PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE No-Dig by the Numbers The 2011 No-Dig Show takes center stage March 27-31 in Washington, D.C., at the amazing Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center. The show continues to grow in stature as it attracts attendees from all across the trenchless and construction industry. I thought it would be good to step back and show you the fascinating statistics about the No-Dig Show: • 73,000-sq ft exhibit hall • 1,800 attendees • 140 technical papers • 130-plus exhibitors • 58 No-Dig Program Committee members • 44 sponsors (most ever!) • 11 NASTT student chapters • 10th annual Educational Auction ($53,000 was raised in 2010) • 10-plus meetings organized in conjunction with No-Dig, such as NASTT chapter meetings, ASCE and BAMI-I, Trenchless Technology Center, etc. • Nine NASTT regional chapters • Nine pre No-Dig and post No-Dig seminars • Eight supporting organizations • Three amazing social networking events: Kick-off Breakfast, Gala Awards Dinner and Reception, and the Closing Lunch. So these are the actual numbers.And as they say you can’t debate the facts! So one fact remains: You absolutely cannot miss attending No-Dig. It’s a once-a-year event and the highlight of the trenchless technology industry. Just go to www.nodigshow.com to register for No-Dig and check out the very latest on the show. 40 Years and Still Going That lead-in sounds perhaps like the famous Energizer bunny, but in this case, I am referring to Insituform. The company has had an amazing track record of success ever since Eric Wood invented the Insituform technology in the United Kingdom. Now Insituform CEO Joe Burgess carries on in the tradition of Wood as the company continues to innovate and implement new ideas to repair our underground pipelines. As many of you may recall, Insituform after its launch in the United Kingdom came to North America licensing contractors to install the CIPP technology. As it turned out, one of the major licensees was a contractor with the name Insituform Mid America. This licensee grew in such proportion, that it eventually became the overall Insituform Technologies organization. Today, Insituform Technologies is a NASDAQ-listed company with about $1 billion in worldwide sales. It is unquestionably the largest publicly traded company devoted exclusively to trenchless technology. And from what I know related to privately held trenchless companies, Insituform is indeed the largest trenchless organization overall. So let me extend to Insituform congratulations on a marvelous 40 years. Pipeline Security In conjunction with our sister publication North American Pipelines, we will be conducting the first-ever Pipeline Security Conference. It will be held in Washington, D.C., May 10-11. Pipeline security is a major issue outside North America and it is our objective to bring focus to this serious concern in North America. We will be discussing risk assessment, cost of security, recovery from emergencies, the latest technology in pipeline security, designing a secure pipeline, etc. The conference is being held in Tom Ridge partnership with Ridge Global and Geospatial Corp. The featured speaker will be Tom Ridge, whom you may recognize as our first Secretary of Homeland Security. The speakers and agenda for the conference will truly make this a landmark event. To get the latest on the agenda, etc., please visit: www.napiplines.com. No-Dig here we come! Publisher Bernard P. Krzys Associate Publisher Robert D. Krzys Editor James W. Rush Managing Editor Sharon M. Bueno Assistant Editor Pam Kleineke Contributing Staff Editors Keith Gribbins • Bradley Kramer Jason Morgan Creative Director W. M. Conley Graphic Designers Sarah Hayes • Chris Slogar Elizabeth C. Stull Marketing Director Kelly Dadich Regional Sales Manager Dan Sisko Circulation Manager Alexis R. White Web & Interactive Manager Mark Gorman Editorial Advisory Board Chairman Dr. Tom Iseley, P.E. Professor/Director at CEMT at IUPUI Indianapolis, Indiana Alex Buehler Insituform Technologies Inc., Chesterfield, Missouri Dr. Samuel Ariaratnam P.E. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Dr. David Bennett, P.E. Bennett Trenchless Engineers, Folson, California Steven R. Kramer, P.E. Arcadis US Inc, Washington, D.C. Joseph Loiacono, ing. Sanexen, Montreal, Quebec Ronald T. Thompson, P.E. Malcolm Pirnie Inc., Jackson, Mississippi Irene McSweeney, P.E. Boston Water and Sewer Commission Boston, Massachusetts Editorial & Advertising Offices 1770 Main St., P.O. Box 190 Peninsula, OH 44264 USA (330) 467-7588 • Fax: (330) 468-2289 www.trenchlessonline.com e-mail: info@benjaminmedia.com Reprints Wright Reprints Ph: 877-652-5295 Fax: 281-419-5712 Bernard P. Krzys President & Publisher 6 TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY February 2011 www.trenchlessonline.com 1991 WASHINGTON, D.C. 2O11 MARCH 27- 31, 2O11
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