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Cover Story
8 Huber, Turkopp Help Forge a Path to Success
To recognize the role of pipe development and technology, two microtunneling pipe pioneers are being recognized for their contributions. Rick Turkopp of Hobas Pipe USA (on the right in the photo) and Gary Huber of Permalok will receive the Microtunneling Achievement Award at the annual Microtunneling Short Course in February 2012.
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Microtunneling Short Course: Leading Edge Education Entering its 19th year in 2012, the Microtunneling Short Course has established itself as the premier instructional venue for microtunneling worldwide, having already trained more than 1,900 professionals. Technical Article: Design Considerations The design process has four stages: planning, risk assessment, design and contract documents. Each stage must be carefully considered to ensure a successful microtunneling project. Rasa Gains Foothold in North American Market Tokyo-based Rasa Industries, which has produced 1,000 microtunneling systems worldwide, is the newest entrant into the growing North American market. Microtunneling the Balch Consolidation Conduit The microtunneling project is one of the nal elements of Portlands CSO program that will convey combined sewer and stormwater ows from northwest Portland to the Swan Island Pump Station. Guided Boring in Houston Houston-based contractor Boyer Inc. used the guided boring method to install 7,000 lf of 30-in. conduit for CenterPoint Energy. Long Distance for Small-bore TBM Midwest Mole is using a 72-in. hard-rock TBM to excavate 9,430 ft of tunnel in seven runs as part of the Shayler Run Segment C Sewer Replacement Project near Cincinnati. Pilot Tube Tunneling in New York Cruz Contractors LLC successfully completes its rst pilot tube microtunneling project in Hawthorne, N.Y., using ICON Tunnel Systems.
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A look at some of the recently completed and current microtunneling jobs in North America.
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Products
Innovative new products available in the market are showcased.
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Directory
A whos who of microtunneling manufacturers, suppliers and contractors.
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North American Microtunneling

Continuous Improvement
2011 Industry Review
ince its introduction in the United States in 1984, microtunneling has continued to gain acceptance as a trenchless installation method. The past few years have seen a remarkable uptick in innovation as contractors and engineers have better understood the capabilities of the equipment, and perhaps as important, its limitations. The results have produced longer drives with greater successes. Portland, Ore., has been a hot spot for microtunneling in recent years. In 2008, Kiewit-Bilnger Berger garnered Trenchless Technology Project of the Year honors with a record-breaking 3,055-ft drive of 84-in. RCP as part of the East Side CSO project for the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. That drive set a new U.S. standard for drive length, exceeding the previous mark of 1,625 ft established in by E.E. Cruz on the Hylan Boulevard project that began in 1989. Northwest Borings Portsmouth Force Main Segment 1 project involved a 1,903-ft drive the second-longest completed in the United States (this project was proled in the 2010 North American Mircotunneling supplement). What was remarkable about that project was the fact that it was completed at an average jacking force of 130 tons under 40 ft of cover and an outside diameter of 81.6 in. In addition, crews bored through difcult geology including sands, silts and gravels with a host of wooden piles, logs and ll materials that crossed the alignment. Despite the challenges, the job was completed safely, on time and on budget effectively showcasing the benets and capabilities of microtunneling when carefully planned and executed. In this issue, we focus on the Balch Consolidation Conduit project completed by James F. Fowler Co. The project involved more than 8,000 ft of microtunnels, 6,900 ft of 84-in. and 1,115 ft of 54-in. The longest drive was 1,690 ft with the minimum being 1,100 ft. The longest drive marks the third-longest in the United States, with all three of those drives in Portland. It is also interesting to note that the 2011 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year, which is featured in the October 2011 issue, was another microtunneling project the East Boston Branch Sewer. (The Portsmouth Force Main Segment 1 project was an Honorable Mention.) The microtunneling on the East Boston job was completed by Cruz Contractors and involved more than 12,000 ft of microtunneling in a very urban area through difcult ground that included hard tills, soft clays and large areas of ll.
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Microtunneling Achievement Awards

The staff at Benjamin Media would like to congratulate the recipients of the Micotunneling Achievement Awards, who are presented in the cover story of this issue. Rick Turkopp of Hobas Pipe USA and Gary Huber of Permalok have played key roles in getting their products accepted and used, and in the process have helped lead the charge for the industry itself. These two individuals will receive the award at the 2012 Microtunneling Short Course, which is being held Feb. 7-10 at the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden. Regards,
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Huber, Turkopp Help Forge a Path to Success

Pipe Industry Veterans to Receive Mircotunneling Achievement Award
By Jim Rush
ftentimes technological advances in the eld of microtunneling are associated with equipment microtunnel boring machines, cutters, guidance systems, slurry cleaning systems, etc. Yet one of the most critical links in the chain is sometimes overlooked the pipe. Advances in pipe manufacturing and joints are instrumental in helping make microtunneling projects successful. Pipes engineered specically with microtunneling in
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mind led to higher reliability, improved productivity and less cost. To recognize the role of pipe development and technology, two microtunneling pipe pioneers are being recognized for their contributions. Rick Turkopp, Hobas Pipe USA, and Gary Huber, Permalok, will receive the Microtunneling Achievement Award at the annual Microtunneling Short Course in February. The awards were established by course organizers Tim Coss, Microtunneling Inc., and

Levent Ozdemir, Ozdemir Engineering, to recognize leading individuals or companies who have made a lasting impact on the eld. Award winners will be ofcially recognized at the Short Course banquet on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Golden, Colo. When microtunneling was rst introduced in the United States in 1984, contractors, engineers and owners had to live through the dreaded learning curve. One of the lessons learned was that conventional pipe for direct-bury projects was not ideally suited for microtunneling projects. Improved geometries, joints and ability to withstand jacking forces were key properties for the pipe. And considering that microtunneling is a pipe jacking operation, one pipe failure can bring the whole tunneling process to a standstill. Hobas Pipe USA and Permalok have been at the forefront of the market by producing pipe specically engineered for microtunneling, and Turkopp and Huber have played key roles in helping those products gain acceptance. Along with that acceptance and success, the microtunneling market has continued to offer owners with a method of installing pipe with minimal disruption in urban or environmentally sensitive areas.
Turkopp
Rick Turkopp has been with Hobas Pipe USA from the beginning as the European-based fiberglass pipe manufacturer was entering the North American market. An engineer by training who had previously worked in the fiberglass business, Turkopp was tasked with understanding the needs of the pipe from the installation and end-use point of view, then engineering a product that would meet those needs. The year was 1985, and microtunneling was still brand new in the United States. Just as we were getting started, microtunneling was in its infancy in the United States, Turkopp said. We were getting in on the ground oor, and we knew our pipes would be good for microtunneling so we pursued that opportunity. My role immediately was to understand our product: how people used it, what did they need from the products to be successful, how do we meet those needs relative to other products on the market. Immediately I noticed that microtunneling was a much more risky way to install pipe much more complex and difficult. It solves certain problems and there was a need for it in the industry and the real key to its
Past Award Winners

Microtunneling Achievement Award Winners
The Microtunneling Achievement Awards were established by Microtunneling Short Course organizers Tim Coss, Microtunneling Inc., and Levent Ozdemir, Ozdemir Engineering, to recognize leading individuals or companies who have made a lasting impact on the field. The awards are formally presented at the annual Short Course held in Golden, Colo. This years winners Gary Huber of Permalok and Rick Turkpp of Hobas Pipe USA will be recognized at the Short Course banquet on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Past recipients of the Microtunneling Achievement Award are: Northwest Boring Franco Coluccio, Frank Coluccio Construction Co. Glenn Boyce, Jacobs Dr. James Kwong, Yogi Kwong Engineers Stefan Trumpi-Althaus, Jack Control Inc. Matt Roberts, Kiewit Dennis Molvik, Northwest Boring
Both Permalok and Hobas have figured prominently in the trenchless industry over the years. In fact, both companies have been cover stories for Trenchless Technology magazine. Permalok (shown with company founder Mike Argent) was profiled in April 1998, and Hobas (with Turkopp shown among the management team) was featured in February 2010.
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success was reliability the product had to work. Aside from the challenges associated with engineering a pipe that would meet the needs of the installer and the owner, spreading the word and getting the pipe approved for use was another, according to Turkopp. For a pipe to get used on a project, you must have approval of the agency where it is going to end up, you have to get the engineer to specify your product, and you have to get the contractor to buy it. If you fail on any one of those three fronts, you have no business. Getting the buy-in of the engineers was particularly challenging, Turkopp said. Engineers are trained in concrete and steel. They understand those products, but they dont know much about fiberglass. So, you have to show them the benefits: the constant outside diameter that reduces drag, lightweight for decreased jacking loads, good hydraulics, and corrosion resistance. Additionally, our pipe is resilient, which helps provide a uniform load on the joints when jacking. With the right product in hand, the company needed the right project to help showcase it. That came in the form of the Hylan Boulevard project on Staten Island. The project, which began in 1989, involved nearly 6,000 ft of 60-in. pipe installed by microtunneling, including jacking runs of 1,625, 1,450, 1,325 and 1,250 ft. That job was originally specied as concrete pipe, but the contractor (E.E. Cruz) had just completed a project using concrete pipe that had some problems and issues, so he ended up choosing our pipe, Turkopp said. The project was a success. In fact, the 1,625-ft drive set a U.S. record that wasnt surpassed until 2008. Then came the Greater Houston Wastewater Program, which would earn Houston the nickname the Microtunneling Capital of the United States. The work in Houston accounted for about half of all micortunneling completed in the United States through the mid-1990s. With those kinds of successes, microtunneling began to grow and grow, Turkopp said.
In addition to his work with Hobas, Turkopp has been active in ASTM, ASCE (including work on the ASCE Microtunneling Guidelines), AWWA and the Trenchless Technology Center Industry Advisory Board.
Huber
Huber had spent many years working in the steel piping industry when he was approached by Permalok to help start up the new company and its distribution process for its trenchless steel casing.
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Permalok was formed in 1993 by Mike Argent as an alternative to welded steel pipe. Permalok features a joint that snaps into place when jacked, helping to increase the production rate of installation. With labor cost a significant portion of the overall job cost, the ability to maximize production is critical for microtunneling contractors. As with any new product, acceptance was slow. People were skeptical when the product was first introduced, and it was a difficult process to get it used on projects, Huber said. The first thing we had to do was get the contractors to understand the benefits of the Permalok joint. They had to see it in the field and see the benefits of not having to weld the steel casing. But it didnt stop there. Permalok still needed to gain acceptance in the engineering and owner communities as well. The design engineers at the time had no idea what Permalok was, Huber added. Of course the first reaction was, If its not welded, it cant be as strong. It was an education and learning process. We had to go out and talk to the cities and the engineering companies, and go to the conferences and seminars to demonstrate the product. Now that the product has been established in the marketplace, it is well accepted, Huber said. In fact, more than 1.2 million ft of Permalok pipe has been installed by microtunneling, and the company is supplying 18,000 ft of 81-in. pipe for an upcoming project in Hawaii. We are getting specced left and right now, Huber said. The contractors, engineers and owners see the benefits of the pipe. More than 90 percent of the steel pipe used for microtunneling is Permalok. Through the years, technical advances, increased experience and a better understanding of the process have expanded the scope of microtunneling. Early projects started small, with drives in the range of 300 to 400 ft, Huber said. Now, drives of 1,000 ft are not uncommon. Advanced technology is evolving daily in this market, he said. It is making microtunneling a better option with increased capabilities. Technological advances, however, do not take the place of proper planning. It is important to do your homework before any job, Huber said. You have to make sure you understand the scope, and what will get you where you need to complete the project as designed. I see many contractors try to take shortcuts and end up costing them more time and money in the end. With the well-documented infrastructure needs in the United States, microtunneling is likely to play a key role for urban utility construction. It is a fact that the infrastructure of this country needs to be updated, Huber said. Each day, new and better installation ideas are developed by contractors along with input of the new designs of the machine manufactures. The potential of this industry is unlimited.
Jim Rush is editor of Trenchless Technology.

