2024 Recap – Trenchless Technology’s Top Posts of the Year
As the year comes to a close it provides a time of reflection. With that in mind, we thought it would be interesting to look back on what we’ve posted to Trenchless Technology’s website in the last year.
These best-of style blog posts provide a chance to look at the great things that happened in the last 365 days or even catch up on some news or stories you missed.
To keep it simple, this review only looks at the most visited stories that were added to trenchlesstechnology.com from December 2023 to December 2024. We start with No. 10 and wrap things up at the bottom with No. 1.
Also in the recapping spirit is Kelly VanNatten, our publisher. Read her Publisher’s Message column from our November/December issue at this link.
We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane.
10 – Craig Vandaelle Named the 2024 Trenchless Technology Magazine Person of the Year
At the beginning of every year Trenchless Technology magazine announces its Person of the Year recipient. This year that honor went to Craig Vandaelle at Michels Corp. When notified of his Person of the Year selection, Vandaelle was overwhelmed, appreciative and humbled. Read More
9 – Production Speed & Small-Diameter HDD Jobs
Large-diameter drilling and residential service line installation drilling are similar to the difference between a green beret sniper and a quickdraw lawman of the Old West. Just like both rely on their tools to be reliable and consistent, but in very different ways, so do drillers rely on their different tools to deliver specific results. Read More
8 – Aegion Corp. Celebrates First Leadership Development Program Graduates
On Jan. 31 – after more than five months of programming – the 20 members of the first ever Aegion University Leadership Development Program (LDP) cohort gathered in Tampa, Florida, to celebrate the culmination of their hard work. Read More
7 – How to Complete a Proper CIPP Install
Rather than sitting idle and allowing CIPP to be portrayed as a dangerous product, we advance the technology by providing engineered solutions. Here is a brief explanation of an engineered solution that will improve CIPP quality, protect homeowners, and the public from CIPP emission exposure. Read More
6 – Guiding the Way – Wireless Horizontal Directional Drilling in North Dakota
In summer 2022, the North Dakota Soybean Processors in a joint venture formed by CGB Enterprises Inc. and Minnesota Soybean Processors broke ground on a soybean crushing plant in Casselton, North Dakota. To address the demand for water to the plant, a pioneering solution was devised: construction of two parallel HDPE pipelines spanning more than 26 miles. Read More
5 – 2024 Trenchless Technology New Installation Project of The Year – Trans Mountain Expansion Project – Major Trenchless Crossings
In many cases, just one of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project’s major trenchless crossings would have qualified it for the Project of the Year recipient. For this reason and many others, the New Installation Project of the Year steering committee selected the TMEP as the 2024 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year for New Installation. Read More
4 – What 400 Million Ft of Sewer Data Tells Us About Collection System Management
As collection system maintenance strategies have evolved over the last 50 years, so must the methods, processes, and technologies municipalities use to keep them clean and functioning properly. Considering over 400 million ft of sewer data, the results confirm a potential overreliance on cleaning and subsequently support the switch to a condition-based maintenance protocol. Read More
3 – 2024 Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms in North America Survey Results
Trenchless Technology’s final issue of the year regularly features expanded coverage of trenchless engineering, probing new trends and projects that are pushing the boundaries of design for underground pipeline installation and rehabilitation. It also includes our annual ranking of the Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms; 2024 marks the 29th year of the ranking. Read More
2 – Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms – 2023 Survey Analysis
2023 marked Trenchless Technology’s 28th survey and ranking of the Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms in North America, compiled from revenue and project data submitted by engineering companies. Looking at trenchless revenue in North America, the Top 50 firms collectively reported more than $1.728 billion in trenchless design work, a 13.1 percent increase over the 2022 survey. Read More
1- Aegion Corp. Rebrands as Azuria Water Solutions
Aegion Corp. – after 13 years as the parent company of Insituform, MTC, Corrpro, Underground Solutions and several other companies – rebranded as Azuria Water Solutions to better reflect the company’s strategic focus on delivering technology-enabled solutions for the water infrastructure market. Read More
