Expectations couldn’t be higher for No-Dig 2021 after an advance party of representatives returned from host country Panama following a hugely successful reconnaissance mission. The party comprised senior members of NASTT (North American Society for Trenchless Technology), CISTT (Colombian Institute for Subterranean Infrastructure Technologies and Techniques), ISTT (International Society for Trenchless Technology) and No-Dig event organiser, Westrade.
There was certainly a packed schedule of meetings to be squeezed in over the 2-day period: the visiting group spent some valuable time with big names such as the Canal de Panama, Ministerio di Obras Publicas, Promtur, and Sociedad de Engenieros. They also toured several venues vying to make the shortlist as the headquarters for the event as well as some tourist hotspots for consideration for the comprehensive social programme.
