Brandon Young

Brandon has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry, notably trenchless. He began his career as a third generation employee with his family's business, Gene Miller Company dba Miller the Driller, gaining experience from the ground up eventually estimating and managing projects. Early in his career he was recognized by the Iowa Department of Transportation for his innovation in jacking square boxes under railroads and highways. He is a noted problem solver and leader. Brandon embraced all trenchless methods and thrived on the challenges including setting a world record 147-inch pipe ram.

After more than 20 years, Brandon joined Michels Corporation, bringing his wealth of knowledge and ability to manage work as a General Contractor or Sub Contractor throughout the United States.

Working with a design build team, Brandon successfully fullfilled an RFP and negotiated a contract to install 2,600 ft of 56-inch steel casing using a world record sized 60-inch Direct Pipe TBM, under the Blakely Mountain Dam into Lake Oauchita for the City of Hot Springs. The construction of this work took place in 2022/2023.

In 2021, Brandon's role as General Manager took Michels Trenchless to an opportunity in Taiwan. After successfully negotiating terms with the client during the COVID pandemic, Brandon took a team of six construction specialists from Michels overseas to trouble shoot and design alternative construction methods for the LNG water cooling intake systems. Political pressures did not allow the project to go forward however this endeavor catapulted the Asia Pacific Trenchless market into Australia along with the US offshore Wind Energy market.

Brandon was brought in January of 2020 to rebuild the new installations trenchless team from the ground up. Drawing on new team members strengths to provide their knowledge and talents in specific areas and utilizing the equipment assets in place, the work quickly grew to a profitable $20M business unit with 20 full time staffing in 9 months. During the rebuilding phase, rather than seeking low bid contracts Brandon began negotiating with clients to recognize the specialty nature of their industry and project needs which allowed for alternative construction contract terms. Four years later, clients and specialty projects are still being built under the alternative delivery model.

• NUCA How to Find, Motivate and Keep Good Employees Certificate
• NUCA How to Handle an OSHA Inspection Certificate
• NUCA Directional Drilling Safety Certificate
• NUCA Smart Estimating & Bidding Strategies Certificate
• Class A Commercial Driver's License
• First Aid/CPR Certified
• Confined Space Awareness
• Trench Safety
• OSHA 40 Hour
• CCCO Training/Signal/Rigging Certification - 20
• PMP Training - 2019

• AGC of Iowa
• NUCA of Iowa Chapter President
• NUCA National Regional VP
• NUCA National Regional Chair
• NSATT

• Harbor Drive Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Project, San Diego California, includes 1500' of 22 feet deep excavation for 18-inch sewer around PETCO Park, 3200 feet of 54" slip lining through a 30 feet deep, tile lined 60-inch RCP built in 1948 then repurposed in 1988 with 18-inch sewer, and 3 auger bores in Downtown San Diego California. In addition to maintaining all the live sewer flows and dewatering efforts, this project involves 15 stakeholders and two concurrent projects to coordinate construction activities around.
• Bakken Missouri River Crossing, Record for the world's longest Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) drill, located 268 feet below the bottom of the Lake Sakakawea Reservoir in the Missouri River.
• Sunoco Energy Transfer Glen Riddle South Direct Pipe Crossing, Consisted of 1,163 feet of 48-inch steel pipe installed via Direct Pipe entirely uphill, being the first of its kind.

• Mi-Pipe, Aughwick Creek, PA, Direct Pipe
• Mi, DF-Independent School District #181, MN, Auger Bore
• Kinder Morgan, Permian Highway, TX, Direct Pipe
• Mi Pipe-Sunoco, Glen Riddle South, PA, Direct Pipe
• Mi Pipe-Sunoco, Glen Riddle North, PA, Direct Pipe
• Mi Pipe-Sunoco, AMTAK Crossing, PA, Direct Pipe
• Hoffman Construction, WisDOT Zoo Interchange, WI, Auger Bore
• Mortenson Alberici Keeley, St. Louis MLS Stadium, MO, Rock TBM/Auger Bore
• Carr & Collier Inc., Hobas Pipe, FL, Auger Bore
• Appellation Construction, Tinicum Island Road, PA, Auger Bore/Guided Bore
• Platinum Terrain, Casing Install, IL, Auger Bore
• Missouri River Intake, Washburn ND, Microtunnel
• Highway Landscapers, HWY 33 Steel Casing, WI
• Mi-Pipe, Hennepin Canal MTBM, IL, Micro Tunneling
• Minnesota Limited, L59 Flanagan Expansion, IL, Auger Bore
• Mi-Pipe, Consumers Energy Auger Bore, MI, Auger Bore
• Dominion Energy, Tysons - Idylwood, Fairfax County, VA, Direct Pipe rescue of HDD
• Dominion Energy, GLEBE, Washington DC, Twin curved Microtunnels
• MVP ANST, Precision Pipeline, Appalachian Trail, Rock Bore
• Norwalk River Bridge, Boston MA, Microtunnel
• JF Fowler, Williamet River, Portland Oregon, Direct Pipe
• HIA Airport, Harrisburg PA, Twin Microtunnels
• Honolulu Hawai, Watermain, Auger Bore

• 20", 13,247', Lake Sakakawea, ND, 2019
• 20", 6,429', Badlands Canyon, MT, 2019
• 8", 12,769', Montezeuma Slough, CA, 2019
• 16", 2,734', Yellowstone River, MT, 2019
• 24", 3,817', Missouri River, MO, 2019
• 24", 6,336', Mississippi River, IL/MO, 2019
• 42", 4,687', Lake Scranton Finished H2O Tunnel, PA, 2018
• 20", 1,068', Rahway River, NJ, 2018
• 30", 2,273', Susquehanna River MP 35, PA, 2018
• 24", 983', Mystic River, MA, 2017