Brian Avon is an Associate Vice President with Carollo Engineers, located in Walnut Creek, California. Brian has more than 14 years of experience in design, preparing contract documents and cost estimates, and facilitating the acquisition of permits for pipeline projects. His work has included systems evaluation, development of rehabilitation/replacement improvements, construction, geotechnical engineering, and specialty inspection. Over the past 12 years most of Brian’s projects have been trenchless focused. Brian serves as Carollo’s trenchless technology lead, is the immediate past chair of WESTT and teaches courses on Trenchless New Installation Methods and Horizontal Directional Drilling for NASTT.