NASTT-NW is accepting applications for the 2010 Northwest Trenchless Project of the Year. Projects submitted for consideration as project of the year must be located within Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, utilize at least one form of trenchless technology, and be in some form of activity between November 2009 and November 2010 (i.e. commenced, in progress, or completed). The application deadline is August 31, 2010. Applicants are not required to be members of NASTT.

If you have an interesting project that meets these criteria and would like to submit an application for the project of the year award, please complete the following form.

Following the application deadline, an independent review panel, made up of industry professionals, will review the submissions and make an award selection by mid-September.

The successful applicant will be notified of the award in mid-September and will be required to provide a 20 to 25 minute slideshow presentation describing the project at the Northwest Trenchless Conference in November. The award will be officially presented at the conference.

Note: Some firewalls can impede proper operation of the web form system used on this website. Also, applications of greater size than limited by our web form system (i.e. due to oversized attachments) may not be processed correctly. To avoid lost effort, please complete the application information in an offline word processing software and copy/paste it into the form. If you still have difficulties, please email Dan Willems for assistance by clicking here.

Congratulations to the University of Alberta, Stantec Consulting, and The City of Edmonton for winning the 2009 Northwest Trenchless Project of the year!

NASTT-NW would like to encourage all of its members who are conducting interesting trenchless projects to consider applying for the 2010 Northwest Trenchless Project of the Year and to take the opportunity to provide presentations of their projects at local technical lunches, the annual conference, No-Dig, and other regional events to truly highlight our region’s leadership in trenchless technology. Please watch the website and your email inbox for notices regarding the 2010 Project of the Year.

NASTT Colleagues and Friends,

Please join us for the third technical lunch of the 2009-10 season on Thursday January 21.

This month’s speaker will be Brian Bonner, who is the Vice President and General Manager of SpiderPlow Services Inc.  SpiderPlow Services Inc. is a construction company which provides highly specialized pipe, cable and fibre optic installation services throughout Canada and the United States. Brian has been with the company for 4 years, since it was founded in 2005, and is responsible for business development. 

The SpiderPlow is a cost effective, expedient and environmentally friendly advanced system for installing flexible pipelines, fibre optic cable or power cable.  The technology “plows” the pipe or cable into the ground by cutting a narrow channel and laying the pipe or cable underground in one continuous process (i.e. less trench).  The system consists of two separate machines which work together. These machines are the ‘SpiderPlow’ which rips open the channel and lays the product into channel, and the ‘Winch Crawler’ which is designed solely to winch the ‘SpiderPlow’ forward. This presentation will provide an overview of SpiderPlow Services Inc., the company, as well as the ‘SpiderPlow’ system as a construction methodology.

Pre-registration is now closed. We reserve a few extra seats for walk-ins. If you are a member and haven’t pre-registered, please ensure to bring your NASTT member card to demonstrate proof of membership.

Place: University of Alberta Faculty Club, Papaschase Room, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive

Time: 11:30 am Registration
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30 pm Guest Speaker
1:30 pm Adjournment

Cost: Members: $20.00*
Non-Members: $30.00
Students: $10.00 (valid student card required)

* Note: Membership status will be verified against NASTT’s latest member list. If your name is not on the member list, you will be required to pay the non-member rate. Please be aware that NASTT corporate memberships entitle the company to a total of 6 individual representatives, the names of whom must be provided to NASTT for updating the member list; if your company is a corporate member, please ensure you are a designated membership representative if you plan on registering for NASTT events at the member rate.

Payment will be taken at the door, by cash or cheque only.

Regards,

Alan Miller, P.Eng.
NASTT-NW Chapter
Edmonton Section Chair