NASTT Announces Abbott Innovative Product Award Finalists

The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Abbott Innovative Product & Services Award competition.  The Abbott Innovative Product & Services Award celebrates companies with a state-of-the-art product or service developed or re-launched in the last 2 years making a significant impact in advancing the trenchless industry in the areas of rehabilitation or new installation. Finalists will be judged on innovation (concept, method, development); value (need, advantages, cost); and, impact (sustainability, social/environmental responsibility and potential).

VISIT FINALISTS AT THE INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS FORUM AND IN THE EXHIBIT HALL

Competitors must be in attendance at the NASTT No-Dig Show as an exhibitor or sponsor and present a product overview at the Innovative Products Forum on Monday, May 1 from 9:55-11:35 a.m. in room D140.  Attendees can visit exhibiting finalists in the Exhibit Hall. Winners will be announced immediately following the Forum at the Exhibit Hall Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 11:40 a.m. Presentations from all the finalists will be posted online following the No-Dig Show.

 

NEW INSTALLATIONS

Ditch Witch | Booth 119
AT120  All-Terrain Horizontal Directional Drill
Submitted by Sean Hubbard, Marketing Communications Manager

Vermeer Corporation | Booth 714
Vermeer D550 HDD
Submitted by Madison Devin, Product Marketing Specialist

 

REHABILITATION

CPM Pipelines | Booth 108
BulletLiner SystemTM FFRP  AND Acquaint’s Acquarius
Submitted by Chris MacDonald, President

HammerHead Trenchless | Booth 308
HydraSlitterTM AND RS BlueLine System
Submitted by Jeff Urbanski, Sr. Manager, Marketing & Training

QuakeWrap, Inc. | Booth 634
StifPipe®
Submitted by Firat Sever, Pipeline Division Manager

SAERTEX multiCom LP | Booth 232
SAERTEX-LINER® H2O
Submitted by Thijs Teepe, North American Manager, Pressure Products & Training

Sewer AI Corporation | Booth 454
Sewer3D
Submitted by Eric Sullivan, Director of Business Development

Sunbelt Rentals | Booth 615
PumpSentri
Submitted by Ladd Gould, National Strategic Customer Manager

 

“The Abbott Innovative Product Awards represent a fantastic opportunity to showcase ambitious developments from the trenchless industry and celebrate the companies making a difference in the profession,” praised NASTT Executive Director, Matthew Izzard.  “NASTT applauds these new opportunities and the teams furthering product innovation.” To learn more about NASTT awards, visit. nasstt.org/awards.

 

NASTT Selects 2023 Ralston Young Trenchless Achievement Award Recipient

The Ralston Young Trenchless Achievement Award applauds savvy members under 36 who demonstrate excellence early in their careers by making valuable contributions to the trenchless technology industry and NASTT.

Please join NASTT in celebrating the 2023 recipient: Marya Jetten, P.Eng. at Jacobs in Toronto, Ontario.

Young Trenchless Achievement Award Selection Committee Chair, Chris Sivesind, Territory Manager at Akkerman and NASTT staff made a surprise call to Marya to share the news. “We had an impressive group of candidates. Marya made immeasurable contributions to the NASTT community, especially the Canadian chapters.” Chris said.

Marya, was thrilled to hear the news with her four-month old in her arms. “It is a privilege to be recognized for my passion for all things trenchless“ she said acknowledging the inspirational careers of previous recipients, some of whom are now her mentors and colleagues.

In Marya Jetten’s 12 years as an Engineer, she has gained in-depth experience in a wide variety of trenchless technologies for conveyance installation and renewals. “NASTT has provided me with a robust industry network and continuous education in trenchless technology,” she said. “I am honored to be recognized by NASTT for my contributions to the trenchless community.”

Marya is regular presenter and attendee at well-established Canadian, North American & Global conferences, where she expands her network and builds her knowledge on rapidly changing industry standards, available and applicable products for various applications and the ever-expanding boundaries being pushed for installation methods. She shares this knowledge with her Jacobs peers as the Jacobs Global Technology Leader for Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation Solutions.

“Marya’s communication skills help maintain cohesiveness within the team, recruit new members, and elevate the overall level of excellence in delivery,” said Daniel Buonadonna, Senior Technologist at Jacobs, who was thrilled to nominate Marya. “Marya uses her leadership influence to raise awareness of trenchless technologies and enable project success across the continent.”

Marya served as the Co-Chair of the Technical Program Committee for No-Dig North 2022, after volunteering for the conference in 2021. Bruce Yao, Vice President of Testing at Paragon Systems Testing who also served as Co-chair noted that her extensive project management experience was instrumental in the conference’s success. “

Her positive can-do attitude also made her a joy to work with as a team; she brought the most out of the people working around her.” Gerald Bauer, Principal Water at Stantec Consulting Ltd. Was also a No-Dig North volunteer. “She worked tirelessly in her role…doing an amazing job to make the conference a huge success,” he said. Marya also serves as the GLSLA Chapter Vice-Chair.

In addition to her chapter and committee activities, Marya has been an author and presenter at both the NASTT No-Dig Show and No-Dig North. Her six technical papers are available through the NASTT technical paper library.

Matthew Izzard, NASTT Executive Director, thanked Marya for her NASTT involvement and enthusiasm and for being among the best of the best of young trenchless professionals. Special recognition of Marya will take place at the NASTT No-Dig Show in Portland.

Join Marya and other trenchless professionals in their 20s and 30s at the combined Young Professionals/Student/Municipal Scholarship Social on Sunday, April 30 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM in the Portland Ballroom Lobby.

NASTT Requests Proposals for CIPP Good Practices Course & Publication Update

The North American Society for Trenchless Technology has sent out a request for proposals for Professional Engineering Services to update and revise NASTT’s Cured-In-Place Pipe Good Practices Training Course and Publication.

RFP Issue Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
RFP Closing Date: 5:00 PM EST – Friday, March 31, 2023

Click here to download the RFP.

Click here to download the RFP Appendix A.

Submittal instructions are located in the document.

ARPA-E Posts Teaming List Announcement for Upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement: Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-Speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security (GOPHURRS)

ARPA-E has recently posted a new Teaming List Announcement for an upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement: Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-Speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security (GOPHURRS).

The Teaming List Announcement can be found at: https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaIda6318a75-2811-42f3-abd9-d5032a9e675f.

Related to this Teaming List Announcement, ARPA-E held a workshop on “Improving the Reliability and Resilience of Electric Power Distribution by Cost-Effective Undergrounding and High-Performance Installation and Maintenance Technologies”. Further details can be seen on their workshop homepage: https://arpa-e.energy.gov/events/undergrounding-workshop.

NASTT Requests Proposals for HDD Good Practices Course & Publication Update

The North American Society for Trenchless Technology has sent out a request for proposals for Professional Engineering Services to update and revise NASTT’s Horizontal Directional Drilling Good Practices Training Course and Publication.

RFP Issue Date: Thursday, December 5, 2022
RFP Closing Date: 5:00 PM EST – Friday, January 27, 2023

Click here to download the RFP.

Click here to download the RFP Appendix A.

Submittal instructions are located in the document.