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*New* NASTT Membership Available now: International Individual Membership
Broaden your network and help yourself and your organization gain international recognition by inviting your overseas colleagues to join NASTT! There’s something for everyone in the NASTT Family.
Open to any individual residing outside of North America with interests in the advancement and the application of trenchless technologies for the overall benefit of our infrastructure and our communities. Available to “individuals only” as an associate membership without voting privileges within the society and our affiliates. International members may not hold office with NASTT or with the NASTT Regional Chapters. Group membership for municipalities or corporations are not offered internationally by NASTT.
International Individual Members can save $250 USD on an individual full conference registration at NASTT’s Annual No-Dig Show. This benefit alone pays for the membership. To be eligible, you must be certified as International Individual Member at the time of the conference. International Individual Member Price: $250.00
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NASTT is pleased to present three new membership opportunities in 2018:
Attention Students!
Available now: Student Non-Affiliated Membership
NASTT proudly engages 18 official Student Chapters,and now we are branching out to all students throughout North America! The NASTT Student Non-Affiliated Membership ($50 USD per year) is available to any student actively enrolled full-time in a North American university that doesn’t currently have an official Student Chapter on campus.
Overseas Opportunities!
Available now: International Individual Membership
The NASTT International Individual Membership ($250 USD per year) is available to any individual residing outside of North America.
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Available now: Retiree Membership
The NASTT Retiree Membership ($40 USD per year) is open to NASTT members after they retire from the industry.
Click here to learn about all of NASTT’s membership options.
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GeoEngineers, Inc. is closing out 2017 by creating a new Pipelines business unit to help its professionals focused on pipeline services collaborate and work across geographic regions even more effectively. GeoEngineers’ busy pipelines practice has ranked in the top half of Trenchless Technology Magazine’s Top 50 Trenchless Design Firms industry survey for the past 10 years.
Principal Mark A. Miller, PE, who works from GeoEngineers Springfield, Missouri office, will lead the new Pipelines Business Unit with support from two team leaders; Principal Jonathan L. Robison, PE, also located in Springfield and Principal Trevor N. Hoyles, PE in the Raleigh, North Carolina office.
GeoEngineers also hired veteran pipeline industry project manager, Gary Castleberry, in November 2017 to help grow its pipelines practice. Castleberry is a senior construction consultant with 17 years of experience in the pipeline industry. He started his career as a drilling mud technician, monitoring drilling mud volume and properties on trenchless construction sites, and worked his way into project management of large pipeline routes. Most recently, Castleberry was a field engineer for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which is comprised of 600 miles of natural gas pipeline extending from West Virginia to North Carolina. Now at GeoEngineers, Castleberry continues to collaborate with project and construction management and engineering staff on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s 28 horizontal directional drills (HDDs) and one Direct Pipe® installation. Other recent projects Castleberry has worked on include the nearly 500-mile-long, award-winning Sabal Trail Pipeline extending from Alabama to Florida with 21 horizontal directional drill (HDD) installations and the New Jersey-New York Expansion Project extending from Linden, New Jersey to Manhattan, New York. The 20-mile project route included nine HDDs, a marine tie-in of two HDDs in the near shore Hudson River waters adjacent to Jersey City, New Jersey, and a landfall HDD tie-in in Manhattan, New York.
Most of GeoEngineers’ business units are organized geographically and tend to serve clients within their regions. The company’s pipeline work is distinctly different. Oil and gas projects are geographically dispersed, and staff are regularly deployed to project sites throughout the country.
“Our work is international. Our clients are everywhere, and our projects are everywhere, so from a structural standpoint, this made sense,” said Miller.
GeoEngineers’ pipeline services include the entire life cycle of trenchless projects—from concept to completion. This includes geohazards analysis and geological desktop studies; pipeline route selection assistance; feasibility analysis of trenchless methods, including geometry, workspace and constructability; and geotechnical investigations before engineering and construction even begins. GeoEngineers continues to assist in pipeline projects with trenchless design engineering, bid specification preparation and pre-construction support, permitting, construction observation with detailed daily reporting, and post-construction documentation.
“The new unit will improve our ability to support clients and give them more consistent relationships and work products,” Miller explained.
GeoEngineers, founded in 1980 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is an integrated earth science and technology firm with 13 offices in Missouri, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, North Carolina and Louisiana. GeoEngineers specializes in crafting unique environmental, geotechnical, and ecological solutions for the energy, transportation, water and natural resource, federal, and development sectors, and it is currently ranked #223 in the 2017 Engineering News Record Top 500 National Design Firms survey. For more information, please visit www.geoengineers.com.
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Area’s leading equipment provider increases product offerings.
BALTIMORE, MD – November 15, 2017 – Vermeer Mid Atlantic (VMA), the East Coast’s premier Vermeer dealer partner and member of the Norris Companies, is partnering with Yanmar Equipment to fill out its already extensive product lineup. Customers now have access to commercial trucks, trailers, two equipment brands, finance options and after-sales support all in one location.
VMA is one of the few suppliers of Yanmar in the market, especially for the utility, landscape and forestry industries. Some of the most popular Yanmar models, like excavators, articulating wheel loaders, tracked carriers and skid steer and tracked loaders will service the existing Vermeer markets in addition to opening new ones. All products will be sold and serviced by trained VMA representatives working out of 11 existing locations, plus a brand-new store opening later this year in Roanoke, Virginia. Stock units, demo units and rental fleet options are now available.
