Michels Corporation is proud of the countless projects we have completed since our inception in 1959. As part of our storied history, Michels has operated in Canada since 1997 and has also completed work in Israel, Trinidad, Guam, Cuba, Mexico and the Marshall Islands. While it is easy for us to take pride in all of our jobs, Michels has been officially recognized for the projects listed below:

• Michels Canada received the James L. Abraham Safety Performance Award of Excellence from the Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada. Michels received the award for having the lowest lost-time accident frequency rate in the Specialty Contractor (Horizontal Directional Drilling) with More than 20,000 Man-Hours Worked. Michels lost no time to accidents. Michels Canada is based in Nisku, Alberta.  The award was presented during the PLCAC Annual Convention in Whistler, British Columbia.

• In March of 2010, Michels was again honored by TransCanada at their annual Safety Summit with the Keystone Pipeline Vice President’s Award.”

• Michels is awarded this prestigious award based on safety performance. The Award is based on several categories including OSHA Recordable Incident Rate, lost work day case rate, ratio of near miss report/1000 man hours, number of executive participants in New Employee Orientations/Weekly Safety meetings, number of executive participants in tailgate/JSA meetings and number of executive contact with individual worker where “Immediate Positive Reinforcement” was given.

• In recognition of the leadership in safety and performance Michels displayed on the Keystone Pipeline Project, the company was presented with one of the very first “Keystone Pipeline Vice President’s Safety Awards.”

• Michels won Western Builder Magazine’s 2008 Project of the Year competition for constructing 252 miles of pipeline for Enbridge Energy’s Southern Access project. The job included a Wisconsin-record tunnel spanning 80 inches in diameter and more than 1,000 feet in length.

• Michels won Trenchless Technology’s 2008 Project of the Year competition for rehabilitating nearly 1,900 feet of badly deteriorated 48-inch pipe near Shingleton, California, for the Bear Creek Power Generating Station.

• Michels won Trenchless Technology’s 2007 Project of the Year competition for its rehabilitation of 4,000 feet of 60-inch cast iron pressure pipe for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

• Michels won Trenchless Technology’s 2006 Project of the Year competition for its work in the French-speaking city of Trois-Rivieres, which is 88 miles northeast of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Michels completed a 7,456-foot intersect of 20-inch steel pipe for Gaz Metro.

• Michels won Trenchless Technology’s 2004 Project of the Year competition for its work on a natural gas hubline project near Boston for Duke Energy. Michels completed installations of 30-inch steel pipe in lengths ranging from 1,500 feet to 4,870 feet.

• Michels was honored for its new installation work on the Beaver Water District Intake Expansion project in Lowell, Arkansas. The project required drill and blast construction of twin 30-foot diameter and 95-foot deep intake shafts through caustic limestone and shale.

• Michels received this honor for its directional drilling work on the Forest Lawn Siphon Project in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

• Michels was honored for its work in Honolulu, Hawaii, where crews replaced a 50-year-old, 42-inch diameter pipe with dual 40-inch OD HDPE force mains. The new installations each spanned 3,200 feet and were performed using HDD.