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Microtunneling Short Course:

Leading Edge Education
he Microtunneling Short Course has established itself as the premier instructional venue for microtunneling worldwide. Entering its 19th year in 2012, the course has already trained more than 1,900 professionals, ranging from contractors and engineers to owner agency representatives. The Microtunneling Short Course was established at a time when microtunneling was still gaining acceptance in the utility construction industry, and has helped grow the market through education and understanding. It has continued to evolve along with the industry, offering high-level education on leading-edge technologies and topics. The 2012 Microtunneling Short Course, which will be held Feb. 8-10 with a one-day Pilot Tube seminar on offered on Feb. 7, covers the latest in emerging technologies from this growing eld. With more and more demand for underground services in urban areas, the need to use minimally invasive construction techniques like microtunneling will only increase. The Microtunneling Short Course is a three-day, intensive course presented by a panel of international experts and organized by Prof. Levent Ozdemir of Ozdemir Engineering and Timothy Coss of Microtunneling Inc. It will be held at the Green Center on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, 40 miles west of Denver International Airport. The course covers all aspects of mictotunneling including site investigation, ground stabilization, shaft construction, pipe considerations, microtunneling and slurry equipment advances, case studies, and more. It is intended for public works and utility officials, engineers, planners, managers, contractors, and equipment manufacturers involved in any phase of trenchless technology.
(From left) Billy Nelson, Mission Clay, Tim Coss,Microtunneling Inc., and Troy Stokes, Akkerman Inc., pause for a photo during a lab tour. Another attraction of the Microtunneling Short Course is the presentation of the Microtunneling Achievement Award winners, which are bestowed on the companies or individuals who have made a lasting impact on the microtunneling industry. This year the awards will be given to Rick Turkopp, Hobas Pipe USA, and Gary Huber, Permalok (see story on p. 8). If you are involved with microtunneling or are planning to be involved, the Microtunneling Short Course is a mustattend event to obtain the latest technical information to ensure a successful project. The course is presented in cooperation with Microtunneling Inc., Trenchless Technology magazine and the Colorado School of Mines Ofce of Special Programs and Continuing Education. To register for the course visit: http://csmspace.com/events/microtunnel
In addition to classroom sessions, the Microtunneling Short Course offers participants the chance to network with peers from across the country, and around the world.
2011 course presenters featured many of the leading contractors in the field of microtunneling, including (from left) Don Bergman, Frank Coluccio Construction; John Fowler, James W. Fowler Co.; Levent Ozdemir, Ozdemir Engineering (course director); Richard Palmer, Northeast Remsco Construction; Tim Coss, Microtunneling Inc. (course director); Dennis Molvik, Northwest Boring; Mike DeBenedetto, Walter C. Smith Co.; Les Bradshaw, Bradshaw Construction; and Scott Thibert, James W. Fowler Co.
Technical Report:
Design Considerations for Microtunneling

Proper Planning Needed to Ensure Successful Construction
By Tracy J. Lyman
uccessful design of microtunneling projects can be achieved by paying attention to the following:
1. Developing, understanding and dening project needs and requirements, 2. Exploring and dening ground conditions, 3. Superimposing the project in the ground, and 4. Creating a project environment that will allow for Contractor success. The design process has four stages: planning, risk assessment, design and contract documents. Each stage is discussed in detail in the rest of this paper.
Planning
Planning questions must begin with Is this a microtunnel project? There are many excellent trenchless construction methods to consider in addition to microtunneling: auger boring, pipe jacking, guided auger boring, pipe ramming, guided pipe ramming, horizontal directional drilling and conventional tunneling. Depending on the project length, diameter, ground conditions, groundwater conditions, access restrictions, allowable pipe material, permits, available right of way and available shaft locations, microtunneling may not be the preferred construction method. In fact, of the alternative trenchless methods, microtunneling repreM-14 TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
sents the Cadillac method: costly, but capable of successfully excavating within tight alignment tolerances in cohesionless soils below groundwater. If it is determined microtunneling is the best alternative, the question Can a microtunnel boring machine (MTBM) handle the project requirements and anticipated ground conditions? must be answered. Experienced tunnel engineers are needed to evaluate the drive length, tunnel/shaft depth, hydrostatic head, anticipated ground conditions, potential for obstructions and contractor access and laydown areas to determine if the project can be designed and built using microtunneling methods. Contingencies must be considered to handle hard obstructions, mixed face ground conditions, hard rock or refuse ll if they occur. If it is determined that an MTBM can handle project conditions, the question Can the Owner afford the project? must be answered. Before the project design begins, a planning level cost estimate must answer this question. Project risks and the resultant risk pricing anticipated for contingencies, potential third-party impacts or project parameters must be evaluated. In addition to cost estimates for shafts and microtunnel drives, the designer should consider the cost for contingencies including: dewatering, if needed, for shaft construction; and ground modication (chemical grouting, compaction grouting
or ground freezing) for shaft and/or microtunneling. Additional costs to cover potential impacts to third parties such as buried utilities or structure foundations above the microtunnel; or simply neighbors who may be inconvenienced by the project, must also be considered. If the answer from all of this planning is still Yes, this is a microtunnel project, then let the design phase begin!
Risk Assessment
An effective Project Risk Assessment is a powerful tool to identify, assess and develop design control strategies to minimize project risks. Performed early in the design process, the Risk Assessment can engage key project participants and encourage open communication about project risk. Risk Assessment is well-explained in an excellent document entitled A Code of Practice for Risk Management of Tunnel Works published by the International Tunneling Insurance Group in 2006. The reader is referred to this document for a thorough description of the Risk Management process and a discussion of its advantages. Basically, a Risk Management process will ask the following questions: What is uncertain?; What can change?; What scenarios would keep you up at night with worry?; What problems/mistakes have been encountered elsewhere?; and Whats unacceptable to the project?. Using a rigorous methodology for identifying each risk, the probability that it could occur on the project and communicating the severity of the outcome of the risk to the project, the project risks can be ranked in a table like that shown in Figure 1. The high, very high and extreme risk factors resulting from this process can then be mitigated with design solutions and communicated effectively to all project stakeholders.
Design
Design is a process that ultimately communicates the minimum acceptable project technical requirements and optimizes the opportunities for project success. Design is usually iterative, comprising four phases each with an increasing level of specicity preliminary (30 percent), 60 percent, 90 percent and nal design. The key design elements include

dening the ground conditions through subsurface investigations, determining project layout and alignment, dening shaft locations and logistics, specifying acceptable materials/ equipment and determining cost/schedule. Dening Ground Conditions/Subsurface Investigation Good denition of anticipated subsurface conditions is key to contractor and project success. The project stakeholders, including the designer, are urged to: Be thorough more subsurface information is usually better Be thoughtful small diameter borings are not always the best tool Engineers! Communicate your results in language contractors can understand Contractors! Ask questions and get help if you dont understand the representation of ground conditions in the contract documents Layout and Alignment A well conceived project layout and alignment, both horizontally and vertically, will allow the contractor to make optimum use of the microtunneling equipment, match equipment to anticipated ground conditions, minimize the required number and type of shafts and avoid buried utility interferences. Shortcuts should be taken if right-of-way permits and access will allow. Sometimes microtunnel design projects begin as open cut and the alignment follows existing streets or other rights of way. Microtunneling does not need to follow these traditional rights of way and signicant pipeline length can be eliminated if alternatives are explored. Shaft locations and resultant drive length must be determined. Shaft locations and tunnel drive length should be determined, rst and foremost, based on establishing consistent ground conditions for each tunnel drive whenever shaft site access, future manhole locations, service and other connections and permitting restrictions will allow. Drive lengths are typically in the range of 300 to 1,500 ft and depend on ground conditions, pipe diameter, pipe type (its roughness/ adhesion affects jacking performance), pipe annulus lubrication and use of intermediate jacking stations. Because of the excellent grade control with microtunneling, most microtunnel projects are for gravity pipelines. Most often the vertical alignment is xed by project hydraulic constraints. However, vertical alignment optimization should be considered during design including: include as much slope in the pipeline as possible avoid mixed face or tough ground conditions identify and solve any utility interferences
anticipated lateral ground pressure and/or propose a buildable shaft design or menu of preferred options. Pipe Alternatives The project owner often provides input on acceptable pipe types based on his preferences. Pipe selection is typically based on familiarity/favorable past experience, research results and product standards with documented loading/stresses within an allowable range for the project. There are currently several good jacking pipe alternatives available for microtunneling: Vitried Clay Pipe (VCP) Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP) Steel Pipe Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer Mortar (FRPM) Polymer Concrete Pipe (PCP) All of the above pipe products meet the industry tolerances for circumference, exterior roundness, end squareness, straightness and length. MTBM Requirements Ultimately, the nal choice of an MTBM is a critical contractor project decision. However, the design should provide minimum machine requirements: diameter, power and torque, cutting head conguration, face stabilization capabilities and slurry system conguration. The design documents should leave room for innovation by equipment manufacturwww.trenchlessonline.com
Shafts
Shaft locations must also provide enough room for contractor access and egress; manageable haul and delivery routes; muck storage and removal; and work hour limitations. Final shaft design is usually left to the contractor, but should be nominally addressed in the design and specications; e.g. use of entry/exit seals and bottom heave avoidance measures. The design should also provide anticipated ground behavior and maximum standup time/unsupported shaft depth. The design might provide
ers and contractors, therefore the designer is encouraged to only document minimum machine requirements. Slurry System Slurry system selection should be left to the contractor. Minimum slurry system performance requirements should be included in the design documents. The amount and character of nes (minus 200-sieve fraction) in the project soils should be provided to the contractors during project bidding to enable them to design the slurry separation system. Hydrometer tests are necessary to provide the detail required for slurry separation system design. Settlement/Heave and Third-Party Impacts The potential settlement and heave from microtunneling should be estimated during design to enable a risk evaluation of potential impacts to third parties owners of nearby buildings, utilities and roadway surfaces. Settlement can be calculated for soft ground microtunneling using standard predictive equations. These rely on estimates of ground losses at the face, shield and tail sections of the MTBM. Larger ground losses, potentially resulting in sinkhole formations or large settlements at the ground surface, often accompany mixed face conditions where a harder/stiffer soil occurs in the lower portion of the tunnel face or where obstructions are encountered in the lower portion of the tunnel face.
What can be done to deliver an acceptable project to the owner at a fair price? The design process requires planning and communication between the owner, engineer and any potentially affected third parties. Good design requires an understanding of what the project is up against, and clearly delineates the minimum technical requirements needed to achieve project success. Good design doesnt ignore risk, but rather plans for potential problems and seeks to minimize the potential adverse impacts of those problems on the construction process. In summary, successful design comes down to: Keep it simple Dont skimp on subsurface information Plan carefully for risk mitigation and project (and contractor) success Communicate clearly Tracy Lyman, P .G., P .E., is a Senior Consultant with Brierley Associates LLC. He has over 35 years of experience in geological and geotechnical engineering specializing in rock and soil engineering and hydrogeology. He has applied this expertise to a variety of tunneling, water and wastewater infrastructure, trenchless technology, highway and bridge, mass transit, water development, hydroelectric, power, mining, and industrial waste management and remediation projects throughout the United States and abroad.
Contract Documents
Contract documents, i.e. the business terms/plans/and specications, must clearly communicate expectations and minimum technical project requirements to prospective bidders. Contract documents should include: General conditions the typical boiler plate contractual/business terms Special conditions any unique contractual/business terms for this contract, such as any contractor prequalication, differing site conditions (DSC) clause, and/or dispute resolution parameters Technical provisions, such as plans and specications Subsurface information, typically in the form of geotechnical data reports (GDR) and geotechnical baseline reports (GBR) Payment details and schedule
Closing Thoughts
Good design is an extremely efcient form of communication. Each element of project design results from conscious deliberation and optimization to produce project success. It answers the questions: Is it a microtunnel project? What are the project requirements? What are the ground conditions? How will the ground behave in response to microtunneling? What are the risks of that behavior and are they acceptable to the owner? What can be done to reduce the project risks to acceptable levels for the owner? What can be done to provide a project plan that maximizes the contractors opportunity to succeed?
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Rasa Tunneling Gains Foothold in North American Market

