Building the Future
Trenchless Institute | Building Better Infrastructure is a network of professionals and organizations to bring the right expertise to clients. We provide a broad range of advisory services including asset management, trenchless technologies, and project financing. Additionally, we provide professional training and certification programs.
Innovative | Collaborative | Unconventional | Disruptive
Mission
Trenchless Institute | Building Better Infrastructure provides innovative solutions, continuous improvement, and thought leadership for sustainable, climate‐resilient, environmentally feasible, equitable, efficient, and cost‐effective infrastructure.
Vision
Trenchless Institute | Building Better Infrastructure aspires to be the preeminent organization providing innovative solutions and exceptional advisory services and training programs to solve infrastructure challenges.
Capabilities
Asset Management
Innovative “one-stop shop” approach to develop and implement optimum short-, medium, and long-term asset management plans for financially sustainable infrastructure.
Infrastructure Finance
Develop business cases and help with alternative financing for undertaking small and large infrastructure projects including green and social initiatives.
Trenchless Technology
Pipeline rehabilitation and replacement using trenchless technologies. Advisory on selecting suitable techniques, planning, design, construction, and project management.
Environmental Hydrogeology
Hydrogeological studies, hydro(geological) models, water balance studies, groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling, contaminant sites investigations and remidiation.
Project and Program Management
Traditional and alternative project and program management and delivery approaches including PPP (public-private partnerships) and IPDC (integrated project delivery contracts). Project/program specific waterfall or lean and agile management tools and techniques to balance between project scope, time, resources and budget to deliver successful projects.
Training and Certifications
Career-oriented, flexible, and affordable short-courses and certification options on a wide range of topics including trenchless technologies for pipeline rehabilitation and replacement, asset management, pipe design, project management, and more.
Collaborations
Trenchless Institute | Building Better Infrastructure collaborates with other organizations having shared interests, goals, and values. We share resources, experience, knowledge, and skills to expedite innovation and deliver better value to customers.
Infrastructure Assessment Academy
NASSCO’s Pipeline, Lateral and Manhole (PACP™, LACP™ & MACP™) Certifications
Good Roads (Ontario Good Roads Association)
Collaborative education and training program comprising of courses and workshops on topics including:
- Trenchless Technologies
- Asset Management of Buried Infrastructure
- Horizontal Directional Drilling Project Planning, Design, and Construction
- Alternative/Collaborative Contracts Delivery
InspecTerra
- Patented iCAMM™ non-destructive inspection system
- Completely passive, non-contact method
- Not impacted by environmental factors, such as moisture, salinity, temperature
- Quantify and map the degree of corrosion
- Applications include: underground and surface pipelines, reinforced-concretre structures, steel plates and beams, welds, buildings, storage tanks, and refinery facilities
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Infrastructure Performance Exchange
- World’s first infrastructure marketplace – connecting infrastrucutre with capital markets
- Facilitating direct access to capital for infrastructure projects
- Funding and financing for infrastructure projects
Public Sector Partners for Progress (Non-Profit)
- Applying science, advancing public infrastructure management
- Development and implementation of asset management plans
- Professionals include accountants, architects, academics, and software developers
Our Clients
Enbridge Gas Inc.
- Education and Training: Horizontal Directional Drilling Construction Inspection
- In-person
- Live online
- Advisory: Review of Field QA/QC, Inspection and Testing Plan
City of Cambridge
Expert Services: Watermain Rehabilitation Using CIPP (Cured-In-Place-Pipe)
Meet Our Team
John Green
Expertise: Professional Education, Industry Outreach and Partnerships
Gord Henrich
Expertise: Trenchless Rehabilitation, Pipeline Condition Assessment, Research & Development, Technology Commercialization, Education and Training
Fraser MacNeill
Expertise: Horizontal Directional Drilling; HDD Drill Rig and Downhole Equipment Product Support; Blasting
Alice Seviora
Expertise: Administration, Finance, Event Management, Customer Relationship Management
Dr. Rashid Rehan
Expertise: Asset Management; System Dynamics Modelling; Capital Investment Planning
Dr. Rizwan Younis, P.Eng.
Expertise: Asset Management, Trenchless Technologies, Infrastructure Finance, Data Science