Jacking Pipe Under Highways & Railroads

Location: Frisco 1

Speaker:  Aiden Rajswing, P.E. – Thompson Pipe Group

Presentation Description:

Trenchless methods are popular in the industry especially when reducing impact on the community and transportation systems is required. A common trenchless method for installation of Reinforced Concrete Pipe is Pipe Jacking. Pipe Jacking involves tunneling through the soil without disturbance to the community above the tunnel. Jacking allows certain projects that are not feasible through open cut methods to come to fruition, a few of these will be discussed in this presentation. The TxDOT permits Reinforced Concrete Pipe for Jacking, Boring, and Tunneling which is the preferred method for pipe construction under a Highway or Railroad. Thompson Pipe Group will explore how concrete joints are selected, their jacking capacity and trenchless methods available in the industry.

Speaker Bio:

Aiden has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder and minors in Economics and French. He has construction experience as a Field Engineer for Kiewit Infrastructure West. Aiden has been a Texas Registered Professional Engineer since October 2020. He has 6 years of experience with Thompson Pipe Group Business Development and Engineering. He has two dogs and wife, goes to Octoberfest in Munich every year, and although he is a horrible skier, he still loves it.