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June 2010 Issue: BTrenchless Unveils New Web Site
BTrenchless, a division of BT Construction Inc., recently launched its new Web site, www.BTrenchless.com. Design for the Web site was managed by Renberg Consulting.
May 2010 Issue: Covering All the Bases
At Northwest Boring Co., a trenchless contractor based in the Pacific Northwest, good people make good business.
May 2010 Issue: Parallel Paths
There’s an old Chinese saying about family businesses: “The first generation builds the wealth. The second generation lives like gentlemen, and the third generation must start all over again.”
May 2010 Issue: BTrenchless Unveils New Web Site
BTrenchless, a division of BT Construction, Inc. since 2003, recently launched their new website, located at www.BTrenchless.com.
April 2010 Issue: Dennis Doherty Joins Haley & Aldrich
Dennis Doherty, P.E., F.ASCE has joined Haley & Aldrich as a senior trenchless technology engineer.
Doherty is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is a recognized leader in trenchless technology, with a passion for underground infrastructure asset management for public agencies and private utility companies.
April 2010 Issue: No-Dig Loses One of its Pioneering Figures – Donald Frank Rees 1918-2010
It is with sadness that we must report the death of Donald Rees OBE, who recently died in the Algarve at the age of 91.
March 2010 Issue: 2010 No-Dig Meets in Chicago
Mark those calendars for the trenchless event of the year: The 2010 No-Dig Conference and Exhibition will be held May 2-7 at the Schaumburg Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center, located just outside Chicago.
March 2010 Issue: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Develops the First Underground Sensing System for the Construction of Utility Pipes
Working in collaboration with the industry and utility companies, civil engineering experts of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have made great strides in expediting the use of "trenchless" technology for installing underground utility pipeline in Hong Kong.
February 2010 Issue: HOBAS Pipe USA:
HOBAS Pipe USA has forged a reputation for longevity in its 25 years in the pipe products market — not just in the lifespan of its product but in the years of experience of its workforce.
December 2009 Issue: The Top 10 Engineering Firm Profiles
Get to know more about the Top 10 engineering design firms.
December 2009 Issue: Revving Up Rajasthan
Disc cutter technology is still far from the standard method in India, where many contractors utilize hand mining for all hard rock trenchless crossings.
October 2009 Issue: Promoting Trenchless Technologies in the Middle East
TRENCHLESS MIDDLE EAST is slated for Nov. 9-11 in Abu Dhabi.
October 2009 Issue: Installation Runner Up
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) and the City of Concord (City) teamed with Carollo Engineers, DCM-GeoEngineers and Bennett Trenchless Engineers to design and manage the construction of a new interceptor sewer that will eliminate the need for a 50-mgd pumping station.
October 2009 Issue: Pipe Jacking Helps in Iowa Bike Trail Project
Pipe jacking underneath railroad tracks was used on a short but challenging project in the City of Coralville, Iowa, in order to extend a pedestrian bike trail last winter.
October 2009 Issue: The Determination
The decision on whether to require contact grouting and backfilling of pipelines, conduits and various other types of utilities installed by trenchless methods is an issue that needs evaluation and resolution during the early design phase of the project.
September 2009 Issue: Revving Up Rajasthan
Disc cutter technology is still far from the standard method in India, where many contractors utilize hand mining for all hard rock trenchless crossings. Hand mining is very often exceedingly slow, with typical advance rates of about 300 mm (12 in.) per day.
August 2009 Issue: American Augers Stays True to Its Roots
American Augers’ auger boring roots trace back to 1963 with the construction of one auger boring machine that was built in a small garage in a rural Ohio community.
August 2009 Issue: ICUEE 2009 Is Here!
The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE), organized by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), returns for the 2009 year.
August 2009 Issue: Maynard Akkerman Inducted into The Moles
Akkerman Inc. president and CEO Maynard Akkerman was officially welcomed on May 6, as a member of The Moles, a prominent heavy construction fraternal organization.