“Adding a premium brand like Yanmar gives our group another powerful tool to help serve the needs of our commercial clients,” says VMA CEO Andy Franklin. “It allows our commercial clients to streamline the number of vendors they have to contact on a daily basis and spend more of their time focused on their business.”
Yanmar, which was founded in 1912, specializes in diesel engines and has built a solid reputation for innovative and thoughtfully designed pieces that work to tackle the toughest jobs. Some of the most popular options, like the Vi035-6A excavator, SV08-1B mini excavator, S165R-1 skid steer, patented rotary pistons and C50R-3C tracked carriers, will help better serve customers in niche markets.
VMA and Yanmar have a dedication to landscape and tree care customers, so these new products will give customers in this industry a previously unavailable selection of equipment to solidify their business. The wide variety of products available from Yanmar will also allow for expansion into new markets, like water and sewer management, gas industry, utility installation and more.
“Yanmar has the best quality products in the industry,” says VMA President Mark Boyle. “We’ve wanted for years to bring this product to our customers, and we’re proud to finally have it come together.”
Both Yanmar and Norris Automotive Group have established over the past century what it means to serve customers, so both companies have a proven dedication to providing only the best. This partnership will give customers options that were not available before, a more streamlined sales and service process and an entire new line of products to grow their business.
“Together, the family of Norris Companies can provide a turnkey offering from the truck, trailer, equipment, finance and after-sale support to simplify the process from all of our partnering customers,” says Mark.
About Vermeer Mid Atlantic
Vermeer Mid Atlantic, Inc. – a dealership group with 12 locations serving the Northern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Eastern West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina markets – is a full-service Vermeer Platinum equipment dealer that specializes in selling, leasing, training and servicing Vermeer® NAVIGATOR™ horizontal directional drilling machines, equipment for utility installation, tree care, organic recycling and wood waste processing equipment.
Equipped To Do More™, the extensive product line, pre-owned inventory, expansive parts catalogue and professional staff have made VMA a top-performer in the Vermeer Corporation partner network. Visit VermeerMidAtlantic.com for more information.
About Norris Companies
Norris Automotive Group has been serving the automotive and equipment needs of Maryland’s consumers and businesses since 1917. The Norris Automotive Group retail brands include Norris Ford, Norris Honda, Norris Acura, Auto Connect, Northpoint Motors and Norris Insurance. The Norris Commercial division is the number one Commercial Services provider in the Mid-Atlantic with 20 locations spanning from Maryland to South Carolina. The Norris Commercial Division maintains over $15 million in light and heavy vehicle parts inventory including OEM and aftermarket, 75 parts delivery vehicles servicing the region with multiple daily deliveries, four aftermarket parts locations, four dedicated commercial service facilities in the Baltimore/Washington market, over 20 mobile service and hydraulic repair crews that operate 24/7, 12 full-service Vermeer equipment dealerships specializing in equipment for utility installation, tree care, organic recycling, and the largest commercial vehicle sales team in the region. For more information visit NorrisAutoGroup.com, NorrisCommercial.com and VermeerMidAlantic.com.
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Media Contact: Lindsey Smith Norris Automotive Group | 925 Merritt Blvd Baltimore, MD 21222 | lsmith@norrisautogroup.com | 410-285-0600
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BTE has an immediate opening for a full time professional in its Folsom, CA office. BTE provides stimulating, professional challenges, professional development opportunities, competitive compensation and benefits. BTE is a specialty consulting engineering firm located in Folsom, CA that has spent over 20 years focusing 100% on the design of pipeline projects using trenchless construction methods. Trenchless construction involves installation of utility pipelines using various tunneling and boring methods to limit impacts to sensitive features, such as roads, waterways, and existing structures. The firm specializes in all aspects of design, including feasibility studies, full design services, and construction management services. The candidate will work in the Folsom office and at various project field locations.
Position Description:
Associate engineer
Assist in trenchless design, including writing technical specifications, technical memoranda, preparing and editing drawings, conducting design calculations
Prepare correspondence, participate in meetings with clients
Site meetings and inspection
Up to 25% travel
Required Qualifications:
B.S./M.S. in Civil/Geotechnical/Mechanical Engineering
Proficient with Microsoft Office
Geotechnical engineering experience/competence an important plus
FE/PE a plus
Proficiency in AutoCAD a plus
Compensation Package:
Highly competitive pay, commensurate with degree/experience
Signing bonus/relocation expense reimbursement
Health and dental benefits
Vacation and sick leave, family leave
Profit sharing
Simple IRA employer matching
Strong professional development opportunities
Applications should include the following information:
Cover Letter
Resume
Transcript(s)
Professional Reference(s)
Address application packages to: Dave.Bennett@BennettTrenchless.com
950 Glenn Drive, Suite 115 Folsom, CA 95630
www.BennettTrenchless.com
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Purdue welcomes Dan Liotti of Midwest Mole!
The first NASTT Purdue Student Chapter guest lecture for the 2017-2018 academic year was held on October 19. The guest speaker was Dan Liotti, CEO of Midwest Mole, Inc., who is a Purdue alumnus and the 2015 Trenchless Technology Person of the Year.
The lecture was titled “Trenchless Installation Methods”. The speaker gave a brief review of Auger Boring, Guided Boring, Pipe Jacking, Utility Tunneling and EPB Tunneling. The event also included a discussion with Mr. Liotti about job opportunities in the trenchless market. More than thirty students attended the event.
For more information about NASTT’s Student Chapters, contact NASTT Membership Administrator, Renee Corea.
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