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Microtunneling

Microtunneling is a single-pass, remotely controlled, guided, pipe jacking process that provides continuous support to the excavation face and uses a pressurized bentonite slurry spoil removal system.

EPCOR 99 Avenue Bypass Project 2024 No-Dig North Project of the Year New Installation 
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January 15, 2025
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Microtunneling JW Fowler Deer Creek Microtunnelling
Microtunneled Bypass Pipe Integral to Deer Creek Dam Project
January 9, 2025
Microtunneling Lake Ouachita Water Supply Trenchless Crossings
2024 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year New Installation Honorable Mention – Lake Ouachita Water Supply Trenchless Crossings
November 12, 2024
Project of the Year First Creek Interceptor
2024 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year New Installation Runner Up – First Creek Interceptor 
November 7, 2024
Project of the Year Trans Mountain Expansion Project Boulder Field Site
2024 Trenchless Technology New Installation Project of The Year – Trans Mountain Expansion Project – Major Trenchless Crossings
October 15, 2024
Microtunneling MTBM Helene
Curved Microtunnel Drive Helps Improve Water Quality in Seattle’s Ship...

Northwest Boring Co. completes a curved microtunnel as part of the Ship Canal Water Quality Project....

September 6, 2024
Microtunneling
2024 North American Microtunneling Job Log

The N. American Microtunneling Job Log provides an update on current, planned and recently completed microtunnels in Nor...

September 5, 2024
Microtunneling Huxted Trenchless MTBM
Microtunneling for the N. Clarksville Water Treatment Plant

The raw water intake for the treatment plant includes the construction of approximately 470 LF of 87.5-in. steel casing...

August 26, 2024
Canada Renny the Erlington Crosstown West TBM
Managing Muck on the Eglinton Crosstown West LRT Project

By solidifying waste at the site, MetaFLO can help reduce the carbon footprint of a massive project like the Eglinton Cr...

June 5, 2024
Microtunneling Stantec microtunneling
Markham, Ontario Incorporates Microtunneling in its York Downs Sanitary Sewer...

Stantec’s work on the York Downs Sanitary Sewer Connection project incorporated the use of a microtunnel, which benefi...

May 31, 2024
Microtunneling
Trenchless Pioneers – Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht

Martin Herrenknecht is just as excited today as he was more than 40 years ago when he formed the company that bears his...

May 9, 2024
Directional Drilling linear motion shaker
From the Pit and Beyond: A Breakdown of Your Mud...

Today’s mud recycling systems, whether referred to as mud reclaimers, recyclers or cleaning systems, represent a signi...

March 22, 2024
Canada Northwest Inner City Microtunnel for the Upper Plateau Sewer Separation Project
No-Dig North 2023 Canadian Project of the Year New Installation:...

Associated Engineering recommended that the City construct a gravity siphon to help convey stormwater away from the Uppe...

December 7, 2023
Microtunneling Irving, Texas - Cottonwood & Hackberry Creek Wastewater Interceptor Improvements
2023 North American Microtunneling Job Log

The North American Microtunneling Job Log is part of Trenchless Technology’s annual Microtunneling Review section tha...

November 20, 2023
Microtunneling Hobas FRP Jacking Pipe
Lift Station Consolidation Made Feasible Through Microtunneling

How Microtunneling is helping Houston achieve project goals for deep gravity sewers....

November 17, 2023
Microtunneling Jacking 48-in. RCP
Microtunneling Vertical Curves – New Solutions for Utility Installations

Vertical curves are an important addition to the toolbox owners and engineers have available to them when designing proj...

November 13, 2023
Project of the Year MTER Microtunneling Shaft Overhead
2023 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year New Installation Winner...

The Malcolm Tweddle & Edith Rogers (MTER) Sewer Improvement Initiative was completed in June 2023 amidst challenging con...

October 10, 2023
Project of the Year Hydraulic improvement to the high level sewershed collection system in Baltimore
2023 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year New Installation Honorable...

JMT designed trenchless improvements to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows and basement backups in the High Level Sewers...

October 6, 2023
Microtunneling Harbour Island Force Main Replacement in Tampa
Microtunneling Key Component of Tampa’s Harbour Island Force Main Project

To design and construct the microtunnel crossing, Kimmins partnered with Vadnais Trenchless Services Inc....

August 25, 2023
Features Pull back of 1,305 lf of 30-in. HDPE pipe
Merger Leads to Continued Growth for Huxted Trenchless

What’s in a name? In the case of Huxted Trenchless, a new name comes packed with decades of experience and expertise i...

August 14, 2023