Our thoughts on all things Petra and trenchless
Shivani Torres Named a 2023 Winner of the Prestigious MIT 35 Under 35 Award
Today, MIT Technology Review unveiled its annual list of 35 innovators under 35, highlighting the remarkable talents shaping our future. Among this year's honorees is Shivani Torres, my cofounder, and Petra’s Chief Product Officer at Petra. I couldn’t be more proud and honored to build this company with Shivani. Because of her, Petra is transforming the way we underground utilities. Together, we're achieving our goal of making communities resilient by lowering the cost of undergrounding.
Introducing the Petra Platform™: The World’s First Hybrid Powered All-Geology Trenchless Multi-tool
This blog post introduces the Petra Platform, the worlds first all-in-one trenchless solution capable of boring through all geologies using multiple boring modules using green power. This modular, flexible system revolutionizes underground utility construction, offering six unique modules for various ground conditions.
What is the difference between “trenchless tunneling” and “tunneling”, anyway?
Trenchless technology and tunneling technology are often used interchangeably, but they have very different applications and require different construction technologies. We describe these differences between trenchless and tunneling in this post.
Trenchless 101: The History of Trenchless Technology
Trenchless tunneling technology has been a game changer for utilities, allowing them to be installed quickly and cheaply, even in complex urban environments. In this blog post we delve into the history of trenchless tunneling technology, which goes as far back as the early 19th century.
The Zilper Trenchless Team Joins Petra
In this blog post, we announce Petra's acquisition of Zilper, a pioneer in the trenchless technology space. We discuss the reasons for our acquisition and why it will accelerate our develop of an all-geologies hybrid trenchless tool...a game changing innovation in the underground utility construction space.
Removing Thrust Force From The Excavation Equation
For hundreds, if not thousands of years, we’ve been excavating the ground the same way: by coming into contact with it. All earth moving systems to date have been high-contact systems. In this post, we describe the limitations of excavating rock using mechanical methods and why our Jet Bore is so groundbreaking.
Why We Started Petra
We started Petra because we believe the world is safer when utilities are underground. In this post, we talk about our mission, why we started Petra and what impact we hope to have in protecting communities from the ravages of climate change.
