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Company hires Jake Jeffords as regional sales representative
GREENVILLE, S.C.— McLaughlin is proud to welcome underground industry–veteran Jake Jeffords to their team as a regional sales representative. Jeffords is responsible for meeting the needs of McLaughlin customers in the Southeast, Mid-South and Eastern Canada regions.
Jeffords began his career in the construction equipment industry in 2003 at Vermeer Southeast, where he served as a territory manager for six years. He eventually moved into a product manager role working at Yanmar America and, most recently, as an attachments manager at JCB North America. He was responsible for developing and executing sales and marketing strategies as well as advancing the capture, revenue and profitably of company products.
“Jake brings impressive sales and industry knowledge to the McLaughlin team,” said Jeff Wage, vice president of McLaughlin. “Jake’s prior experience with Vermeer, his sales expertise, and his deep understanding of customer needs within the construction industry make him a valuable addition.”
McLaughlin is a leading manufacturer of trenchless construction equipment including auger boring machines, Vermeer-branded vacuum excavators and pneumatic piercing tools, as well as locators, directional drills and various attachments. Jeffords’ role will be to support the full line of McLaughlin products to dealers and customers.
Jeffords is replacing John Archambeault, a territory manager who is retiring after 28 years at McLaughlin. Archambeault came to the company in 1988 after serving in the U.S. military. McLaughlin is grateful to Archambeault for the dedication and expertise he provided throughout the years.
For more information on McLaughlin products and services, visit the company’s website at www.mclaughlinunderground.com or email McLaughlin at mmole@mightymole.com.
For over 85 years, McLaughlin has been actively involved in the drilling tool industry. During that time McLaughlin has developed a reputation for designing and building dependable, low maintenance trenchless construction equipment. McLaughlin takes pride in providing solutions for OEMs and the underground industry.
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GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces the release of the UtilityScan Pro, the latest addition to the company’s popular UtilityScan GPR product line. UtilityScan systems are the industry standard for efficiently identifying and marking the location and depth of subsurface utilities, including gas, sewer, and communication lines. Featuring the SIR 4000 control unit, the UtilityScan Pro delivers the configurability and flexibility to address a wide range of utility applications.
This advanced GPR system is ideal for locating gas, communications, sewer lines, and other metallic and nonmetallic targets, including underground storage tanks and PVC pipes. The UtilityScan Pro also allows for real-time data collection, with a back-up cursor and cross-hair cursor that allow the user to accurately locate targets. Additionally, the new GPR system allows users to utilize multiple different techniques to calculate the depth of targets, for added flexibility. It effortlessly integrates with GPS and has the ability to store and replay data easily.
In addition to utility detection, the UtilityScan family of GPR solutions is configurable to the needs of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and environmental applications, including bridge deck assessment and concrete scanning. With a number of different cart and antenna configurations, the UtilityScan Pro can be tailored to meet a wide range of needs. All UtilityScan Pro configurations deliver exceptionally high-quality data and are rugged enough to withstand years of field usage, and include a two-year warranty.
About GSSI
Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. is the world leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, primarily for the concrete inspection, utility mapping and locating, road and bridge deck evaluation, geophysics, and archaeology markets. Our equipment is used all over the world to explore the subsurface of the earth and to inspect infrastructure systems non-destructively. GSSI created the first commercial GPR system nearly 45 years ago and continues to provide the widest range and highest quality GPR equipment available today.
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Lechner brings industry experience and extensive knowledge
The Robbins Company announced the appointment of Joe Lechner to the role of Small Boring
Unit (SBU) Sales Manager. With over 18 years of industry experience, the role is a natural career progression for Lechner. It brings him back to his early roots of working with SBUs, while more recently he worked with TBMs. Lechner can continue his success with the company in this new capacity with the trenchless division.
In his new position, Lechner will handle SBU sales and rentals for Robbins, assist customers in equipment specifications for projects, and provide full-spectrum customer support. In addition, Lechner will be responsible for many other tasks such as generating quotes for cutters and spare parts, shop scheduling, forecasting, internal operations for Robbins, and field service support, as needed.
“I want customers to know they can come to me with any issues. I have a good understanding of the industry and our business,” said Lechner. “I want to provide an all-around good experience. Robbins wants your project to be successful, with our equipment and support.”