July 2009 Issue: 2009 Editorial Roundtable:
Each year at the No-Dig Show, Trenchless Technology assembles leaders of the trenchless community to discuss various issues affecting the trenchless industry. As this year’s No-Dig Show was an international event, we decided gather perspective about the trenchless market inside and outside North America’s borders.
April 2009 Issue: Robert Stein to Chair June Trenchless Technology Summit
Robert Stein, CEO of S & P Consult GMBH will chair IQPC's 2nd Annual Trenchless Technology Summit taking place in Abu Dhabi on 7-10 June 2009 at the Hilton Hotel.
March 2009 Issue: Hard Rock Tackled in San Francisco Boring Project
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission used a 60-in. diameter
Robbins Motorized Small Boring Unit (SBU-M) to take on tough
ground conditions.
March 2009 Issue: Trenchless Technology Summit to Be Held in June
The second annual Trenchless Technology Summit will focus on practical, economical and environmental benefits to adopting trenchless technology, according to a statement
February 2009 Issue: Oh, Canada!
The 2009 International No-Dig Conference and Exhibition heads to Toronto.
February 2009 Issue: Paul Nicholas Joins Akkerman
Akkerman is pleased to announce that Paul Nicholas has joined the sales and marketing team.
January 2009 Issue: Pipe Bursting Rehabs Aging Ohio Sewer Lines
The City of Avon Lake, Ohio, uses pipe bursting to upgrade its sewer pipe.
December 2008 Issue: GeoEngineers Acquires DCM Engineering
GeoEngineers Inc., a Seattle-based earth science and technology company, announced Nov. 25 that it has purchased DCM Engineering Inc. of Walnut Creek, Calif., according to a press release.
August 2008 Issue: Taking Stock of the Pipe Market
Trenchless Technology polls sewer system operators and consulting engineers from around the United States to gain perspective on sewer pipe usage.
July 2008 Issue: Going Global
For better than 50 years, The Robbins Co. name has been synonymous with boring through hard rock. Countless projects and successes around the globe have set the company’s reputation in stone. The Robbins Co. designed and manufactured the first hard rock, open-type tunnel boring machine (TBM), as well as the first double shield TBMs. Though the company is known for supplying some of the largest TBMs in the world, it has added to its catalog a variety of internationally-available, small diameter tunneling equipment. In so doing, Robbins is burning the hard rock candle at both ends, so to speak.
June 2008 Issue: The 2008 No-Dig Round-Up
The annual show attracts attendees, exhibitors and attention to the trenchless industry.
May 2008 Issue: Pipe Jacking in Michigan
The use of pipe jacking proves beneficial to a sewer project’s success in Michigan.
March 2008 Issue: 2008 Trenchless Technology Person of the Year: Maynard Akkerman
Over the last 40 years, Maynard Akkerman has been a part of the growing trenchless industry. Starting in the business as a teenager, Akkerman grew to become president and owner of Akkerman Inc.and the 2008 Trenchless Technology Person of the Year
March 2008 Issue: Hard Decisions in Mixed Ground
Which cutting tools work best in mixed ground and why
March 2008 Issue: Meet You in Moscow
The 26th International No-Dig Conference and Exhibition comes to Moscow June 3-6, making it the temporary Mecca of the trenchless world.
February 2008 Issue: Benjamin Media Inc. Develops Online Resource Center
Benjamin Media Inc., publisher of Trenchless Technology, recently developed a new Resource Center...
January 2008 Issue: 2007 ISTT Awards: Academic and Student Paper
The ISTT presents its 2007 Academic and Student Paper Awards.
January 2008 Issue: Getting to Know ISTT Chairman Dec Downy
Dec Downey became the new chairman of the International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT)in September 2007 at the International No-Dig Show in Rome.
December 2007 Issue: Top 10 Engineering Firms Profiles
Get to know more about the Top 10 engineering design firms.
November 2007 Issue: Hammer Time
Trenchless technologies are used in the completion of a commuter-based rail line.
November 2007 Issue: ISTT Update
As ROMA07 was the main event of the year in the ISTT calendar, the No-Dig Awards 2007 were presented at a Gala Dinner held at Restaurant Baba on Tuesday evening.