By Bernie Krzys
Rasa microtunneling systems have been used on projects in Hawaii (above) and Alabama (below). asa Industries, based in Tokyo, Japan, is the newest entrant into the growing North American microtunneling market. The company got its start in microtunneling in about 1980 and has since produced 1,000 microtunneling systems. Microtunneling is part of the companys Machinery Division. It also has a Chemicals Division and an Electronic Materials Division. Rasas company goal is to produce many kinds of industrial products that helps create a comfortable living environment for people everywhere. Rasa was founded in 1907 when the companys founder discovered phosphate on an uninhibited remote island called Rasa, which is located southeast of Okinawa. The company thus took its name from that island where phosphate ore was mined as a key ingredient of fertilizer. Rasa is a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It has revenue of over $400 million. Rasas microtunneling and pipejacking systems have developed an excellent track record around the world with a focus on Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and China. Thus, the companys expansion into North America brings with it extensive experience.
In meeting with Tadao Ando, Overseas Section of Rasa Industries, and Noboru Kiyota, Construction Machinery Division of Rasa Corporation, recently in Tokyo, they discussed that most Asian microtunneling projects include curved drives. In fact, they discussed that outside
of North America probably 90 percent of the microtunneling projects include a curved drive. Recent difcult projects have included long curved drives in Hong Kong and Korea in difcult ground conditions. Besides North America, Rasa is entering markets in Qatar and India. Pipe diameters typically installed by Rasa machines have been in the range of 40 to 104 in. in diameter. Pipe typically installed in Japan is concrete with some clay. A unique feature of Rasa microtunneling system is the Tokyo Keiki Gyro Guidance System (Compass Mode). This innovative system provides real time data with a laser guides system.The Tokyo Keiki system includes an alarm and continues to operate the microtunneling system should it go off target. The rst two Rasa microtunneling systems brought into North America were acquired by Bradshaw Construction, based in Eldersburg, Md., and Frank Coluccio Construction Co. of Seattle. Both companies have a long history in tunneling and underground construction projects. Bradshaw has used its Rasa system on projects in Alabama, Indianapolis and Florida. The system is a Unicorn 1900. Bradshaw purchased a system that was custom built for a project in Alabama that had requirements regarding allowable overcut. Due to the varying size of pipes to be installed 78 and 96 in. a custom-built 82.87-in. MTBM allowed the contractor to skin up the machine and use the same equipment for both tunnel runs. We looked around the world for any manufacturer we could nd, and Rasa committed to building the size we needed within the timeframe we needed it, Bradshaw Construction microtunneling manager Grahame Turnbull said. The Rasa Unicorn 1900 slurry machine features an electrically driven cutterhead with face access to change the cutters. The base machine had a diameter of 2,105 mm (82.87 in.) with a factory-built skin set and cutterhead that enlarged the diameter to 2,470 mm (97.25 in.). The machine provides 340,000 Newton meters of torque. The main jacks provided 1,000 metric tons of maximum thrust, upgradeable to 1,500 metric tons. The project consisted of four microtunnel drives and eight shafts four launch shats 24 ft in diameter and four receiving shafts 16 ft in diameter. The drives ranged from 114 to 213 ft under railroad tracks and busy roadways with shallow cover, in some cases as little as 4 ft. Frank Coluccio Construction Co. has its 82-in. Rasa MTBM currently on the Beachwalk Force Main project in Hawaii for the City and County of Honolulu. The $37 million project involves the installation of 5,800 lf of 72-in. pipe to replace temporary pipelines that were installed after a massive pipeline break in 2006. Four of the ve drives have been completed using Hobas pipe, with the nal drive being a 1,240-ft curved drive that will use Meyer Polycrete pipe. Because of the need to cross under the canal (twice) with no allowances for rescue shafts, the machine was built with access to the face and the ability to employ compressed air to maintain pressure. When complete, the project will allow removal of the temporary piping
Trenchless Technology publisher Bernie Krzys (center) recently met with Rasas Noboru Kiyota (left) and Tadao Ando in Tokyo. and provide a redundant means of transporting wastewater out of Waikiki. Microtunneling in North America continues to gain traction and now Rasa provides another equipment solution and guidance system for contractors to choose. Bernie Krzys is publisher of Trenchless Technology.
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Microtunneling the Balch Consolidation Conduit
he City of Portland (Ore.) Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is in the nal phase of constructing an underground tunnel network to reduce combined sewer overow (CSO) into the Willamette River. Portlands program includes several other landmark projects, such as the West Side and East Side CSO Tunnels. The Balch Consolidation Conduit is one of the nal elements of Portlands CSO program that will convey combined sewer and stormwater ows from northwest Portland to the Swan Island Pump Station. When the program is complete, CSOs will have been reduced from approximately 6 billion gallons to 250 million gallons annually.
variety of soft lake sediments, sand, sluiced gravel and wood railroad trestles; and a former landll. High, variable groundwater pressures were also present. The groundwater levels ranged from 10 to 15 ft below the ground surface, uctuating seasonally. The water levels of the nearby Willamette River also inuence the groundwater pressures. Contaminated groundwater was also present along the alignment from sources associated with historic industrial activity in the project area, including incineration and metals processing activities.
Digging It
The project included 6,900 ft of 84-in. microtunneling in ve drives and 1,115 ft of 54-in. microtunneling in a single drive. All microtunnel drives were a minimum of 1,100 ft with the longer drive of the project of 1,690 ft beneath a heavily traveled highway. This drive through aggressive gravels had proven difcult to microtunnel on previous projects in the Portland area. During the drive, the machine hit a large object, presumed to be a boulder or rock shelf. Instead of digging a rescue shaft, the project team working together to continue tunneling. Five launch and reception shafts were constructed at depths ranging from 35 to 75 ft deep in soil zones where dewatering has to be minimized to prevent the movement of
What Lies Beneath

The soil along the Balch Consolidation Conduit was characterized by the geotechnical engineer as Guilds Lake Alluvium, which consists of very soft to medium stiff silt, clayey silt, and clay with minor constituents of ne grained sand. When the initial borings were drilled throughout this section, some of the vertical borings had blow counts that were less than 3 blows per ft at the planned elevation of the pipeline. Other variable and challenging subsurface conditions encountered along the 8,000 ft of microtunnel alignment included gravel, cobbles and boulders and a cemented gravel unique to Portland called Troutdale formation; a former lake lled in with a
ments and offered a number of value engineering solutions resulting in signicant changes and savings. In terms of economic sustainability, the overall cost of the project was reduced by over $15 million during the PSA phase and by over $3.725 million in the construction phase. Major cost savings realized during the PSA phase included the decision to microtunnel rather than open-cut the 54-in. line, revisiting the need for sewer improvements on a portion of the alignment and the redesign and reconguration of several shafts.
Expanding Boundaries
During the construction phase, the contractor submitted a method for support of shaft excavation and ground improvement that was untested in Oregon. Rather than using secant piles and sheet piles for support of the shaft excavation, cutter soil mixing (CSM) was proposed. The method had no track record of success in the types of soils on site a very aggressive, hard uvial deposition of basalt and quartzite gravels, cobbles and boulders overlain by a stratied sand/silt. Without prior experience in similar soils, the owner was reluctant to approve this change. The contractor proposed to use CSM for the temporary support of excavation of the six shafts and for ground improvement outside of the shafts and on one tunneling run through very low strength soils. The CSM was initially proposed for cost and schedule savings. Further investigation, however, revealed that it would also reduce the amount of waste generated. The elimination of 13,200 tons of waste to go to landlls also reduced fuel consumption by over 8,000 gallons. Re-use of the tunnel tailings for shaft backll also reduced waste destined for landlls. This translated into over 4,900 gallons of fuel saved, over 7,000 tons of material no longer destined for a landll, and a corresponding reduction in the transportation of import ll to the project site.
contamination plumes. The shafts were constructed using the cutter soil mixing (CSM) method. This exible method had never been used in Oregon and would prove to be adaptable to the wide range of ground conditions and shaft congurations required on the project. The project is also the rst known use of CSM panels for ground support. Utilities in the project area were known to be a major concern during construction. Early identication and coordination with a variety of service providers enabled waterline, gas pipelines, overhead power, underground telecommunications and railroad lines to be adjusted or protected prior to construction.
Equal Opportunity
The City of Portland prides itself on its city-wide program to promote the use of minority, women, emerging small businesses (MWESBs). The Balch Consolidation Conduit project is primarily a microtunneling project, with few opportunities for using MWESBs. The Portland Method allowed the city to work closely with the contractor to develop an MWESB plan during the PSA Phase. This plan initially identied $3.4 million of opportunities for MWESB participation. The Portland Method also allowed the city to work closely with the contractor throughout construction to explore non-traditional opportunities for optimizing MWESB participation. With the project complete, MWESB participation exceeded 430 percent (more than $14.7 million) of the goal set at the start of construction. More than 100 contract awards have been made to MWESB rms. Project Owner: City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services Engineer: Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Contractor: James W . Fowler Co. MTBM Supplier: Herrenknecht
Teamwork
The Balch project was awarded under a variant of the typical construction manager/general contractor contract known as the Portland Method. This approach, originally implemented by Portland BES for the West Side CSO project, results in a true partnership between the owner, designer and contractor where risk is shared equitably and the parties are participants in the decision-making process. The impact of the collaborative working relationship resulted in signicant savings to the city. During the pre-construction services agreement (PSA) phase, the project team reviewed specic high-cost elewww.trenchlessonline.com
Guided Boring in Houston

