Today’s Young Trenchless Professionals: Leslie Weist
Leslie Weist, Vice President of Operations, Michael Byrne Mfg. For Leslie Weist, there wasn’t any hesitation when it came to joining her family’s Mansfield, Ohio-trenchless manufacturing business five years ago. Michael Bryne Mfg. founder and industry…
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Today’s Young Trenchless Professionals: Madison Veggian
Madison Veggian, P.E., Associate Principal/Technical Manager, Woodard & Curran For Madison Veggian, P.E., working in the trenchless industry offers her a unique opportunity to combine the green and minimal disruptiveness of trenchless with her…
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Today’s Young Trenchless Professionals: Matt Smith
Matt Smith, President, Michels Trenchless Matt Smith’s turn as a summer laborer for Michels Corp. in 2009 gave him a glimpse into what would become his chosen career path and passion. He hasn’t looked back. Today, Matt is president of Michels Trenchless…
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Today’s Young Trenchless Professionals: Mary Neher
Mary Neher, P.E., Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager, Bennett Trenchless Engineers Mary Neher found out that being at the right place at the right time can lead to a career in trenchless technology — or, in her case, her parents were in the right…
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Today’s Young Trenchless Professionals: Justin Akkerman
Justin Akkerman, President, Akkerman Inc. Even though the Akkerman name is synonymous with the trenchless technology, choosing to make his career a part of the industry that his family helped to build wasn’t a given. In fact, growing up, Justin Akkerman…
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Today’s Young Trenchless Professionals: Geoff Britnell
Geoff Britnell, Business Development Manager, FER-PAL Inc. If you would have asked Geoff Britnell a decade ago what he thought about a career in trenchless technology, he likely would have answered: What is trenchless technology? Geoff graduated from…
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Challenges & Opportunities for Today’s Water, Sewer Utilities
North America’s underground infrastructure has been under siege for years. Take your pick: age, condition, increasing costs of rehabilitation and construction, available funding and an experienced workforce are just a small part of what today’s system…
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Trenchless Pioneers: Martin Cherrington
Martin Cherrington is an icon of the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market, a driving force who propelled the installation of utilities underground with minimal disruption and a more cost-effective bottom line. He is simply known as the Father of…
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Drilling with Precision – Brownline USA Steers HDD Industry Forward
You have to know where you are going when drilling underground — obvious, but important. Steering technology has played — and continues to play — a vital role in the growth, expansion and success of the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market. From…
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Trenchless Pioneers: Bernie Krzys
When it comes to covering the trenchless industry, it’s safe to say that Bernie Krzys is the father of trenchless media. With his simple of idea of creating a magazine to cover a relatively unknown construction segment, Krzys helped to usher the…
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NASTT 2023 No-Dig Show Heads to the Northwest!
Portland, Oregon, Welcomes the NASTT No-Dig Show For the first time, the NASTT No-Dig Show — the largest gathering of trenchless professionals — is heading to the Northwest, specifically Portland, Oregon. This annual convergence of the worldwide…
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2023 Trenchless Technology Person of the Year – Dr. John Matthews
When Dr. John Matthews stepped onto the campus at Louisiana Tech University (LA Tech) in Ruston, Louisiana, 23 years ago, he had no idea it would become the home of his professional career. It was at LA Tech where he was first introduced to trenchless…
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Trenchless Pioneers – Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne Mfg. was founded in 1966 by its namesake in a garage in Mansfield, making auger boring machines, augers, tunnel shields and cutting heads for the emerging underground construction market.
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What’s In Store for the Trenchless Technology Industry in 2023?
2022 brought unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the construction industry. Contractors and manufacturers worked overtime to overcome a gamut of obstacles to keep projects moving forward for completion. The list was long and formidable: supply…
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2022 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year New Installation Winner – North Bakken Expansion-Lake Sakakawea HDD
The WBI Energy North Bakken Expansion-Lake Sakakawea HDD was selected as the 2022 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year for New Installation.
Read MorePVC vs HDPE: Pros, Cons and Benefits of Each
PVC and HDPE are the top pipe choices in the trenchless market today. We ask their advocates why.
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Sherwin-Williams: Making Its Mark in Trenchless
The Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine (S-W P&M) division has built itself as a premier manufacturer and supplier of the epoxies, polyurethanes and coatings that rehabilitate and provide corrosion protection for underground water and wastewater assets…
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30 Years and Counting: We’re Celebrating All Year Long and Look Forward to the Next 30
Trenchless Technology is officially 30 years old. Our fourth decade of coverage is under way! We started out as a bimonthly publication about a relatively unknown industry with the funny name. Today, we are the No. 1 publication about a now…
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Supply Chain Snarls, Increasing Costs Impacting Trenchless Companies
What a few years we have had in the world of trenchless technology. So many extraordinary factors converging has resulted in a challenging economic model for contractors, manufacturers, utility owners and engineers. Simply put, it’s been tough to do…
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2022 NASTT No-Dig Show Leaves its Mark in Minneapolis
Minneapolis was the place to be April 10-14, when trenchless professionals gathered in full-force for the 2022 NASTT No-Dig Show. Attendees came to the Minneapolis Convention Center for a full slate of educational, exhibiting and networking opportunities…
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