03.02.2010 - Mary Knueven Joins Jason Consultants
Jason Consultants is pleased to announce that Mary Knueven joined Jason Consultants Group on February 1, 2010 as Marketing Specialist, working in our Columbus office. Ms. Knueven has over 25 years experience in publishing and marketing communications, having worked as Editorial Art Director for the Columbus Dispatch, Marketing Communications Specialist for Nationwide Financial Services, and Marketing Coordinator for W.E. Stilson Consulting Group, a Columbus-based civil engineering consulting firm. An award-winning graphic designer, Ms. Knueven also has extensive experience in writing, market research and public sector relationship management. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, having been awarded a full-tuition scholarship to study art and design by The Ohio State University.

Jan 2010 - Jason Consultants Group Opens Office in Columbus, Ohio
Jason Consultants Group, world leader in underground infrastructure engineering and technology, is pleased to announce the opening of our new office in Columbus, Ohio on February 1 of this year.

Our move to centrally located Columbus facilitates our plan to grow and extend our range of engineering services to our clients while maintaining our focus on providing the highest quality professional services. Jason Consultants will continue to provide engineering services in the areas of underground pipeline condition assessment, trenchless technology engineering, geosynthetics, research, and economic and market studies.

In late 2009, Jason became a member of the Pure Technologies Group of Companies, an international technology and services company based in Calgary with a U.S. office in Columbia, Maryland. Robert Morrison P.E., who heads Jason’s North American business, said "Jason Consultants faces some significant growth opportunities throughout North America. With the support of Pure Technologies we plan to seize those opportunities. The establishment of a new operating base in Columbus with experienced and capable colleagues will enable us to do so while maintaining our strong client focus and attention to customer service."

01.10.09 - Pure Technologies acquires Jason Consultants
The sale of Jason Consultants to Pure Technologies Ltd of Calgary, announced in August, is now complete and Jason Consultants is now a member of the Pure Technologies Group of Companies.

Pure Technologies Ltd. is an international technology and services company which has developed patented technologies for inspection, monitoring and management of critical infrastructure around the world. Pure operates from its headquarters in Calgary, Canada and through subsidiaries in Maryland, New Jersey, and the UK. Pure's proprietary product portfolio includes SoundPrint, a continuous acoustic structural monitoring system for buildings, bridges and structures; SoundPrint AFO, a fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing system for monitoring and surveillance of pipelines; and SmartBall, a revolutionary new leak detection technology for water, wastewater and hydrocarbon pipelines. Jason Consultants has worked successfully alongside Pure in several inspection and assessment projects and this acquisition will enable us to strengthen our co-operation and to pursue growth more aggressively.

This is an exciting development for Jason Consultants. With the support of Pure we will continue to operate in all of the market sectors in which we are already present: Underground pipeline condition assessment; trenchless technology engineering; geosynthetics; research projects; and economic and market studies. Our strengths complement those of Pure and Openaka and we look forward to seizing the opportunities that we can generate together. With Pure we plan to grow and to extend our range of engineering services, most notably in pipeline condition assessment.

Our focus will remain on providing the best professional services to all of our clients around the world, based on the knowledge and expertise of our people. All of the Principals, and the management of Pure, are committed to maintaining our reputation for high quality, innovative, cost-effective and professional consultancy, and for ensuring that our clients are more than satisfied with the results of our work. The Principals will continue to manage the projects and to take direct responsibility for customer service. This is a central element of the platform for growth that we will establish.

More information can be found on the Pure Technologies’ news release.

17.08.09 - Pure Technologies to acquire Jason Consultants
Jason Consultants and Pure Technologies ltd of Calgary, Canada, have agreed in principle that Pure will acquire the Jason Consultants operating companies. The purchase is due for completion on 31 August 2009.

Pure Technologies is an international technology and services company which has developed patented technologies for inspection, monitoring and management of critical infrastructure around the world. Inspection and monitoring of buried water and wastewater pipelines is a large and growing part of Pure’s business. The capabilities of Pure and Jason together will enable the companies to offer a complete package of investigation, assessment and rehabilitation planning for a wide range of pipelines.