Boyer Inc. Installs 7,000 ft of 30-in. Conduit
By Jim Rush
Boyer Inc. used an Akkerman Guided Boring Machine to install 20-ft lengths of 30-in. diameter Hobas pipe in Houston.
n the 1990s, Houston was known as the Microtunneling Capital of the United States because of the ambitious Great Houston Wastewater Program. The program represented the rst large-scale use of microtunneling in the United States and helped establish it as a viable trenchless method. Fast-forward 20 years and Houston is now employing guided boring/pilot tube microtunneling on a large scale, and with similar successes. In this case, though, it is not being used for wastewater. CenterPoint Energy, provider of electrical service to 2 million businesses and residences in the Houston area, is upgrading overhead lines with approximately 10,400 lf of pipe. CenterPoint hired Houston-based Boyer Inc. to install more than 2 miles of 30-in. pipe to house 138 kV cables via three individual 8-in. HDPE and one 4-in. HDPE conduit lines with a thermally conductive grout ll. Boyer chose guided boring to install about 7,000 ft of 30-in. Hobas pipe using an Akkerman GBM under the streets of Houston. It was Boyers rst time using the guided boring method, but installation went off without a hitch, according to Boyer project manager Barry Buse. We have several Akkerman boring machines so we knew the Akkerman product and knew its reliability, so we decided to use the Akkerman GBM for this project, he said. We also knew that Akkerman had the support systems in place so that if we had any questions they could denitely help us out. When we got the machine, one of their technicians came in and he gave us some pointers and we started drilling. But we had some experienced crews and they were able to get started boring right away. The guided boring method consists of a three-pass system. The rst phase involves drilling a pilot hole using a theodolite guidance system, followed by a reaming pass using augered casings. Finally, a Powered Cutting Head is used to expand the hole to its nal diameter. The product pipe is pulled behind the Powered Cutting Head.
In Boyers case, crews reamed the hole to 16 in. in diameter and used a 32-in. Powered Cutting Head to leave room for the 30-in. diameter pipe. Boyer worked with Baroid in customizing a drilling uid recipe for lubricating and maintaining the hole in the Beaumont clay that was encountered along most of the alignment. In all, Boyer completed 16 shots using the guided boring method, averaging around 400 ft per shot. Boyer reported a long drive of 470 ft, and a best day of 180 ft, which was accomplished on several occasions, Buse said. The productivity we were able to achieve was probably double what we would get with conventional equipment, he said. Pit depths ranged from 20 to 30 ft deep to help alleviate utility conicts. Boyer used three crews on the project: a boring crew, a crew building pits in advance of the boring crew, and a pit deconstruction crew that followed. Groundwater encountered in the pits was removed using dewatering pumps. The pits were typically 12 ft wide and 30 ft long. The length of the pit was determined by the length of pipe in this case 20-ft lengths of Hobas were installed. One of the key factors in doing this is making sure you have a large enough pit to get your product in the ground, Buse said. We were using 20 ft joints so our bore pits were 30 ft in length so we had room to work. Buse said the boring crew was typically in a location 8 to 10 days before completing the bore and moving to the next launching pit location. Staging equipment was critical in keeping the operation moving while also minimizing disruption to the trafc. Boyer Inc. began boring in April 2011 and nished in October. Buse sees an opportunity for more work involving electric in the future. It is becoming more and more common to put these types of cables in urban areas, he said. In fact, phase two of the project will begin next year, and will include 1.5 miles of pipe across downtown Houston, the majority of which will
be microtunneled. The City of Houston was very happy with us using the guided boring machine because we didnt disturb their major thoroughfares, other than where we had our
pits. Trafc was able to ow pretty regularly at all times, Buse said. Jim Rush is editor of Trenchless Technology.
Long Distance for Small-bore TBM

Shayler Run Segment C Sewer Replacement Project Sets New Standard
hios Shayler Run Segment C Sewer Replacement project near Cincinnati was identied as a priority project due to severe pipeline erosion at Shayler Creek. An existing sewer pipe was installed in 1978 directly into the creek, and since then the environment has exposed the pipe to the elements, putting some sections at high risk of failure. The pipe has now dumped raw sewage into the creek on several occasions. The Clermont County Water Resources Department is working to remedy the situation with a $15 million project one of the largest in the agencys history that will replace and upgrade the exposed
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sewer system while protecting the environmentally sensitive area. General contractor Midwest Mole Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., is responsible for construction of a new and higher capacity pipeline far below the creek bed. The project consists of seven gravity sewer tunnels crisscrossing the waterway. Each crossing is connected by a 32 ft diameter launch and receiving shaft, with a total of eight shafts in all. The shafts will eventually become berglass manhole structures to access the new pipeline. All seven of the tunnels and the eight manhole shafts are expected to be complete by May 2012. The contractor is utilizing a 72-in. diameter
hard rock, self-propelled TBM, to excavate 9,430 ft of tunnel in total, with seven individual bores ranging from 816 to 2,014 ft long. Original plans called for microtunneling or two-pass tunneling with a convention TBM. Midwest Mole opted to use a conventional TBM with a Robbins Rockhead. The Rockhead was the best suited to the project conditions based on our previous experience with similar Robbins machines. Twopass tunneling with a Double Shield Rockhead was also more cost effective than microtunneling when we prepared our estimates, said Steve Abernathy, vice president of operations at Midwest Mole.
The Double Shield Rockhead was designed with a mixed ground cutterhead that can be changed out for a hard rock cutterhead later on. The mixed ground cutterhead features 6.5-in. single disc cutters and carbide bits, combined with large openings in the cutterhead to ingest mixed ground and to allow for cutter changes. The hard rock cutterhead is dressed with 11.5-in. diameter single disc cutters and abrasion-resistant muck scrapers, as well as a cutterhead opening for cutter changes. Crews can switch out the cutterhead between crossings in one of the launch/receiving shafts, based on the ground conditions encountered while tunneling.
Tunnel design called for a primary liner of ring beams and lagging, which is set every 5 ft following each machine push. After each ring is built, a muck train consisting of a battery-operated locomotive and three muck cars removes spoils from the tunnel. The muck will be used as back-ll around some of the shaft sites after project completion, and potentially as ll on private property in the area. The use of a small-diameter, hardrock tunneling machine on seven tunnels is unprecedented. This summer, the machine excavated its fth and longest tunnel, measuring 2,014 ft. The long excavations are particularly challenging due to the small tunnel diameter. Limited space for ventilation allows for adequate air lines up to around 2,000 ft, meaning the length of the fth tunnel is at the upper limit of possibility. Our ventilation has a limited duct diameter due to the small diameter of the tunnel, Abernathy said. We can adequately ventilate 2,000 ft tunnels, but we would need larger size fans for longer tunnels. Overall, he feels that the method has worked well for the long tunnels at Shayler Run: We have become very efcient at setup, launch, and conveyor installation during the start of each tunnel, as well as removal of the machine after it breaks through each shaft. We have gotten great production with the Rockhead and are currently right on schedule. Excavation in mixed ground conditions due to the gravity sewer construction also posed challenges. Each tunnel is at a slightly different grade to maintain specied slope. Midwest Mole needed a machine that could hit the specied manhole locations within a foot of line at 1 percent to 2 percent grade. The variance results in a change of 177 vertical ft over the course of the project. As a result of the elevation change, the tunnels were predicted to travel through different strata including softer shale and limestone for the rst 3,000 ft, changing to harder, drier shale and limestone for the later tunnels up to 24,000 psi UCS. The tunneling machine, known as a Double Shield Rock-
head, was custom designed by The Robbins Company. The machine was mounted with a mixed ground cutterhead that could be changed out for a hard rock cutterhead later on. Crews have the option to switch out the cutterhead between crossings in one of the launch/receiving shafts, based on the ground conditions encountered while tunneling. The Midwest Mole crew reported advance rates averaging 6 in. per minute in low strength shale using the mixed ground cutterhead. Production rates have been as high as 70 ft in one 12-hour shift, and are consistently in the range of 40 to 60 ft per shift, thus producing 80 to 120 ft per day. The swift advance comes despite some unforeseen difculties the crew tunneled just 4 ft below a creek bed into highly saturated ground, requiring temporary diversion of the waterway. Crews cleaned the machine several times and carefully monitored gripper slippage in the soft, wet ground during machine pushes. This project is an excellent example of all parties working together project owner, contract, and equipment manufacturer. Original plans called for 11 shafts and 10 tunnels, but Midwest Mole worked with the project owner to obtain new easement rights, change the alignment and reduce the number of bores. The value engineering resulted in substantial cost savings lowering the estimated construction price from $15.2 million to $14.5 million and a shortened project schedule. Midwest Mole also worked extensively with the machine manufacturer to optimize and modify the machine based on the ground conditions encountered in the first tunnel. Changes included modifying the hydraulic system for increased gripper strength and roll correction in extremely soft, often wet rock. Other modifications were made to the muck haulage system specifically to increase the volume of the muck car boxes. The greater capacity boxes allowed the machine to be ready to mine after one ring set was completely built, resulting in greater production and less downtime.
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Pilot Tube Tunneling in New York

