About Jon Robison, PE

Jonathan Robison, principal engineer at GeoEngineers Inc., earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1997 and a master’s degree in civil engineering with a geotechnical emphasis in 2003, both from Missouri S&T. As a student, he was active in Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, intramural sports and other campus activities. A licensed professional engineer in 15 states, Robison is internationally recognized for his work in trenchless engineering, particularly with the direct pipe and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) construction methods.  He has authored or co-authored over 20 peer reviewed papers and publications about trenchless and geotechnical engineering and construction. Robison chairs the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Trenchless Installation of Pipelines (TIPs) Committee and chaired the MOP committee for the recently published Direct Steerable Pipe Thrusting MOP #155, leading an international group of engineers, geologists, contractors, equipment manufacturers and academics in the development and writing. He serves on the board of the Trenchless Technology Center at Louisiana Technical University. Robison’s work includes geotechnical evaluations and trenchless engineering for many long and otherwise industry-significant trenchless crossings of sensitive features and other obstacles such as the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Delaware, St. Clair, Rio Grande, Niger and other rivers; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulated levees; lakes; wetlands; railroads; highways; landfalls in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; and others. Highlights include leading the design and construction engineering teams for the MO-ACEC Grand Conceptor Award-winning I-84 directional microtunneling crossing in Pike County, Pennsylvania, and the first direct pipe permitted by the Corps of Engineers to cross beneath a regulated levee in Port Arthur, Texas. Robison also leads over 30 engineers, geologists and other staff in offices throughout the U.S. in GeoEngineers’ Pipelines Discipline.