The Principals of Jason Consultants, Dec Downey, Bob Morrison and Tom Sangster are committed to the future growth of the business and to implementing a strategy of growth in all current business areas with the financial, marketing and management support of Pure. Tom Sangster, Principal of Jason Consultants, said that “Jason Consultants has worked successfully alongside Pure in several inspection and assessment projects and this acquisition will enable us to strengthen our co-operation and to pursue growth more aggressively. Our strengths complement those of Pure and Openaka and we look forward to seizing the opportunities that we can generate together.”

More information can be found on the Pure Technologies’ news release.

01.01.08 - Norman E. “Ed” Kampbell Joins the Jason team
Jason Consultants is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2008 Norman E. “Ed” Kampbell, President of Rehabilitation Resources Solutions, will join Jason Consultants Group as a Senior Consultant associate.

“We are extremely pleased to have Ed Kampbell join our team of experts, as Ed has extensive experience in the area of cured-in-place-pipes (CIPP), fold and form, close fit liners, and more recently rehabilitation of sewer laterals which we see as a major need in our industry”, says Dr. Dec Downey, Chairman of ISTT and a Principal at Jason Consultants. Ed is also an expert in pipe-soil structural interaction and the design of both flexible and rigid pipes. He has over 29 years experience in the design, manufacture, installation and rehabilitation of pipelines for water and wastewater projects in over 42 countries. Ed’s career has included periods as a design engineer, public works manager, and a construction professional all in the field of underground technology. For the past three years, Ed has been the President of Rehabilitation Resources Solutions where he has been working with both manufacturers and suppliers of CIPP lining systems, developing approaches for lateral and mainline renewal. Ed Kampbell will continue to be located in Columbus, Ohio where Jason Consultants has already established a local presence.

09.09.07 - Downey Elected ISTT Chairman
Dr. Dec Downey, a Principal of Jason Consultants, was elected Chairman of the International Society of Trenchless Technology (ISTT) at the ISTT board meeting held in Rome on September 9, 2007. Dr. Downey was the UK Society of Trenchless Technology (UKSTT) Chairman from 1999 to 2001 and has served as a member of ISTT’s executive committee since 2000. Dec will serve as Chairman for at least two years supported by Prof Sam Ariaratnam as Vice Chairman. Also elected to the ISTT Executive Steering Committee in Rome; Olga Matinyuk (Ukraine), Derek Choi (HK), Karol Franczyk (Austria) and Norman Howell (UK).

Dr. Downey is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Water and Environmental Manager, and has a PhD in Materials Science. He has spent almost 30 years working with pipes in manufacturing, rehabilitation, technology transfer and contracting before becoming a consultant in 2002. He has chaired the CIWEM Pipelines Panel and is currently a member of the Pipeline Industries Guild Utilities Panel. In 1992 he was awarded the Kurose Prize by the Japan Microtunneling Association.

07.12.07 - Jason assists the Scott Wilson-CDM Joint Venture in HK
Jason Consultants has been appointed to assist the Scott Wilson -CDM Joint Venture providing condition assessment and rehabilitation expertise on the Replacement and Rehabilitation of Water Mains Stage 3 - Mains in the New Territories project for the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Water Supplies Department. Jason Partner Dec Downey took part in a Value Management Workshop at the Jockey Club Sha Tin on July 7th. The project involves replacement and rehabilitation of 135km of Water Mains in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Sheung Shui, Fanling, Sha Tin and Tai Po. Pipe in diameters above 600mm will be subject to detailed condition assessment. The condition assessment is underway and the construction phase will run from late 2008 to early 2013. Key areas of concern are located at Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long and Lion Rock Tunnel Road Sha Tin

05.23.07 - Continuing Progress in New Delhi with YAPII
Jason has been involved since 2003 with the TEC Consortium, project managers for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation funded Yamuna Action Plan on the Delhi sewer components preparing the DPR's and more recently assisting TEC in oversight of the Delhi Jal Board's consultants MWH work of prequalification, tendering and tender evaluation. In December 2005 Jason Consultants on behalf of TEC coordinated a Ministry of Environment and Forests National Rivers Conservation Directorate Workshop on the Dissemination of Trenchless Technology in India. The three New Delhi sewer projects, construction of new sewer by microtunnelling at Wazirabad Road and Bela Road and the rehabilitation of the Ring Road Sewer are progressing rapidly towards implementation and Jason anticipate further involvement in early 2008.