GeoEngineers’ HDD Pipeline Crossing of St. Clair River Project Wins ACEC Missouri Award POSTED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2013 POSTED IN: ALL NEWS FEED The American Council of Engineering Companies of Missouri (ACEC MO) has awarded GeoEngineers an Engineering Excellence Honor Award for the Challenging HDD Pipeline Crossing of the St. Clair River project. Springfield geotechnical group leader Jon Robison, PE and trenchless group leader Mark Miller, PE attended the ACEC MO Awards Banquet in Kansas City on February 16, where Mark accepted the award on behalf of GeoEngineers and our client, Enbridge, Inc. This 2013 Honor Award recognizes GeoEngineers’ quality engineering achievements and marks the Springfield office’s fifth straight ACEC MO award-winning year since the company’s first Engineering Excellence entry in 2009. Contending projects were judged on design excellence, the degree to which the clients’ needs were met, and benefit to the public welfare and to the private practice of engineering. Enbridge hired GeoEngineers to provide horizontal directional drill (HDD) design and consulting for its HDD project to replace the 3,195-foot-long, 30-inch-diameter, steel pipeline that crossed 40 feet below the St. Clair River from Michigan to Canada. This highly visible international project would receive heavy scrutiny from US and Canadian regulators, so Enbridge needed everything to go right. GeoEngineers provided preliminary HDD design, a construction cost estimate, geotechnical investigation, final HDD design, construction observation and consultation for the project. Project challenges included creating an HDD design that avoided several existing utilities and a loading pier in the river, and providing international coordination for geotechnical exploration and construction. The project team employed geophysical sub-bottom profiling of the St. Clair River to provide better subsurface data, which helped reduce potential construction-related risks, satisfy regulators and assure Enbridge that the project would go smoothly. The pipeline was safely and successfully replaced. Post navigation PREVIOUS NEXT Mark Miller, left, and Jon Robison at the ACEC Mo award ceremony Explore More from GeoEngineers Recent Stories for You New US 21 Bridge is Vital Link to South Carolina Barrier Islands November 24, 2021 Alicia Sellers Becomes ASCE Nashville Secretary November 12, 2021 GEOSTRATA Features Unique Wings Over Washington Project October 13, 2021 Partnership with Downtown On The Go Lights Up Tacoma October 8, 2021 Port of Alaska Modernization Wins PDCA Project of the Year October 6, 2021 Categories ALL BLOG NEWS FEED VIDEOS Archives Archives SELECT MONTH NOVEMBER 2021 OCTOBER 2021 SEPTEMBER 2021 AUGUST 2021 JULY 2021 JUNE 2021 MAY 2021 APRIL 2021 MARCH 2021 FEBRUARY 2021 JANUARY 2021 DECEMBER 2020 NOVEMBER 2020 OCTOBER 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 AUGUST 2020 JULY 2020 JUNE 2020 MAY 2020 APRIL 2020 JANUARY 2020 DECEMBER 2019 OCTOBER 2019 SEPTEMBER 2019 JULY 2019 JUNE 2019 MAY 2019 APRIL 2019 MARCH 2019 FEBRUARY 2019 JANUARY 2019 DECEMBER 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 SEPTEMBER 2018 AUGUST 2018 JUNE 2018 MAY 2018 APRIL 2018 MARCH 2018 FEBRUARY 2018 JANUARY 2018 DECEMBER 2017 AUGUST 2017 MAY 2017 APRIL 2017 MARCH 2017 JANUARY 2017 DECEMBER 2016 NOVEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016 AUGUST 2016 JUNE 2016 MAY 2016 APRIL 2016 MARCH 2016 FEBRUARY 2016 JANUARY 2016 DECEMBER 2015 NOVEMBER 2015 OCTOBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015 AUGUST 2015 JUNE 2015 MAY 2015 APRIL 2015 FEBRUARY 2015 JANUARY 2015 NOVEMBER 2014 OCTOBER 2014 AUGUST 2014 JULY 2014 JUNE 2014 MAY 2014 APRIL 2014 MARCH 2014 FEBRUARY 2014 JANUARY 2014 DECEMBER 2013 NOVEMBER 2013 OCTOBER 2013 SEPTEMBER 2013 AUGUST 2013 JULY 2013 JUNE 2013 MAY 2013 APRIL 2013 MARCH 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 JANUARY 2013 DECEMBER 2012 NOVEMBER 2012 OCTOBER 2012 SEPTEMBER 2012 AUGUST 2012 JULY 2012 JUNE 2012 MAY 2012 APRIL 2012 MARCH 2012 FEBRUARY 2012 JANUARY 2012 NOVEMBER 2011 AUGUST 2011 JULY 2011 JUNE 2011 MAY 2011 APRIL 2011 MARCH 2011 FEBRUARY 2011 JANUARY 2011 NOVEMBER 2010 Tags COMMUNITY SAFETY SUSTAINABILITY TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE We want you on our team. SEE CURRENT JOB POSTINGS LEGAL/PRIVACY POLICY TEAM WITH US STAFF LOGIN COMPANY CAREERS CURIOUS? CONTACT PRACTICE AREAS EXPERTISE Copyright © 2021 GeoEngineers. All Rights Reserved. - Site by CMA