Cruz Contractors LLC Successfully Completes First Pilot Tube Microtunneling Project with ICON Tunnel Systems
ruz Contractors LLC of Holmdel, N.J., successfully completed the installation of a 36-in. steel casing under the Taconic Parkway and Metro North Railway with the assistance of ICON Tunnel Systems and its pilot tube microtunneling technology for the rst time. Cruz is no stranger to microtunneling projects. Since 1951, the company has been a major player for infrastructure projects, including microtunneling throughout New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, Connecticut, North Carolina and Virginia. Cruz was subcontracted by Arben Group LLC of Pleasantville, N.Y., to handle the trenchless portion of the water system distribution improvements. The project called for 210 lf of 36-in. steel casing to be installed under the Taconic Parkway and Metro North Railway. Originally, the project specications called for a remote-controlled microtunneling machine in order to handle the native soil, which was thought to consist of stones, rocks and large cobles. However, the soil boring logs did not show this soil condition being present.
The logs actually indicated soft sands, traces of small gravel and clay silts. In addition, the work area would be very tight as the jacking pit for the microtunnel would be placed at the edge of a cemetery. Because of this, Cruz felt the remote-controlled microtunneling equipment would not be the solution because of the amount of equipment needed and large jobsite layout required. Cruz contacted ICON Tunnel Systems for advice and inquired about the Bohrtec pilot tube microtunneling system. ICON reviewed the soil reports and determined that pilot tube microtunneling was a feasible alternative to the remote-controlled microtunnel machine specied. David Crandall, Vice President of ICON Tunnel Systems, along with Cruz and Arben worked with engineering rm Malcolm Pirnie, of Fair Lawn, N.J., and Westchester County to successfully modify the pipe installation method on the project specication to allow for pilot tube microtunneling. We worked closely with all parties in order to properly incorporate the pilot tube microtunneling pipe installation method into the project specication, says Crandall. We recommended the BM600LS pilot tube machine for the project due to its powerful 262 tons of jacking force and 22,186.83 ft-lbs of torque in case we encountered any unforeseen difcult soil conditions. Having the specication modied to meet the pilot tube pipe installation method was a huge advantage and saved everyone time and money on the project, says Dominic Pillari, Chief Project Manager of Cruz Contractors LLC. Being heavily involved in rental, sale and lease of trench shoring equipment, ICON also supplied Arben Group LLC with the required slide rail jacking and receiving pits for the pilot tube microtunneling operation. In addition, ICON provided site specic engineering submittals with paper calculations and drawings with a New York P.E. stamp for our slide rail shoring systems used on the project. The jacking pit size was 20.5 ft long by 13.12 ft wide by 14 ft deep and the receiving pit was 24 ft long by 13.12 ft wide by 12 ft deep. ICON supplied their new Transformer Rails for the side rail system, which are 30 to 40 percent stronger than other rail systems and versatile enough to handle three different types of bracing including; xed rail, roller rail and angled raker bracing. Andrew Kerry, ICON Tunnel Systems Pilot Tube Operator, and Rob Langenbach, Operations Manager for ICON Tunnel Systems, were on site to assist with the proper installation of both jacking and receiving pits and worked side-by-side with Cruz during the pilot tube machine setup and operation. ICON worked seamlessly with Arben in setting the shoring for the tunnel access pits and worked carefully with our crew during the pilot tube mawww.trenchlessonline.com
The pilot tube machine was the perfect fit for this project and has allowed us to expand our services for future short run pipe installations on line and grade. Dominic Pillari
chine setup and operation, keeping the project on schedule, says Pillari. Large double wall pilot tube rods with an outside diameter of 5.5 in. and a length of 4.92 ft were used for the initial pilot bore. We experienced relatively low jacking and torque pressures while installing the pilot rods, says Langenbach. Once the pilot rods were installed on line and grade, Cruz and ICON would attach a steel adapter head to the last pilot rod. The steel adapter head would increase the bore from 5.5 in. to 36 in. Once the adapter head was attached, they attached the rst auger and steel casing to the adapter head. The augers are placed inside the steel casing and can be moved independently from the casing to assist with the material removal process, says Langenbach. During the installation of the 36-in. casing, crews encountered several areas with large boulders, some of which were 14 in. in diameter. The large opening of the 36-in. casing allowed the larger material and potential obstructions to enter the casing at which point the augers would pull all of the material back to the jacking pit where it was then removed, says Langenbach. We were able to muscle our way through these difcult areas using the sheer power of the BM600LS and successfully install the steel casing on line and grade without disruptions to the highway or Metro North Railway. The pilot tube machine was the perfect t for this project and has allowed us to expand our services for future short run pipe installations on line and grade, says Pillari. ICON was with us every step of the project and really showcased their services from engineering and planning to shoring and tunneling. They made our rst pilot tube project a true success. Since 1982, ICON has steadily grown in technology and expertise to become a full-service trench shoring and pilot tube guided boring company and industryleader in underground construction projects. ICON has the in-house resources to handle projects of any size in any location across North America and provide a comprehensive line of services that include consulting, design, engineering, manufacturing and distribution, leasing and equipment rentals. This article was supplied by ICON Tunnel Systems.
North American Microtunneling Job Log

