Abbott Innovative Products & Services: Rehabilitation & New Installation

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Celebrating companies with a state-of-the-art product, technology or service making a significant impact in advancing the trenchless industry. 

NEW AWARD FOCUS

What is Innovation? When we think of innovation, we think of:

    • Something new, an invention (the first telephone);
    • A significant change or adaptation made to an existing product, concept, or technique (a cellular phone); or
    • The new use or application of an existing product (smart phone is also a computer and a high-resolution camera).

Innovation is born out of necessity, the need to “push the envelope,” improve quality, speed, strength, etc. “Trenchless innovators are answering the call to understand the performance of their infrastructure and unseen conditions,” notes Innovative Product Selection Committee Chair Cindy Preuss. A Water Conveyance Discipline Leader at CDM Smith, Cindy sees that utility owners and engineers are expanding applications of existing equipment and developing multi-inspection tools and technologies; and employing tools to facilitate data capture, evaluation and management among other spheres of innovation. There is also a need to pivot from mishaps and to overcome highly challenging projects. Finally, with aging infrastructure and funding being earmarked specifically for priority projects, it is critical to maximize the amount of work that can be done.

“These are the types of innovations the Abbot Innovative Product Award wants to recognize,” Cindy explains. Historically the award has looked for “new” products specifically categorized as “new installation” or “rehabilitation.” Award founder, the late Joseph L. Abbott, Jr., championed innovation — all innovation. “We believe broadening the scope of the award to include redesign and repurposing will bring more innovations and the teams producing them to the forefront of the trenchless community.”

Profile of Winners: The Selection Panel will look at and reward the best of a variety of characteristics including, but not limited to:

    • Is ground-breaking for the entire industry or industry segments;
    • Exploits new possibilities, solves existing problems and goes beyond the traditional boundaries of design or application;
    • Shapes the future of trenchless technology;
    • Demonstrates outstanding design quality and/or a progressive approach;
    • Shows a comprehensive redesign or technical refinement;
    • Achieves a whole new type of use.

Eligibility: Applicants must be an exhibitor or sponsor who will be on site at the upcoming NASTT No-Dig Show. Products will have been released within the last two years with proven results. Prior award recipients may submit different products or services in subsequent years.

Product Description: Submissions must include thorough descriptions of:

  • INNOVATION (concept, method, development);
  • VALUE (need, advantages, cost);
  • COMPETITIVE POSITION (pricing, quality, market share, advantages); and,
  • IMPACT (sustainability, social/environmental responsibility and potential).

      Requirements:

      1. Submit a recording of your presentation. The recording will also be available in the NASTT Trenchless Knowledge Hub. (Preparation instructions will be provided.)
      2. Participate in a brief Q&A with award judges on site at the NASTT 2025 No-Dig Show in Denver, Colorado.
      3. Present your product at the Innovative Products Showcase. Please Note: The Showcase is not part of the judging process.

          Get Started:

          Application window will open soon. If you have any questions contact Carolyn Hook.

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          View recordings of prior finalists and winners on the NASTT Trenchless Knowledge Hub.

          2024

          BRAWO Systems for BRAWO Magnavity SX
          The light curing system consists of an intelligent LED head with 96 / 192 high-performance UV LEDs, a 60-meter long combination hose with integrated power and compressed air supply, a retraction unit and a control box. Operation is made even more convenient by the larger 10″ touchscreen panel.

          2023

          New Installation: Ditch Witch  for AT120 All-Terrain Horizontal Directional Drill
          As the largest AT drill in the world, the AT120 improves jobsite efficiency for previous mid- and maxi-size drill owners, using less drilling fluid and resulting in decreased jobsite waste, minimized cleanup and reduced environmental impact.

          Rehabilitation: Sunbelt Rentals for PumpSentri
          PumpSentri is an advanced standalone bypass monitoring system that can fully integrate into a bypass pumping system and sends real-time pumping system information to  a cloud-based platform for data logging system pressure, suction vacuum, wet well surcharge, flow, vibration and all the engine telematics.

          2022 

          New Installation: Boyd Tech, Inc.  for their B-Tech Connections
          A means to mechanically connect HDPE piping for pulling, pushing and transitions, B-Tech Connections provides a pipe-to-pipe connection wherein ID & OD remain the same. 

          Rehabilitation: Aegion LLC for their CIPP Carbon Filter System
          A carbon filtration solution for CIPP steam-cured product that exhausts Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and accompanying odors. 

          2021 

          New Installation: Digital Control Incorporated for their Teratrak R1
          A terrain mapping tool with accompanying mobile app that enables a crew to quickly gather continuous terrain data with a bore plan to get around terrain changes and cross utilities with confidence.

          Rehabilitation: Logiball, Inc. for their Long Span Grouting Packer
          A structural stabilization technique, which prevents pipe joint defects from progressing from a crack to a fracture or from a fracture to a break.  It does this by eliminating the erosive effects of water infiltration through the defects and by the solidifying of the pipe bedding.

          2019 

          New Installation: Geonex for their DTH-hammer drilling system.
          Geonex’s system works with steel casing or without casing in solid rock and performs best in hard rock and mixed soil conditions, where rock quality creates significant costs with tricone bits or in mixed soil conditions that cannot be supported with drilling fluids. Method is direct pipe installation method and operates with an air percussion hammer.

          Rehabilitation: Kobus Services Ltd. for their Kobus Pipe Puller KPP400 Series
          The Kobus Pipe Puller KPP400 Series is an innovative trenchless technology for the replacement of water and gas service pipes.  The device is a self-contained hydraulic winch which mounts on the arm of a typical compact excavator found on most construction sites.  The powerful hydraulic motors are driven from the auxiliary hydraulics of the excavator and are capable of delivering 60,000 lbs of pulling force.