Articles & Awards

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• Trenchless Technology Magazine - October, 1998 - PROJECT OF THE YEAR
  "Microtunneling Project Team Tackles the "Impossible" in Orinda, CA"


• Trenchless Technology Magazine - April, 2000 - "Massive Microtunneling Mobilization"
  Microtunneling and Guided Boring in difficult conditions, with tight schedules in prestigious Palisades, CA


• Trenchless Technology Magazine - May, 2003 - Cover Story: "Teamwork Leads to Success"


• Public Works Magazine - November, 1998 - "Prequalifying and Partnering for Microtunneling"


• Paper - April, 1997 - "Saving a Difficult Microtunneling Project with Partnering and a New Technology"
  By: Kent Steffens, P.E. - Senior Engineer, Union Sanitary District
  Co-author: Richard Currie, P.E. - Engineering Manager, Union Sanitary District


• Overview - Martinez East Side Trunk Sewer Improvement Project - December 1998


• Paper - Martinez East Side Trunk Sewer Project
  Microtunneling through Bay Mud, Directional Drilling through Bedrock
  By: David Mathy, Kent Von Aspern, Curt Swanson, Dru R. Nelson


• Akkerman Trenchless News - "Nada Pacific Creates GBM Success Story"


• Akkerman Trenchless News - Vol. 1, 2000 - "Smooth sailing for Port of L.A. Expansion Project"
  Microtunnel under busy waterway at Port of Los Angeles