December 2025 Vol. 80 No. 12
Features
Underground Infrastructure Awards 2026 honor MVP, top projects
(UI) — Awards season formerly arrives at the annual Underground Infrastructure Conference (UIC), where honorees will be recognized with the launch of The Awards: MVP + UI Honors program.
This powerful new tradition unites the underground infrastructure community’s most-respected recognition programs: the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award and Underground Infrastructure (UI) Awards. The event is scheduled for noon, Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in San Antonio.
To register for any/all of these incredible events, go to ui-conference.com. or contact Karen Francis for more information: Karen@undergroundinfrastructure.com, (713) 487-5676.
To become an exclusive event sponsor or purchase a table, contact Josh Allen, josh@undergroundinfrastructure.com, (832) 922-9018, or Peter Royall, peter.royall@gulfenergyinfo.com.
MVP
Jeffey J. Haby, senior vice president of production operations at San Antonio Water System (SAWS), who successfully led the SAWS Consent Decree Program for the past 12 years, will be formally honored as this year’s MVP.
In addition to his widespread praise as a member of the Texas sewer and water industries, Haby was a founder of the South Texas Chapter of the Underground Construction Technology Association and also served as co-president.
UI Awards finalists
Emerging Technology
- The Revelation Technology, SonDance Solutions
- Broadband IQ Geology Insights, VCTU
- Vermeer BorePlan App, Vermeer
- Utilizing LiDAR for Wet Well Condition Assessment, North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) and Freese and Nichols Inc.
- Close Tolerance Pipe Slurrification – CTPS, Azuria Water Solutions
- Kormee Nanodrill 3004, Ravan Supply
Asset Management Project of the Year
- Buried Regulator Asset Program Development, Orbital Engineering, Inc.
- North Texas Municipal Water District Wastewater Condition Assessment Program, North Texas Municipal Water District
Sewer Project of the Year
- Arkona Road 72” to 76” Transition UV CIPP Culvert Rehabilitation, Pipeline Management Company and Precision Trenchless (divisions of PowerVac of Group) & IMPREG LLC
- Trinity River Authority CRWS Junction Box 1020J Replacement and Improvement, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc.
- Frontera Force Main Emergency Replacement, HARDROCK Infrastructure Services
Water Project of the Year
- Sherman West 36" HDPE Force Main HDD, Dakota Utility Contractors LLC
- Dallas Water Utilities Cedar Crest Water Line, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
- City of Tempe Rehabilitation of 30" Water Main, CPM Pipelines
- West Harris County Regional Water Authority - Segment B3, West Harris County Regional Water Authority (WHCRWA)
- Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, S.J. Louis Construction, Inc.
HDD Project of the Year
- Freezer Underground Heating, Dakota Utility Contractors
- James River Crossing Sewage Force Main Horizontal Directional Drill, Garney Construction, Dewberry, Huxted Trenchless, Brierley Associates
- Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector Trenchless Project, Sempra Infrastructure
- Gibsonton Septic to Sewer Conversion Force Main, Westlake Pipe & Fittings
- Port of Corpus Line Replacement, HardRock Infrastructure Services
- Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, Atlas Trenchless
Fiber Project of the Year
- 160 Miles Fiber Snyder-Post-Gail Texas, Dakota Utility Contractors
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