CALIFORNIA
San Francisco The $37.5 million Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer includes a 617-ft drive of 84-in. Hobas pipe. Super Excavators completed the drive using an Akkerman SL 74. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission was the owner and Jacobs Associates was the designer. The job began on June 20 and completed on Sept. 16. tation in September 2011. Huxted, working as a subcontractor to Dragados, completed 350 ft of 60-in. RCP and 550 ft of 72-in. RCP storm water pipes. The drives ranged from 15 to 30 ft deep through lime rock. The tunnels included a crossing of the Florida Turnpike with just 6 ft of cover. Crews used a 74-in. OD Iseki Unclemole and an 89-in. OD Herrenknecht AVN. Jacksonville Huxted Tunneling completed the Royal Lakes 24-in. Forcemain project for the Jacksonville Electric Authority in November 2011. The project consisted of 280 ft of 42-in. Permalok steel casing installed under a state highway 20 ft deep in sand. Huxted used a 43-in. Iseki Unclemole to complete the job. Miami Huxted Tunneling in March competed the Port of Miami Sewer Relocation project for the Miami Dade Water and Sewer Department working as a subcontractor to Bouygues Civil Works. Huxted used a 31-in. Iseki Unclemole to install 290 ft of 30-in. Permalok steel casing in two drives to relocate a 10-in. sanitary sewer main that conicts with the alignment of the new Port of Miami Tunnel connecting the mainland and Watson Island. Both drives were 20 ft deep through lime rock. Sarasota Huxted Tunneling is working on the Lift Station 87 project for the City of Sarasota as a subcontractor to Westra Construction. The project consists of 1,400 ft of 36-in. vitried clay pipe (VCP) in three drives, 20 ft deep in siltstone, and 1,000 ft of 24-in. VCP in two drives, 15 ft deep in sand and silt. The 36-in. drives began in September with an anticipated completion date of January 2012, while the 24-in. drives are expected to begin in April 2012 and end in June 2012. Crews are using Iseki Unclemoles, one 43-in. OD and one 31in. OD, to complete the work. Venice Huxted Tunneling completed a water main crossing for the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority as a subcontracter to Garney Construction. Huxted used a 61-in. OD Iseki Unclemole to install 210 ft of 60-in. Permalok steel casing 30 ft deep in sand, clay and limestone. A 42-in. water main will be placed in the casing. The project was completed in January 2011.
COLORADO
Adams County BTrenchless Inc., a division of BT Construction Inc., has completed the $2.2 million Dahlia Ponds and Kenwood Outfall project for the Adams County Urban Drainage using an Akkerman SL 51 MTBM. ICON Engineering was the engineer. The job involved 240 lf of 54-in. micotunnel in running sands, gravels and cobbles, and in contaminated groundwater. It also included 60 lf of 84-in. rescue handtunnel in running sands, cobbles and gravels. The tunnel was constructed under I-76 with shallow cover and contaminated groundwater system up to 2,000 gpm. The rescue handtunnel was required as a result of failed attempt by a previous contractor. The shafts reached depths of 28 ft. The tunnel crossed under a live 25mgd sewer line with 18 in. of cover and met with previous tunneled casing on line and grade. Aurora BTrenchless Inc. is about 60 percent complete on the $14 million Tollgate North project for the City of Aurora. The project involves constructing a sanitary sewer main under I-225 and includes three crossings of Tollgate Creek. The project is located in tight construction corridors with remnants of the old Fitzsimons army hospital located throughout the project. Crews are using a 54-in. Akkerman SL 51 MTBM to complete six drives through soft, mixed ground conditions. Drive lengths are 520 lf, 730 lf, 234 lf, 945 lf, 480 lf and 215 lf. Crews will push in 42-in. Hobas pipe as a carrier pipe. CDM is the engineer. The project began in April and is expected to be complete by August 2012.
CONNECTICUT
Hartford The Granby Street Area Sewer Separation Project 2/5 for the Metropolitan District Commission involves one 900-lf drive of 60in. RCP at an average depth of 25 ft through extremely soft slit/clay below water table; 1,500 ft of 48-in. RCP completed in two drives at an average depth of 30 ft through extremely soft slit/clay below water table; and one 140-lf drive of 42-in. RCP at an average depth of 20 ft through extremely soft silt/clay above water table. Bradshaw Construction is using three different MTBMs to complete the work: a Herrenknecht AVN-1500 (73.5 in.); Herrenknecht AVN-1200 (60 in.), and an Akkerman-420 (52.5 in.). Additional slurry separation efforts were required due to high percentage of ne soils. Additionally, the work site is residential street with restrictions on working space and working hours. Work began in July 2011 and is scheduled for a February 2012 completion. The engineer is Tighe & Bond. Hartford Northeast Remsco Construction has completed the Garden Street Relief Sewer Project for the Metropolitan District Commission. The project consisted of a single 740-lf drive of 48-in. RCP through weak silts and clays using a Herrenknecht AVN 1200T. The project was completed in August 2011.
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Honolulu Frank Coluccio Construction Co. is using a 82-in. Rasa MTBM to build the Beachwalk Force Main project for the City and County of Honolulu. The $37 million project involves the installation of 5,800 lf of 72-in. pipe to replace temporary pipelines that were installed after a massive pipeline break in 2006. Four of the ve drives have been completed using Hobas pipe, with the nal drive being a 1,240-ft curved drive (1,000 ft radius) that will use Meyer Polycrete pipe. Because of the need to cross under the canal (twice) with no allowances for rescue shafts, the machine was built with access to the face and the ability to employ compressed air to maintain pressure.
ILLINOIS
Chicago Super Excavators has completed microtunneling on the Calumet Area Systems, Contract No. 1-2, Section 2 project for the City of Chicago Department of Water Management. The general contractor was Di Paolo. Microtunneling included the installation of 2,120 lf of 72in. reinforced concrete pipe installed in three drives. The job started on Dec. 6, 2010, and ended on July 20.
FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale Huxted Tunneling completed the I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements microtunnels for the Florida Department of TransporM-28 TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
INDIANA
Indianapolis The Castleton Relief Sewer Project Phase 1 for Citizens Energy Group (formerly the City of Indianapolis Department of Public Works) involved installation of 2,740 lf of 42-in. RCP (52.5 in. OD) in four drives: 805 lf, 780 lf, 675 lf and 480 lf. The drives had an average cover of 10 to 20 ft and traversed coarse sand, gravel, cobbles and boulders below the groundwater table (+/-5ft below ground surface). Bradshaw Construction was the general contract, United Consulting was the engineer, and Black & Veatch was the tunneling consultant. Bradshaw used a Herrenknecht AVN-1000 for the tunneling. The general contract was bid at $5,988,200, with microtunneling comprising $3.5 million and shafts $1.75 million. Microtunneling was conducted in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Indianapolis beneath Howland Ditch and Riverwood Park, featuring a newly constructed public Spray Park. An additional crossing beneath Keystone Avenue Bridge went between the bridges foundations. Works is about 66 percent complete.
through soft ground. Bradshaw Construction used a Herrenknecht AVN 1200 to complete the job, which ran from April to August.
NEW JERSEY
Carteret Cruz Contractors LLC is building the $2.2 million Turnpike Sanitary Sewer Crossing project for the Borough of Carteret. The project generally consists of microtunnel installation of approximately 760 lf of 30-in. sanitary sewer interceptor in a 48-in. casing under the New Jersey Turnpike, installation of approximately 155 lf of 8-, 21and 30-in. gravity sewers in the adjacent area, and lining an existing 24-in. sanitary sewer. Weehawken Cruz Contractors LLC is constructing the 18th Street Pumping Station CSO Force Main and Outfall with a contract price of $3.6 million. The work includes the installation of approximately 270 lf of 48-in. forcemain using open-cut excavation and approximately 290 lf of 48-in. forcemain to be installed in a 66-in. microtunneled casing.
IOWA
Centerville Huxted Tunneling completed the Lake Rathbun Water Intake project for the Rathbun Water District in March 2011. The project involved one drive of 36-in. coated and lined Permalok Type 7 raw water intake pipe. The 37-in. Iseki Unclemole MTBM was launched from a 50-ft deep caisson shaft and drove through clay and limestone into a wet recovery. The project was delayed from June 2010 to November 2010 as a result of ooding that left the site under 10 ft of water. Huxted was working as a subcontractor to Building Crafts Inc.
NEW YORK
New York Cruz Contractors LLC was hired by Tutor Perini to install 2,200 lf of 48-in. RCP by microtunneling for 15 crossings under the MTA railroad in Queens. This subcontact is valued at $6.9 million.
OHIO
Akron Michels Tunneling is installing 42- and 48-in. sewer pipe for the City of Akron. The project includes the construction of seven 35-ft deep shafts and six tunnel runs totaling 4,253 ft 1,328 ft of 48in. and 2,925 ft of 42-in. Each run ranged from 300 ft to more than 1,000 ft. The project, which is a major upgrade to the sanitary sewer system in Akron, is estimated to be completed in spring 2012. Cleveland Super Excavators completed the $6 million Walworth Run Interceptor project for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District using an Akkerman SL 60 MTBM. The project involved the installation of 1,209 lf of 60-in. Hobas berglass pipe at an average depth of 50 ft. There was a total of three drives. The ground conditions were saturated sands and silts with many boulders and cobbles. DLZ Ohio Inc. was the engineer. The project began Nov. 6, 2010, and was completed in June 2011.
MARYLAND
Baltimore Cruz Contractors LLC is constructing the Improvements to Herring Run Interceptors Phase I project for the City of Baltimore with a contract price of $11.7 million. The project will be carried out in two phases. Phase 1 consists of the installation of 4,120 lf of sanitary sewers ranging between 8 and 54 in. Of the 4,120 lf, 2,500 lf is to be microtunneled. Columbia The Little Patuxent Parallel Interceptor Sewer Section 11 project for Howard County involved the installation of 60-in. steel casing in two microtunneled crossings under raised highways. Bradshaw Construction was the microtunneling contractor, W . F. Wilson & Sons was the general contractor, and Dewberry & Davis LLC was the engineer. Bradshaw used a Herrenknecht AVN-1200 to drive the tunnels. The rst crossing was 420 lf, 13 ft deep at shaft locations with a maximum cover of 30 ft. Ground conditions included silty sands and gravels. The second crossing was 205 lf, also 13 ft deep at shaft locations with a maximum cover of 30 ft. Ground conditions included silty sand, silty clay and decomposed rock. Bradshaw installed 36-in. carrier pipe in Crossing 1 and 30-in. carrier pipe in Crossing 2. Due to work restrictions, the project required two mobilizations. The contract had a tight schedule and included early completion incentives for the contractor. The rst tunnel is complete and the second tunnel scheduled for mobilization on Dec. 1. Estimated completion date is Jan. 6, 2012. Howard County The Little Patuxent Parallel Interceptor Sewer- Section 9 project for Howard County involved 514 lf of 36-in. berglass reinforced pipe in 60-in. steel casing by in two bores. Ground conditions were mixed face. Bradshaw Construction was the microtunneling contractor, American Infrastructure was the general contractor and Dewberry & Davis was the engineer. Crews used a Herrenknecht AVN 1200 to complete this $835,000 project, which started in February and nished in April. Waldorf The $2.58 million Piney Branch Sewer Interceptor Upgrade Phase I project for Charles County involved installation of 1,600 lf of 42-in. PVC in 60-in. steel casing that was completed in ve drives
VIRGINIA
Arlington The $2.63 million Potomac Interceptor project for Arlington County involves construction of 240 lf of 48-in. berglass reinforced pipe inside 60 in. steel casing, and 945 lf of 48-in. direct jacked reinforced concrete pipe in two bores. The ground conditions for steel casing are expected to be soft ground, while the expected ground conditions for the concrete portion is rock. Bradshaw Construction is the microtunneling contractor, Flippo Construction Inc. is the general contractor, and CDM is the engineer. Bradshaw is using a Herrenknecht AVN 1200 for the microtunnels. The job started in November 2011 and is expected to be completed in May 2012.
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee The $4,538,204 Bluemound Road-North 79th Street to Glenview Avenue project for the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works was completed by Super Excavators using an Akkerman guided boring machine and an Akkerman SL 30 MTBM. The project included the following components: 346 lf of 8-in. clay pipe installed by GBM, 25 ft deep, in one drive; 309 lf of 15-in. clay pipe installed by GBM, 25 ft deep, completed in one drive; and 1,208 lf of 30-in. RCP installed by MTBM, 25 ft deep, completed in two drives. Ground conditions consisted of stiff wet clays with cobbles. The project began Jan. 1, 2011, and was completed on June 15, 2011. The project was completed in an urban environment.
North American Microtunneling Products

Akkerman 5000 Series II Pump Unit
The original 5000 Series Pump Unit, the agship product for Akkerman and the heart of its all-in-one 5000 Series pipejacking system, has been a powerful companion on an vast number of pipejacking jobs over the last 30-years.The completely revamped and casing. The PATHFINDER is powered by the existing power pack of a conventional auger boring machine, eliminating the need for a secondary power source. Pilot tube boring is a two-step process. The rst step is to establish the bore path with pilot tubes utilizing video surveillance to monitor line and grade. The second step is to follow the pilot tube with larger diameter casing. In addition to the Pathnder system, Barbco recently unveiled the TRIBOR System, which combines three common methods of trenchless installation. A hybrid built for directional drilling, auger boring and guided pilot tube boring creating one very versatile drilling machine. TRIBORs strongest mode of operation is directional drilling. TRIBOR is available in models that are comparable to 150,000 to 750,000 lb directional drills.
ft. Denloks high compression strengths of greater than 10,875 psi results in high jacking strengths of up to 2,800 tons. World record lengths of microtunneling drives have been performed when using Denlok pipes. Denlok is offered in sizes from 4 to 48 in. diameters and lengths to 10 ft. Choose Denlok for unsurpassed installation success and sustainable low cost ownership. Manufactured under a certied ISO 9001:2008 quality control system. Supplied with factory manufactured cushion rings.
Bohrtec Auger Boring Machine

enhanced 5000 Series II Pump Unit features streamlined operation and functions, an incorporated dual-feed pump to power all TBM sizes, a raised operators station with ergonomic controls, many safety provisions and improved maintenance accessibility. The 5000 Series II Pump Unit requires less pit height than its predecessor due to an integrated dual pump feed. The two, lowpressure, 100-hp (74-kW) Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled (TEFC) electric motors provide low-pressure power for the TBM and conveyor at 3,000 psi (207 bar) and up to 120 gpm (454 L/min). Bohrtec GMBH launches the newest addition to its already impressive product line. The BM400LSC machine has been designed to install large diameter jacking pipes with a maximum outside diameter of 36 in. from a 13.5-ft shaft for a 2-m long pipe and a 10.5-ft shaft for a 1-m long pipe with 224 tons of jacking force, 101 tons of pull back force and 21,020 ft-lbs of torque. The BM400LSC is specially designed to work in conjunction with a 75 kW or 100-hp hydraulic variable speed power pack. Unlike other machines on the market the jacking frame of the BM400LSC can be easily extended to accommodate a variety of pipe and lengths up to 60 ft. The products are serviced and handled by ICON Tunnel Systems, USA.
Derrick Equipment Centrifuge

Derrick Equipments DE-7200 VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) Centrifuge provides a new concept in centrifuge operation and control. Automatic load sensing and feed pump control enables automated performance up to 500 gpm volumetric capacity and 1214 T/Hr of ne solids discharge. High capacity ne solids removal enables contractors to more efciently maintain desired drilling uid properties, with reduced mud disposal costs and increased production. The inverter duty drive system has a 150-hp bowl drive and 60-hp conveyor drive powered by AC drives. Motor drives and peripheral devices are controlled by an environmentally hardened PLC that offers operating exibility and data storage. The PLC controls the feed pump through an AC drive and is automatic or manual. Automatic control maximizes centrifuge throughput by employing a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) loop. As feed slurry properties change, the PID loop dynamically adjusts pump output to maintain the torque setpoint.
Barbco PATHFINDER/TRIBOR
Barbcos PATHFINDER Pilot Tube Steering System is specically designed for accuracy when installing line and grade critical
Can-Clay Denlok Pipe

Denlok jacking pipes offer unsurpassed proven life in sanitary sewer installations. Denlok pipes have resulted in successful projects now on six continents. Ceramic pipe is combined with 29 psi joints of 316 stainless steel which results in water tight performance to depths of greater than 70
HOBAS Jacking Pipe

