Remembering Davis Yates
Longtime underground construction and trenchless industry professional Davis Yates passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at the age of 51. Through his career Yates worked at trenchless equipment manufacturer TT Technologies, Aurora, Ill., Mocon Corp., Southern California...
Vermeer Corporation Holds Commemoration in Honor of Year-One Tornado Recovery Efforts
PELLA, IA – Recently, Vermeer Corporation held the groundbreaking for a monument commemorating the buildings destroyed by an EF3 tornado last July (2018), while celebrating the strength of the Vermeer team and the growth and progress that is happening along the...
Remembering Thomas Perry
The NASTT Trenchless Family has lost friend and colleague, Tom Perry, a member of the Northeast Regional Chapter Board of Directors. Thomas Perry of Mt. Olive Township, NJ passed away Friday July 26, 2019 at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown after a short...
Remembering Jim Barbera
The trenchless industry lost a founding member with the recent passing on July 8 of James (Jim) Barbera at the age of 79. James Barbera founded Barbco Inc. in 1989. Today, the company leads the auger-boring industry with equipment that promotes safety and efficiency,...
Sewer Bypass Scoping Guide
The following is a guest post from Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. When a municipality puts out an RFQ for an engineering project and includes the following words—design a temporary sanitary sewer bypass system as needed to construct improvements—design engineers need to focus...
BTrenchless Uses Akkerman MTBM on Salt Lake City Sewer Project
Project Profile: Salt Lake City Public Utilities is increasing capacity and upgrading a portion of their sanitary sewer collection system from 1500 S - 2700 W to Redwood Road. The project bid in January 2019 and Whitaker Construction was selected as the low bidder....
New Member Profile – Meet Scott Rosenthal!
Scott Rosenthal, Associate Professor and Department Head of Mining Engineering at Montana Tech How long have you been involved with underground infrastructure and trenchless technology? What brought you to the industry and/or your specialty area? In my career as a...
CAT Rental Store Customers See Value of Renting Vac-Tron Vacuum Excavators
PELLA, Iowa, - With 24 locations throughout Michigan and Indiana, MacAllister Rentals, the region’s authorized CAT Rental Store, rents, sells, and services a wide range of high-quality equipment from Caterpillar and over 50 other manufacturers. As a part of the...
Ring-O-Matic Creates New Position, Director of Engineering & Product Development
June, 2019 (Pella, IA) Ring-O-Matic is pleased to announce that Dave Langenfeld has joined the company as the Director of Engineering & Product Development. Dave comes to Ring-O-Matic with over 30 years of experience in the construction equipment industry at...
Remembering Dick Robbins 1933-2019
It is with deep sadness that The Robbins Company announces the passing of Richard James Robbins, President and CEO from 1958 to 1993. Dick passed away surrounded by family on Thursday May 30, 2019 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is survived by his wife Bonnie, son Jim...