November 2007 Issue: Rome No-Dig
The Ergife Conference & Exhibition Centre with indoor and outdoor exhibit space was the venue for the event. The show encompassed a large regional audience with attendees exceeding 2,000.
November 2007 Issue: Conference in Poland: Engineering 2008
Engineering 2008 (Inzynieria 2008) is a conference on trenchless engineering, no-dig construction, geo-engineering, the construction of tunnels, bridges and roads. The conference takes place June 17-19, 2008, and will be held in its original venue — the Tomaszowice Manor, just outside Krakow, Poland.
July 2007 Issue: Trenchless Technology Marks Milestone
Fifteen years ago, Bernie Krzys came up with an idea that seemed simple enough. What if he created a publication that covered the trenchless technology market — a market on the verge of becoming the next big thing in underground construction that no one was talking about?
December 2006 Issue: Trenchless Technology& Pipe Conference Set for Dec. 15
July 2006 Issue: Trenchless Technology from the Owner’s Perspective
The trenchless market has seen major changes over the last decade, from new products and technologies available, to new regulations and management practices. To see what changes are occurring, Trenchless Technology went straight to the ultimate source — the owners.
July 2006 Issue: Keeping a South African
During 2001, management at the NATREF facility identified that the refinery’s Blowdown Sewer, in the main pipe rack in the main process area, had severe structural defects over a length of approximately 190 m.
March 2006 Issue: Guided Auger Boring in Africa
Pilot pipe jacking is accepted worldwide as a method for trenchless construction of sewers.
January 2006 Issue: Shanghai Makes Its Mark in renchless
Over the next few years, the eyes of the world will be firmly fixed inside China’s borders — in particular, there are two events that country officials point to as keys to its economic future.
January 2006 Issue: January 2006: Trenchless International News
* DCA Annual Congress in Münster, Germany
* No-Dig Engineering Live a Success in Poland
* Wasser Berlin 2006 Slated for April
* 30 Years of TERRA AG
* China Builds GPS Infrastructure Networks with Trimble Technology
* CONEXPO Asia 2006 Set for Beijing
December 2005 Issue: Leading Clients into the Future
September 2005 Issue: Naylor Industries Plc. U.K.-Based Clay Pipe Manufacturer Continues Success After 115 Years
Naylor Industries Plc. is a family-run business that has successfully navigated through more than a century of change, innovation and expansion.
September 2005 Issue: Trenchless Technology in India
The rapid growth of urban population coupled with the reducing subsurface, as well as ground spaces for laying utilities, are the base catalysts for the application of trenchless techniques in India and other nations of South Asia.
May 2005 Issue: May 2005: Trenchless International News
May 2005 Issue: Microtunneling to Exacting Standards in Holland
Awater station in Nieuwegein, Holland, transports pre-treated surface water via dual pipelines to the dune purification plant of the Gemeente Amsterdam Waterleiding Bedrijf (City of Amsterdam Water Co.) in Vogelenzang and the PWN Waterleidingbedrijf Noord Holland in Heemskerk.
March 2005 Issue: 2005 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: David Bennett
In both the realm of nature and the realm of construction, a strong foundation is needed to help things grow. A building needs to be rooted in the ground before it can reach any great height, just as a tree must have strong roots in order to grow tall. It is often said that a successful business and career is the same way in order to maximize your potential, you must have a solid background and a foundation of knowledge, wisdom and integrity.
March 2005 Issue: Trenchless Methods Finding Success in South Africa
Nobody needs to tell South Africans how to put a hole in the ground as the country has the deepest mines in the world and some of the largest networks: diamonds, gold and platinum.
March 2004 Issue: 2004 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: Steven Kramer
Steven R. Kramer has spent most of his professional life exploring, researching, developing, implementing and promoting the industry of trenchless technology -- even before there was a name for the fledgling industry in the early 1980s.
March 1997 Issue: 1997 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: Leo Barbera
"It doesn't do any good to have knowledge if you don't share it with somebody." That motto and the commitment to trenchless equipment design, training and education that it represents has driven Leo Barbera throughout his years in the industry.