HOBAS centrifugally cast, berglassreinforced, polymer mortar pipe is ideal for nearly every trenchless application including microtunneling/jacking, sliplining and tunnel lining for both pressure and gravity applications. It provides inherent corrosion resistance, superior hydraulics and a long, maintenance-free life. Key applications are sanitary sewers, potable water and cor-
changes, but also allows for lateral changes. Until now auger boring contractors were limited to a steering head that offered only horizontal or grade (up and down) direction changes during the bore. The ON Target
Permalok Jacking Pipe

Permalok Steel Pipe with its patented Interlocking Press-Fit Connection requires no eld welding. This makes it the ideal solution for all trenchless steel pipe installations, including microtunneling, auger boring, pipe ramming, pipe jacking and guided boring. Newer joint types allow Permalok Steel Pipe to be used in pres-
rosive environments. Sections join with push-together, leak-free, gasket-sealed couplings. After more than 50 years of reliable service, the use of HOBAS pipe is expanding faster than ever and it can be found in most U.S. municipalities.
system allows contractor to also control the direction of the bore in a lateral (left to right) movement, providing more accuracy for difcult on-grade bores. The cutting path grade and lateral movement of the steering head is controlled by hydraulic actuated panels that open and close to keep the head on the intended path. A control station features a hydraulic power pack to control the movement of the steering head, and a built-in water level helps monitor grade throughout the bore.
sure applications and HDD installations. It is available in sizes from 6 to 144 in. diameter and wall thickness up to 1.75 in.
Vermeer AXIS Guided Boring System

The AXIS guided boring system, developed by Vermeer, is designed to install 10to 14-in. pipe at lengths up to 350 ft, and can maintain grades of less than 0.5 percent. Made up of four main components, the AXIS system includes a power unit, rack, vacuum pump and vacuum tank. The power unit contains the engine and hydraulic pumps and connects to the rack to power thrust and pull back of the drill stem. The rack includes the thrust/pullback car-
NO-DIG Jacking Pipe

NO-DIG Vitried Clay Jacking Pipe is manufactured in Pittsburg, Kan., by Mission Clay Products. This gravity ow sewer pipe has been used for slurry microtunneling, pilot tube microtunneling (GBM), static pipe bursting, and sliplining casing pipe. This vitried clay pipe is manufactured from 100 percent natural materials a blend of clays, shales and slate. NO-DIG is manufactured with a Precision Ground Joint, a Polyisoprene, EPDM, or Nitrile Elastomer gasket, and a Series 316 Stainless Steel Collar. Chipboard compression rings, for axial load transfer during installation, are supplied and used at each joint. NO-DIG Pipe meets the specication requirements of ASTM C1208/C; 1208M and EN 295-7. NO-DIG Vitried Clay Jacking Pipe has been the predominant tunneling pipe material used in the 8 through 36 in. size range due to its high compressive strength (18,000 psi average), low-prole zero-leakage joint, and affordability in the typical 1 or 2 m pipe lengths.
iNTERpipe Jacking Pipe

iNTERpipe offers pipe, jacking pipe, manholes, tunnel segments and custom castings. iNTERpipe Polymers has technical expertise with decades of polymer concrete experience in acid containment and corrosive applications. iNTERpipe has demonstrated superior durability over existing products by combining inherent corrosion resistance
with steel reinforcement per ASTM and industry standards. iNTERpipe partners with local precast producers to reduce freight costs and increase availability of a full line of corrosion resistant polymer products. When service conditions call for high performance materials choose iNTERpipe, the leader in polymer concrete product technology.
McLaughlin Steering Head

The McLaughlin ON Target auger boring system steering head allows contractors to not only control horizontal directional
riage assembly and gearbox. As the thrust/ pullback carriage assembly moves up the rack, the gearbox simultaneously provides rotation to the cutter bit at the front of the drill head. The drill head uses a at-face cutter and when combined with the laser guidance system, the AXIS system is capable of completing atter grades more accurately. As the drill stem cuts its way through the soil, the displaced material is simultaneously removed by a high-power vacuum system. Spoil is then diverted to a vacuum storage tank.
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North American Microtunneling 2011 Directory

