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...
Vermeer Mid Atlantic Earns Pinnacle Award
Company receives award while celebrating its 50th Anniversary [Annapolis Junction, MD] – Vermeer Mid Atlantic (VMA) celebrated being awarded the 2018 Vermeer Pinnacle designation in recognition of its efforts to provide a superior experience for customers. The...
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...
Robbins EPB caps 62 km of Tunneling with Final Breakthrough at Emisor Oriente
Completion of Excavation a Landmark Event for High-Profile Wastewater Line On May 23, 2019, a celebration was in order: The last of six 8.93 m (29.3 ft) diameter EPBs had completed excavation at Lot 4 of Mexico City’s Tύnel Emisor Oriente (TEO), a feat marking the...
Numa Announces New CFO, Mark Stickney
THOMPSON, CONNECTICUT USA, May 1, 2019: Numa, the world’s leading drilling technology provider, has announced the appointment of Mark Stickney to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mark will succeed Joe Tokarz, who served as CFO for over 30 years and retired in...