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TTC Auger Boring School Celebrates a First
Louisiana Tech University's Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) and
the National Utility Contractors
Association (NUCA) teamed up to
offer the third Auger Boring School
(ABS) Nov. 12-16, 2018, to meet
the high demand for engineers
and contractors trained in auger
From left: Tom Iseley, TTC Lifetime Achievement Award
honorees Leo and Jim Barbera, and Les Guice.
boring design, application and
installation.
The five-day, intensive course included classroom lectures and practical sessions covering
all aspects of auger boring projects from design to construction with special focus on safety,
instructed by the foremost experts in the country.
This ABS also celebrated the first TTC Lifetime Achievement Award, established to honor
exemplary leadership in and contributions to the trenchless industry.
Recipients were brothers Leo and Jim Barbera. Founding American Augers in 1970, Leo
secured many patents for safety and productivity innovations, such as the first rack-and-pinion
HDD rig in the U.S. He was also on the original TTC Industry Advisory Board, in 1991.
His brother Jim also gained extraordinary experience working at American Augers. When
Leo sold the company in the late 1980s, Jim applied all the knowledge and experience gained
from working at American Augers to start Barbco Inc. in 1989. An international manufacturer
of auger boring machines, directional drills and advanced tunneling equipment, Barbco has
continued the tradition of innovation and high quality in creating custom equipment to fit
project needs, and make contractors more efficient and safer.
Presenting the award were Tom Iselsy, Ph.D., professor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana
Tech and TTC's associate director of International Operations; and Les Guice, Ph.D., who
was department head of Civil Engineering in 1988 when he hired Iseley and assisted with the
establishment of TTC, and currently is president of Louisiana Tech University.
Sponsors of the third ABS included Barbco, U.S. Shoring & Equipment Co., Baroid Industrial
Drilling Products, Brierley Associates, Midwest Mole, Trinity Products, Logan Clay Products,
Wicker Construction, IDS GeoRadar and Huxted Tunneling.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Louisiana Tech University-Trenchless Technology Center, (318) 257-4072, latech.edu

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