CONTRACTORS Bradshaw Construction Corp. Lester M. Bradshaw, President Eric Eisold, Area Mgr. 173 West Liberty Rd.. Eldersburg, MD 21784 United States 410-970-8300 lester.bradshaw@bradshawcc.com www.bradshawcc.com Large Diameter Tunneling, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, Shafts, Tunneling-Large Diameter BRH-Garver Construction Peck Boswell, President Phil Reed, VP Estimating 7600 S. Santa Fe, Bldg. A-1 East Houston, TX 77061 713-921-2929 peckboswell@brhgarver.com www.brhgarver.com BTrenchless 9885 Emporia St. Henderson, CO 80640-8459 303-286-0202 www.BTrenchless.com Carp-Seca Stephen Leius 77 Bloomfield Ave. Staten Island, NY 10314 410-477-6655 softground@aol.com Cruz Contractors LLC Dominic Pillari, Chief Project Mgr. 952 Holmdel Rd. Holmdel, NJ 07733 732-946-8400 dpillari@cruzcontractors.com www.cruzcontractors.com Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Shafts, Pipe Jacking, Shafts DAgostini & Sons 15801 23 Mile Road Macomb, MI 48042 586-781-5800 ECI Ross Johnson, VP PO Box 7095 St. Paul, MN 55107 657-298-9111 robb@eandci.com www.eandci.com Grouting, Dewatering, Microtunneling, Shafts, Demolition E E Cruz & Co. Inc. Edward Cruz 952 Holmdel Rd., Cruz Plaza Holmdel, NJ 07733 732-946-9700 www.eeccruz.com EIC Associates 140 Mountain Ave., Suite 303 Springfield, NJ 07081 973-315-0200 www.eicassociates.com Frank Coluccio Construction Co. Don Bergman, Cheif Estimator Bill Austell, Senior Estimator/PM 9600 Martin Luther King Way South Seattle, WA 98118-5693 United States 206-722-5306 info@coluccio.com www.coluccio.com Grouting, Shafts, Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Dewatering, Auger Boring, Relining, Tunnel Linings, Tunnel Support, Jet Grouting, Large Diameter Tunneling, Drilling, Shafts, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, Tunneling-Large Diameter Henkels & McCoy Inc. 985 Jolly Rd. Blue Bell, PA 19422-0900 215283-7600 marketing@henkels.com www.henkels.com Auger Boring, Pipe Jacking, Other, Microtunneling, Drilling, Large Diameter Tunneling Horizontal Boring & Tunneling Co. Brent L. Moore, President 505 S. River Ave. PO Box 429 Exeter, NE 68351 402-266-5347 horizontalboring@hbttrenchless.com Auger Boring, Tunneling-Large Diameter, Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Auger Boring, Large Diameter Tunneling, Drilling, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, Grouting Huxted Tunneling Steve Caneen, President 3208 17th St. East Palmetto, FL 34221 941-722-6613 scaneen@huxtedtunneling.com www.huxtedtunneling.com Iowa Trenchless Jason Clark PO Box 846, 222 SE 12th St. Panora, IA 50216 641-755-4692 iowatrenchless@msn.com www.iowatrenchless.com James W. Fowler Co. John Fowler, VP Sondra Jamison, Marketing Manager PO Box 489 Dallas, OR 97338 503-623-5373 johnf@jwfowler.com www.jwfowler.com Large Diameter Tunneling, Tunnel Linings, Relining, Auger Boring, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, Shafts Jay Dee Contractors Inc. Tom DiPonio 3881 Schoolcraft Rd. Livonia, MI 48150 734-591-3400 www.jaydeecontr.com Large Diameter Tunneling, Large Diameter Shaft Drilling, Dewatering, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, Shafts, Tunneling-Large Diameter JR Cruz Corp. Evarett Cruz Jr., P .E. 675 Line Rd. Aberdeen, NJ 07747 732-290-0700 jrcruz99@aol.com www.jrcruz.com Kiewit Construction Co. 1000 Kiewit Plaza Suite E200 Omaha, NE 68131 402-346-8535 www.kiewit.com Drilling, Tunneling-Large Diameter, Shafts, Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Relining, Tunnel Linings, Tunnel Support, Large Diameter Shaft Drilling, Raise Bore, Jet Grouting, Slurry Wall, Ground Freezing & Dewatering, Large Diameter Tunneling, Grouting Lametti & Sons Inc. Guy Larson, VP PO Box 375 Hugo, MN 55038 651-426-1380 guy1@lametti.com www.lametti.com Auger Boring, Relining, Seals, Auger Boring, Dewatering, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, Shafts, Tunneling-Large Diameter, Tunnel Linings, Tunnel Support, Large Diameter Shaft Drilling, Grouting, Pipe Jacking, Dewatering, Microtunneling, Drilling, Large Diameter Tunneling, Grouting, Design/Build, Cost Estimation Michels Tunneling Ray Post 16500 W. Rogers Dr. New Berlin, WI 53151 262-814-0100 www.michels.com Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Shafts, Drilling, Large Diameter Tunneling, Large Diameter Shaft Drilling Midwest Mole Dan Liotti, PE, President Jason Miller, VP 2460 N Graham Av. Indianapolis, IN 46218 317-545-1335 info@midwestmole.com www.midwestmole.com Large Diameter Tunneling, Relining, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, TunnelingLarge Diameter, Other Nada Pacific Corp. P .O. Box 8 Caruthers, CA 93609 559-864-8850 www.nadapacific.com Northeast Remsco Construction Inc. Alberto Solana, Sr. VP Engineering Richard Palmer, Tunneling Manager 1433 Route 34 South Building B Farmingdale, NJ 07727 732-557-6100 asolana@superna.com www.superna.com Large Diameter Tunneling, Divers, Auger Boring, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, Grouting Northwest Boring Co. Inc. Don Gonzales 13248 NE 177th Pl. Woodinville, WA 98072 425-483-9191 northwestboring@aol.com Auger Boring, Rock Drilling, Pipe Jacking, Pipe Ramming, Microtunneling Pacific Blasting & Demolition Ltd. Ron Elliott, VP Ron Woolf, GM-Mining 3183 Norland Ave. Burnaby, BC V5B 3A9 Canada 604-291-1255 ron@pacificblasting.com www.pacificblasting.com Microtunneling, Drilling, Tunnel Support, Demolition, Microtunneling Southland Contracting Inc. 616A Shelby Rd. Fort Worth, TX 76140 817-293-4263 info@scitunneling.com www.scitunneling.com Drilling, Tunneling-Large Diameter, Shafts, Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Dewatering, Divers, Large Diameter Shaft Drilling, Jet Grouting, Ground Freezing & Dewatering, Large Diameter Tunneling, Grouting Super Excavators Inc. Pete Schraufnagel, VP N59 W 14601 Bobolink Ave. Menomonee Falls, WI 53951 262-252-3200 Pete@superexcavators.com Auger Boring, Microtunneling, TunnelingLarge Diameter, Sliplining, Pipe Ramming, Pipe Jacking, Grouting, Pipe Bursting/ Splitting, Pipe Fusion, Shafts Taisei Corp. Alan Hobelman, VP of US Office Tsutomu Segawa, General Manager 6261 Katella Ave. Irvine, CA 90630 714-886-1530 ahobelman@taisei.com www.taisei.co.jp Tunneling-Large Diameter, Shafts, Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Demolition, Tunnel Linings, Tunnel Support, Large Diameter Shaft Drilling, Jet Grouting, Slurry Wall, Ground Freezing & Dewatering, Large Diameter Tunneling, Tunnel Inspections, Design/Build Triad Engineering & Contracting Co. Clifford Kassouf Phil Kassouf 7575 Northfield Road Walton Hills, OH 44146 440-786-1000 triad@triad-engineering.com www.triad-engineering.com Large Diameter Tunneling, Large Diameter Shaft Drilling, Tunnel Support, Tunnel Linings, Auger Boring, Dewatering, Pipe Jacking, Shafts, Grouting Vadnais Corp. Paul Vadnais, President Dan Schitea, VP 2130 La Mirada Drive Vista, CA 92081 858-550-1460 info@vadnaiscorp.com www.vadnaiscorp.com Microtunneling Walter C. Smith Co., Inc. Ben Genco, Administrative Assistant 849 Osmun Circe Clovis, CA 93612 559-299-9727 miked@waltercsmith.com www.waltercsmith.com Auger Boring, Pipe Jacking, Pipe Ramming, Tunneling-Large Diameter, Microtunneling
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Willco Far West Frank Willden, CEO 3435 W. 500 S. Salt Lake City, UT 84104 801-886-2111 contact@willcofarwest.com www.willcofarwest.com Auger Boring, Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Drilling, Large Diameter Tunneling MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS Akkerman Inc. Steve Garbisch, Sales & Leasing Robin Lorenzen, Sales & Leasing 58256 266th St. Brownsdale, MN 55918 800-533-0386 Fax: 507-567-2605 akk@akkerman.com www.akkerman.com Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Large Diameter Tunneling, Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Tunnel Boring Machines, Used/Rental Equipment, Machine Service/Repair Allentown Shotcrete Technology Inc. Patrick Bridger, President 421 Schantz Rd. Allentown, PA 18104 610-398-0451 patrickb@allentownshotcrete.com www.allentownshotcrete.com Grout, Shotcrete/Shotcrete Additives, Pumps, Pipe-Concrete Alpine Sales & Rental Corp. Chip Kogelmann, Vice President PO Box 681 State College, PA 16804 814-466-7134 info@alpine-aec.com www.alpinecutters.com Cutters, Drills & Rigs, Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Tunnel Boring Machines, Used/Rental Equipment, Roadheaders, Ventilation, Engineering/ Design, Cost Estimation American Augers Inc. PO Box 814 West Salem, OH 44287 419-869-7107 www.americanaugers.com Guided Boring Equipment, Mud Systems B McDowell Equipment Ltd Kevin McDowell, General Manager 2018 Kingsway Sudbury, ON P3B 4J8 Canada 705-566-8190 kevin_m@bmcdowell.com www.bmcdowell.com Concrete Reinforcement, Equipment Rentals, Locomotives/Haulage Equipment, Cranes & Hoists, Ancillary Equipment, Raise Drills, TBM Rolling Stock, Grout Pumps, Rock Breaking/Grinding, Coatings, Excavators, Rock Bolts, Concrete/ Concrete Additives, Concrete/Grout Pumps, Drills & Rigs, Tunnel Boring Machines, Used/Rental Equipment, Roadheaders, Ventilation, Drilling Consumables, Shotcrete/Shotcrete Additives, Cost Estimation, Machine Service/Repair, Construction Management Baroid Industrial Drilling Products PO Box 1675 Houston, TX 77251 idp@halliburton.com www.baroididp.com Mud Systems
Baker Corp. Paul Rezmer, Sales Rep. 2205 E. Lincoln Hwy Chicago Hts., IL 60411 708-758-5277 Fax: 708-758-5815 prezmer@bakercorp.com www.bakercorp.com Dewatering Pumps, Equipment Rentals, Pumps, Pipe-HDPE Can Clay Corp. 402 Washington St. Cannelton, IN 47520 812-547-3461 info@canclay.com www.canclay.com Pipe-Clay CIBA / BASF Christopher Kessler, Senior Account Manager 17 Black Friar Rd Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 610-526-0779 chris.kessler@ciba.com www.ciba.com Grouting, Tunneling-Large Diameter, Microtunneling, Dewatering, Ground Freezing & Dewatering, Slurry Wall, Large Diameter Shaft Drilling, Coatings, Dust Control, Pumps, Soil Conditioning Agents, Solids Control/Separation, Concrete/ Concrete Additives, Dewatering Pumps, Environmental Studies, Other, Dust Control, Consultant Derrick Equipment Co. Ben Clark 15630 Export Plaza Drive Houston, TX 77032 281-590-3003 bhclark@derrickequipment.com www.derrickinternational.com Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Pumps - Mud, Mud Systems, Mud Recycling, Solids Control/Separation Elgood Mayo Corp. D. Brennan, CEO B. Leisenring, President PO Box 1413 Lancaster, PA 17603 717-397-6201 administration@gfnet.com www.elgoodmayo.com Pipe Jacking, Drills & Rigs, Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Tunnel Boring Machines, Roadheaders, Engineering/ Design Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA Inc. 1221 29th St. NW Ste. D Auburn, WA 98001 253-833-7366 jbrockway@herrenknecht-usa.com www.herrenknecht.de Cutters, Microtunneling Systems/ Equipment, Used/Rental Equipment, Survey/Guidance Instrumentation Hobas Pipe USA Kimberly Paggioli, P .E. 1423 E. Richey Rd. Houston, TX 77073 281-821-2200 info@hobaspipe.com www.hobaspipe.com Pipe-FRP
Icon Equipment Distributors Inc. Brian Crandall 300 Ryders Lane East Brunswick, NJ 08816 800-836-5011 b.crandall@iconjds.com www.iconjds.com Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Guided Boring Equipment, Used/Rental Equipment Interpipe Mike Olson, Business Development 301 SE 8th St Des Moines, IA 50309 515-267-8884 Fax: 515-267-9148 sales@polymerpipe.com www.polymerpipe.com Pipe-Composite/FRP , Concrete/Concrete Additives, Sliplining, Coatings, Pipe Jacking, Concrete Reinforcement, PipePolymer Concrete, Consultant Kem-Tron Technologies Inc. Chuck Skillman 10404-B Cash Rd. Stafford, TX 77477 281-261-5778 info@kemtron.com www.kemtron.com Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Pumps - Mud, Mud Systems Michael Byrne Mfg. Jim Weist 1855 Earth Boring Rd., PO Box 444 Mansfield, OH 44901 419-525-1214 jweist@byrnegear.com www.byrnegroup.com Rock Bits, Used/Rental Equipment, Guided Boring Equipment, Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Engineering/Design Microtunneling Inc. Timothy R. Coss PO Box 7367 Boulder, CO 80306 303-444-2650 timcoss@microtunneling.com www.microtunneling.com Cutters, Pipe-Polymer Concrete, Mud Recycling, Locators, Mud Systems, Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Lubrication, Solids Control/Separation, Disputes Review, Education/Research, General Consulting Mission Clay Products/No Dig Billy Nelson PO Box 201927 San Antonio, TX 78220 800-683-2568 nelsoncb55@aol.com www.no-dig-pipe.com Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Pipe-Clay Palmieri USA Allen Holbert, President Andrew Holbert, Shop Foreman 171 Locust Ave. Ext. Ste. 101 Mt. Morris, PA 15349 724-324-5898 aholbert@alltel.net Auger Boring, Cutters, Drills & Rigs, Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Tunnel Boring Machines, Tunnel Support
Permalok Corp. Gary W. Huber 472 Paul Ave. St. Louis, MO 63135 314-524-1900 ghuber@permalok.com www.permalok.com Pipe-Steel Polycast Structures Inc. Mike Olson, Business Dev. PO Box 1296 Des Moines, IA 50305 515-208-9690 sales@polycaststructures.com www.polycaststructures.com Tunnel Linings, Reinforcing Fiber, Pipe Jacking, Pipe-Concrete Schauenburg Flexadux Corp. John Kelleher, President Dick Lange, Sales & Mktg 2233 Sanford Dr. Grand Junction, CO 81505 970-245-9400 Fax: 970-245-9402 info@schauenburg-us.com www.schauenburg-us.com Ventilation, Safety, Pipe-Composite/FRP , Safety TBM Exchange International Peter J. Tarkoy 17 Everett St. Sherborn, MA 01770 508-650-3600 pjt@tbmexchange.com www.tbmexchange.com Cutters, Microtunneling Systems/ Equipment, Tunnel Boring Machines, Used/Rental Equipment Technicore Underground Corp. Tony DiMillo, President Lynn Jackson, VP 102 Bales Dr East PO Box 93089 Newmarket, ON L3Y 8K3 Canada 905-898-4889 technicoretunnel@msn.com www.technicore.ca Grouting, Pipe Jacking, Microtunneling, Shafts, Drilling, Drills & Rigs, Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Tunnel Boring Machines, Tunnel Linings Wyo-Ben Inc. 1345 Discovery Dr., PO Box 1979 Billings, MT 59103 406-652-6351 email@wyoben.com www.wyoben.com Grout, Microtunneling Systems/Equipment, Drilling Fluids, Mud Systems
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Akkerman ............................................................................................................................................................11 Barbco ....................................................................................................................................................Back Cover BMI Online Buyers Guides ...................................................................................................................................34 BMI Resource Center ...........................................................................................................................................35 Bradshaw Construction ........................................................................................................................................19 Brierley Associates LLC .......................................................................................................................................12 Colorado School of Mines ......................................................................................................................................7 Herrenknecht Tunneling Systems ............................................................................................................................2 Midwest Mole ......................................................................................................................................................17 NASTTs 2012 No-Dig Show ..................................................................................................................................3 Northeast Remsco Construction ...........................................................................................................................15 Permalok Corp. ......................................................................................................................................................9 U.S. Composite Pipe South, LLC (USCPS) ............................................................................................................23
MICROTUNNELING GUIDES
Guide to Best Practice for the Installation of Pipe Jacks and Microtunnels
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Practical Guideline for the Application of Microtunneling Methods

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