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