History

Over the years the Kinnan’s have developed many tools for the Utilities Industry from cable plows & underground construction tooling to horizontal directional drills.

Kinnan held the original patent on the SRC Steering Heads and continues to build the only working versions on the market.

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Expertise and Know-How

Frank Kinnan was featured in the 1994 November issue of Trenchless Technology for HDD inovations.

In the 1960s Kinnan Engineering Company was a large Utility Contractor on the West Coast, manufacturing much of the equipment used in their underground construction projects. Frank was instrumental in developing the first vibratory cable plows. Kinnan Engineering Company used these cable plows to install thousands of miles of underground phone cable for Bell Telephone & others accross the Northwest. Frank sold his company to Henkels & McCoy, Inc. in 1967 and started the Research & Development Company Underground Research, Inc.

With Son Keith Kinnan joining him in the mid 1970s they completed many Research & Development projects funded by EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute and others. Over the years the Kinnan’s have developed many tools for the Utilities Industry from cable plows & underground construction tooling to horizontal directional drills.

Underground Technologies was founded in 1988 to develop and manufacture small directional drills for the Utilities Industry. Several hundred drills in the USA and world wide. This was our start into the HDD Industry.

Kinnan Engineering, Inc. was founded by Keith & Diana Kinnan in 1995 to provide a HDD / Trenchless Technology Contracting Service to Utility Companies.

After completing many major drilling projects over the years Kinnan Engineering, Inc. has gained the experience, equipment & personnel to complete large projects in extreme conditions.

We take pride in always completing what we start – safely, professionally and on time.