Past News & Major Projects
2000 – Present - Nebraska Public Power - Cooper Nuclear Station (Numerous cathodic protection and miscellaneous air/hydro vac projects)
2001 – Awarded Phillips 66 Wood River, IL multi-year soil-to-air excavation and recoat project. Work led to similar work inside P 66 refineries in Wilmington/Carson, CA, Rodeo, CA, Ponca City, OK, Sweeney, TX, Lake Charles, LA, Billings,MT
January 2012 – Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant/Bechtel (Primary water supply pipe replacement)
2012 – Start of several cathodic protection projects for Irvine Ranch Water District project in Newport Beach, CA (Joint bonding and test station work through cores in pavement)
November 2014 – Awarded Northern Natural Gas Project (Coupon test stations and pipe bonding)
February 2015 – Awarded Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District Project– Jordan Aqueduct Reach 4 and parallel Alpine Aqueduct/North Branch Aqueduct (Remote monitoring test stations and anode installation)
February 2015 – Awarded Mesa Products/Piedmont Natural Gas (Test stations, pipe bonding, ground beds, and pipe inspection)
April 2015 - Awarded Denver Water Conduit 150 Project (Anode and Test Station Replacement)
July 2015 – Awarded Denver Water Conduit 84, 100, 105, 116 Project (Anode banks and off-set test stations through pavement cores)
September 2015 – Awarded Denver Water Lone Tree Pump Station Project (Anode and Test Station installations)
September 2015 – Awarded Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District Project - 11400 S Transmission Pipeline Cathodic Protection System
2015 – 2017 – TransCanada/ANR Pipeline (Cathodic protection installation, pipe bonding, and remote monitoring)
2016 – Tallgrass Energy Pipeline (AC mitigation, pipe bonding & inspection, distributed ground beds)
September 2016 – Awarded Denver Water Foothills Water Treatment Plant (Impressed current CP System and test stations)
June 2017 – Awarded Denver Water Conduit 94 & 96 Cathodic Protection Improvements Project (Offset test stations and anode installation)
July 2017 – Awarded Denver Water DIA Vault & CP Improvements Project (Joint bonding and anode installation on Denver International Airport tarmac)
September 2017 - Andrew Schonacher hired for Heartland Area Manager based in Olathe, Kansas.
January 2018 - Jim Warner hired in Denver, Colorado for Business Development Coordinator position.
May 2018 – Kantex Industries, Kantex Subsurface, and Kantex Leasing sold to GFI Energy Group for inclusion with TRex and Cyclone in Vac-One Services.
New office located in Deer Park, Texas, Midland, Texas, Jal, New Mexico, Weatherford, Texas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and San Antonio, Texas.
June 2018 – Kantex begins filter media removal operations at various water treatment plants.
July 2018 - Kelly Shipstad promoted to Head of Municipal/Utility Division.
July 2018 – Awarded Denver Water 2018 Cathodic Protection Improvements Project.
August 2018 – Awarded Denver Water Aerial Crossing Project (Recoating of pipelines under bridges)
September 2018 - A.J. Miller promoted to Senior Project Manager of Municipal/Utility Division.
October 2018 – Awarded Aurora Water (CO) service line lead investigation project. Additional phases of work added in 2019.
November 2018 – Jen Reyes hired in Denver, Colorado for Project Coordinator position in Municipal/Utility Division.
May 2019 – Awarded Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District Project (Test station, anode, and PRE installations and pipe bonding of four separate lines from Jones Island to South Shore)
July 2019 – In conjunction with T-Rex Services, begin sulfa vessel cleanout operations.
September 2019 – Awarded Plains Pipeline soil-to-air and pipeline recoat project.
June 2020 – Opened the Dallas, TX shop and appointed AJ Miller as the Area Manager.
June 2020 – Carlos Reyes promoted to Denver/Rocky Mountain Area Manager.
2020 – Awarded an $8M municipal water project in TX.
June 2020 – Joe Sadowsky was hired as CEO of VacOne.
Q4 2020 installed over 200 galvanic anodes with our auger truck on a TX municipal water line.
December 2020 – Awarded a large atmospheric corrosion inspection job at a Gulf area storage facility.
December 2020 – Kantex completed 3 miles of internal bonding within a 90-inch prestressed concrete coated pipeline for a Texas municipality.
2020 – 2021 Kantex worked with 3 General Contractors on separate municipal vault modification projects at Denver International Airport.
2021 – Jerry Mooren was selected to lead our sulfur vessel cleaning service.
2021 – Working with HDR, Kantex completed a two month long municipal project in North Dakota. Project included joint bonding and test station/anode installations.
August 2021 – Started ten month long major CP installation project for Colorado municipality.
August 2021 – Mike Orendac hired as Houston Area Manager.
August 2021 – Tim Ewing promoted to Heartland Area Manager.
Q1 2022 – Kantex completed seven miles of internal bonding within an 84-inch prestressed concrete coated pipeline for a Texas municipality.
May/June 2022 – Kantex completed bonding and continuity testing on a fire suppression system for products terminal in Tacoma, WA.
2022 – Continued CP installations on 2020 multi-year Texas municipal project.
