Check out June’s Champions of Fusion submissions – and meet your monthly winner!

by Larissa Copeland
Posted in Articles & Job Stories, Champion of Fusion, CONNECTIONS, INFUSION
This article was featured in the July 15, 2025 issue of McElroy Connections.

It’s time for another batch of Champions of Fusion submissions! These entries will cover the month of June.

ENTRIES FOR OUR 2025 CONTEST ARE NOW CLOSED! As we select our Grand Prize Winners, we will begin reaching out to entrants for more information. PLEASE CONTINUE to submit and share your photos, as all entries submitted after June 30, 2025 will be included in our 2026 promotion!

We at McElroy would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone who submitted an entry into this year’s contest. When we debuted Champions of Fusion in 2022, we envisioned a space to highlight and showcase the hard work and dedication of thousands of fusion technicians who help us realize our vision of making the world a better place through better infrastructure. This year, we were blown away by the level of engagement in the contest, and we can’t wait to announce our Grand Prize winners in August’s newsletter.

CLICK HERE to view past entries – or submit your own!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ARRON BOYD, our June 2025 Champions of Fusion monthly winner! Jason submitted the following photo of work taking place at a coal mine in New South Wales. As a monthly winner, he’ll receive a swag bag full of McElroy goodies!

A group of workers operate large fusion equipment outdoors, surrounded by pipes and solar panels. Text reads: Champion; Arron Boyd, Yore Contractors; Champions of Fusion 2024; McElroy.
A large circular apparatus with cables is suspended above industrial equipment in a rust-colored metal enclosure, with pipes and wires running along the walls. Sunlight casts shadows onto the surfaces.
Thanks to Howie Gonzalez for submitting this photo of a fusion machine at work on a freshwater bypass on the California coast.
A large green pipe fusion machine operates on a construction site with dirt and rocks, while a yellow excavator lifts a pipe near a beige industrial building under a clear blue sky.
Gord Dynneson submitted this photo of a TracStar® 900i tying into a 20-inch DR9 tailings distribution line in Canada.
A green tracked machine sits on dirt in front of large pipes at a construction site, with a colorful sunset sky and silhouetted trees in the background.
What a view! Dean Bendelle shared this photo of an emergency 500mm PN16 bypass line being installed in Australia.
Large steel pipes are stacked at a construction site, with an excavator and several workers in safety vests nearby. Trees and buildings are visible in the background under a clear sky.
Leland Forbes submitted this pic from West Lafayette, Indiana showing a 36-inch DR11 chiller line being installed for a power plant.
A large green and white machine welds a long pipeline outdoors on reddish soil, with grassy fields, scattered trees, and a colorful sunrise sky in the background.
Adrian Roberts captured this gorgeous shot of night shift winding down and day shift about to commence in the Ivory Coast in West Africa. This machine is on-site at Montage Gold, powering ahead to deliver a 30-kilometer pipeline before the rainy season.
Construction site with large steel building frame in background, heavy machinery, green equipment, and large pipes being installed in a dirt excavation under a blue sky with scattered clouds.
Thanks to Jackson Allen for this great photo of a TracStar® hard at work installing 30-inch DR11 pipe at a LEGO construction site in the eastern United States.
Two cranes and an excavator are lifting and positioning a large pipeline segment on a muddy construction site, with workers in safety gear nearby under a cloudy sky.
Vince Raui shared this photo of MegaMc® fabricating a 450 spool for gas gathering and string welding in Queensland, Australia.
A worker in a high-visibility vest operates a large machine to join sections of black pipeline in a rural field, with a utility vehicle and open landscape in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
Arron Boyd also submitted a photo of a gas drainage line being installed for an underground mine in the Bowen Basin in Queensland using a TracStar® 900i.
A worker in a blue shirt and yellow helmet operates a large green industrial machine with thick, curved black pipes inside a workshop with shelves, tools, and orange safety cones.
Thanks to David Moreno for this photo of a 24-inch SDR 9 line being fabricated for Cerro Verde Mine in Peru. All fabrication work was done using a TracStar® 900.
A worker in a white helmet and reflective safety gear operates machinery on a green metal platform at a construction site, with large pipes and equipment in the background.
Gedeon Dufitumukiza sent this photo from the Kivu Methane Gas to Power Plant (K56) project in western Rwanda. This is one of the largest projects of its kind in Rwanda.
Two workers in safety gear supervise a large pipe fusion machine joining two black pipes in a dirt trench at a construction site. The area is surrounded by brown soil.
Luis Ibarra sent this photo of a jobsite in Borger, Texas.
Large industrial drilling machine on a roadside construction site, with an orange traffic cone nearby and a National Storage building in the background under a clear blue sky.
Thanks to Tyson Chandler of Victoria, Australia for this photo of fusion being done on in two 550-meter drill shots using 630 SDR 7.4 pipe.
Workers in orange safety clothing manage the installation of a large pipeline using a crane at an industrial outdoor site, with cloudy skies overhead and equipment visible in the background.
This second image from Gedeon Dufitumukiza shows more work at the Kivu Methane Gas to Power Plant (K56) project in western Rwanda.
Two construction workers in safety vests are working in a dirt trench with large black pipes, using heavy machinery to join or repair the pipeline.
Thanks to Luis Ibarra for this second photo of a jobsite in Borger, Texas.
A large black pipeline is being installed in a deep trench in reddish soil, with heavy machinery and equipment visible, including an excavator and a pipe fusion machine. Construction materials are scattered around the site.
Another Lone Star entry! This one comes from Luis Valenzuela of work taking place in West Texas.
A large black pipeline is being welded and joined using heavy equipment at a construction site, surrounded by wooden and metal supports, with dirt and machinery visible.
Check out this great pic from Mitch Hasted of a TracStar 900 in-ditch on a 710mm SDR 11 job in Queensland.
Large black pipe being welded or joined with mechanical equipment in a construction trench, surrounded by concrete walls and sandy ground.
Morgan King submitted this photo of a TracStar 900 in a trench about three meters below ground level.
A robotic device on tracks inspects a large white pipeline laid across reddish earth at an industrial site, with cloudy blue sky and layered hills in the background.
Thanks to Emilio Jansen for this photo of a DN450 drainage line being constructed in Western Australia.
Diego Villegas Vilches submitted this photo of an irrigation line for a copper mine in Antofagasta, Chile.
Jonathan Lachapelle sent this great pic of an 8-inch DR17 inlet adjustment for a strawberry farm in Québec.
Thanks to Michael Kempson for this photo of a Tritan working 7m below ground level!
This dual 800 PN16 fabrication work, submitted by Kevin Rolfe in Queensland, will eventually go on to become a sewer main. Another photo of this project is shown below.
Ryan Ethier sent in this photo of a TracStar® 618i on-site for a demo in Kamloops, British Colombia.

Do you know a Fusion Champion?

Our 2025 promotion may be complete, but we’re rolling all submissions past June 30, 2025 into our 2026 contest! If you know of an individual or team who completed – or is currently part of – a project featuring McElroy equipment, please encourage them to visit our online Champions of Fusion portal and enter our competition.

You can find past entries on the Champions of Fusion portal – more than 100 entries are archived there, dating back to our first competition in 2022.

In our August newsletter, we’ll announce our GRAND PRIZE WINNERS, plus our monthly winner for July- so keep an eye out next month to see who will receive a McElroy-themed swag bag!

A worker in a hard hat and safety vest stands confidently with crossed arms. The text reads: Born to fuse. Built to win. Champions of Fusion. 2022. McElroy. The background features a green, industrial design.

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