Business View Magazine | February 2019

216 the best and biggest, and most efficient rigs that we can find.” Carlin admits that one of her company’s current challenges is countering some of the off-putting media stories concerning pipelines.“Right now, there’s so much negativity associated with any type of pipeline,” she opines.“So we, as an industry, need to do a better job of educating people that there are technologies out there that did not exist years ago, that are safe, effective, and environmentally responsible. Understanding the technologies would help people better understand that when they see a pipeline project going on in their city, they don’t need to immediately get defensive about it.They need to support it, and learn about it, and why it’s going to benefit their community.” “And Laney is a leader in design, technology, and execution,” she says, in conclusion.“A single point solution that puts all the pieces together to give the highest likelihood of success that a project is going to be executed safely,will be environmen- tally responsible with high consideration for the community, and, obviously, on budget and on time.” PREFERREDVENDORS Herrenknecht Tunnelling - www.herrenknecht.com Herrenknecht pipeline equipment gains ground After launching the first Pipe Jacking equipment in North America in the early 1990s,Herrenknecht delivered the first pipeline equipment to the US in 2006: a Pipe Thruster for HDD assistance and rescue, followed by the first Direct Pipe® equip- ment four years later.Thanks to the engineering spirit of the North American pipeline industry and their search for safer solutions for pipeline cross- ings, new technologies like Direct Pipe® could be