Lechner began working with SBUs in 1998, starting in field service. When he wasn’t out in the field, he was building SBUs and cutters. He started up and commissioned SBU-As in the field, and transitioned over to working with TBMs worldwide in the mid 2000’s. With his diverse worldwide field experience, Lechner’s knowledge will continue to benefit Robbins and its customers.
Lechner said his goals as Sales Manager for the SBU product line for the next two years include increasing stocking levels and providing fast deliveries to customers. He noted the division is streamlining inspection quoting and repair processes to ultimately provide the most efficient services possible. With a few hundred machines in service, some of which are working around the clock, he anticipates product sales, rentals and repairs all will remain consistent moving forward.
“We’re lucky to have Joe working with Robbins,” said Tom Fuerst, Utility Tunneling Sales Manager. “With his background and extensive knowledge, he’ll easily implement the best solutions for our customers.”
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An agile, interactive, and informative site detailing the world’s leading drilling technology.
THOMPSON, CONNECTICUT USA, June 15, 2016– Numa, the leading designer and manufacturer of DTH hammers and bits, has launched a new website (www.numahammers.com) to provide viewers with the most agile, interactive, and informative site detailing the world’s leading drilling technology. The new website is designed to provide the ultimate user-friendly experience with improved navigation and functionality throughout, allowing customers to not only access detailed product information but also gain insight into the value Numa provides to drillers around the world.
Numa President Ralph Leonard commented, “Numa became a leader in DTH by standing behind our people, products and performance. This commitment gives our customers the peace of mind that we’ll always be there with the industry’s best performing, most reliable products and the industry’s best service and support. Our redesigned site further reinforces these values by giving direct insight into how we provide the highest value in products, performance and service.”
A main goal of the redesign was to help viewers get to know Numa better and get a feel for who we are as a company. The scroll friendly, responsive design allows viewers to gain quick access to Numa’s complete range of DTH products, technical support, drilling project summaries, latest news, industry events, regional sales reps, and current web specials. In addition, a new infographic found on the About Us page helps to quickly convey relevant information about our key strengths.
Created with the user experience firmly in mind, the website is designed using the latest technology so the site is compatible with today’s browsers and mobile devices. This means viewers see essentially the same design optimized for your smart phone, tablet and desktop.
Check out Numa’s new website today at www.numahammers.com
ABOUT NUMA
Numa is the world’s leading designer of rock drilling equipment with over 100 DTH Hammer and Bit products serving 11 different industries. Our products are capable of drilling vertical, horizontal, and reverse circulation holes from 3½ to 48 inches (89 – 1,219 mm) in diameter and are used in 105+ countries. We have built our customer-centric reputation on providing the highest value in products, performance and personal service available in the rock drilling marketplace.
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The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology
(NASTT) was formed in 2009 to promote the education and implementation of trenchless technology for the public interest throughout the states of Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.
One way the Rocky Mountain Chapter will bring trenchless education to its region this year is with Trenchless Elevated 2016, a two-day conference at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City/Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 5-6.
“We came up with Trenchless Elevated for this year’s theme because we thought it was a great way to illustrate how trenchless technology is protecting the majestic environment above the ground while restoring the infrastructure below,” says Patrick Laidlaw, member of NASTT’s Rocky Mountain Chapter Conference Committee and Regional Sales Manager for Underground Solutions, Inc.
This conference gives municipal/utility staff, contractors and engineers the chance to get together with like-minded professionals, visit trenchless exhibits, and learn the benefits and best practices of trenchless methods for the new installation of pipelines and rehabilitation of existing pipelines.
For information about exhibit/sponsorship opportunities, contact Brittany Maurer at bmaurer@benjaminmedia.com. For general information about the show, visit www.trenchlesselevated.com.
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Mortimer the Sewer Rat was adopted earlier this year during NASTT’s 15th Annual Educational
Fund Auction by the generous folks at Midwest Mole!
He has been on the I-69 Section 5 project with them in the Bloomington, IN area. In Indiana’s first public/private project, Section 5 consisted of 21 miles of SR 37 to be rehabilitated and upgraded in Morgan and Monroe counties.
Midwest Mole Inc was contracted in June 2015 to do the bores under the highway. Over 86 bores sizes 24” and 30” have been completed. This includes the relocation of the fiber optic lines for the IU campus. An SBU was brought in to bore through the rock portions.
Stay tuned for more updates on Mortimer during his year with Midwest Mole!
