation as part of a much larger operations-and-maintenance portfolio — competes indirectly through O&M contracts rather than pure project bidding.
• Tetra Tech: International environmental and water-resources engineering firm that provides condition assessment and design-build rehabilitation — competes at the engineering-led, multi-disciplinary end of the same municipal opportunities.
• Granite Construction: Large heavy civil and utility construction contractor that increasingly bids on municipal water/sewer rehabilitation — broader portfolio but overlapping capabilities in pipeline and utility infrastructure work.

Direct peers

• SAK Construction: Nationally operating trenchless rehabilitation contractor providing CIPP and underground infrastructure renewal for municipalities — directly competing for the same rehabilitation budgets Ace Pipe targets.
• Visu-Sewer: Midwest-based specialty contractor focused on sewer cleaning, CCTV inspection, and CIPP point repair — closely overlapping with Ace Pipe's sewer services division and target municipal customers.
• Reynolds Inliner: CIPP pipe-lining specialist serving municipal and industrial clients across the US — competes head-to-head on trenchless rehabilitation engagements where Ace Pipe's spray-on epoxy and CIPP offerings bid.
• Inland Pipe Rehabilitation: Specialty contractor providing sewer cleaning, CCTV inspection, and trenchless rehabilitation nationwide; directly comparable service mix and customer base to Ace Pipe's pipeline diagnostics business.
• Michels Corporation: Large privately held utility and pipeline construction services firm with significant sewer and water-main rehabilitation work — competes with Ace Pipe on municipal bids and trenchless technology projects.
• National Power Rodding Corporation: Sister Carylon company offering sewer and water-main cleaning and inspection nationally. Operates in the same trenchless pipe-maintenance category from within Ace Pipe's parent, with overlapping equipment and techniques.

Emerging players

• BLD Services: Underground infrastructure contractor with growing trenchless rehab capability — a smaller, regional competitor pursuing the same municipal opportunity set that Ace Pipe addresses.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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