See the latest batch of Champions of Fusion entries

by Larissa Copeland
Posted in Articles & Job Stories, Champion of Fusion, CONNECTIONS, INFUSION

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

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

Each year, McElroy’s Champions of Fusion contest is a way to highlight the fusion technicians and operators for the hard work they do to live McElroy’s mission of making the world a better place through better infrastructure. By highlighting these boots-on-the-ground crews, we want to commemorate their hard work and expertise – and give them the opportunity to attend INFUSION, McElroy’s annual industry conference

CONGRATULATIONS TO JASON FROEMBGEN, our May 2025 Champions of Fusion monthly winner! Jason submitted the following photo of a job for Three Sisters Irrigation District in eastern Oregon. As a monthly winner, he’ll receive a swag bag full of McElroy goodies!

A large pipe fusion machine sits outdoors with mountains in the background. Text reads: CHAMPION. Jason Froembgen, Orting, Washington. Champions of Fusion 2023. McElroy.

We’re already thrilled to see so many fantastic entries coming in through our Champions of Fusion portal. There, you’ll also find more than a hundred submissions we’ve received since kicking off the contest in 2022.

Two large black pipes are being fused at a construction site. Welding equipment is attached to the pipes, surrounded by tools, cables, and a red box. Unfinished cinder block walls and scaffolding are visible in the background.
Thanks to David Melchor for submitting this photo of a pre-fab spool job in Houston, Texas. What a great example of McElroy machines’ adaptability!
A construction site with workers, excavators, a large industrial building, a truck, and various pipes and equipment arranged on a dirt lot. Orange cones and fencing mark off work areas.
Danny McBride submitted this photo of a TracStar® at work on a firewater replacement project in Edmonton, Alberta.
A green and white McElroy TracStar 900 machine from Fusion Utilities is parked on a road, next to yellow pipes and construction barriers, with trees and buildings in the background.
This photo from Chris Draper shows a TracStar® 900i on the site of a 630mm medium pressure gas jobsite in Flixton, Manchester.
Large black pipelines are laid out on a dirt construction site with green supports, under a cloudy sky. A worker in safety gear is near the pipes, and farmland is visible in the background.
Tyson Chandler sent in this photo of an 8km stretch of 355mm sewer line being fused in Leongatha, Victoria.
A large metal pipeline stretches across a dirt field under a blue sky, with snow-capped mountains visible in the distant background. Machinery is attached to the pipeline in the foreground.
What a view! Thanks to Jason Froembgen for sending this pic of a TracStar® 1200i welding 4-inch DR11 HDPE for Three Sisters Irrigation District in eastern Oregon.
A large green industrial machine is secured on a flatbed trailer with wooden braces. The trailer is parked on gravel, next to a pickup truck, with industrial equipment and conveyor belts in the background.
Tyrone Alexander submitted this photo of a TracStar on the road to a job in Alberta.
A robot with green bags and a satellite dish is stationed on a large white pipeline in a red dirt landscape under a partly cloudy sky.
Emilio Jansen shared this photo of a drainage line being constructed in Western Australia.
Large machinery fuses two sections of black pipe in a deep trench with yellow retaining walls. Tools and equipment are scattered nearby, and a ladder leans against the trench wall.
Thanks to Luke Mealing for this photo of a 710mm tie-in weld happening five meters deep in Quensland, Australia. Look at those shore boxes!
A large black pipeline is being laid in a trench supported by metal and wooden bracing. Construction equipment and sand surround the pipe, and safety barriers and fencing are visible above the trench.
Thanks to Morgan King for this photo of a three-jaw TracStar 900 being used to fuse approximately 60m of pipe in a 3m trench in Western Australia.
Large industrial pipe fusion machine joining two black plastic pipes at a construction site, surrounded by concrete walls and gravel, with hoses and cables connected to the equipment.
Andrew Murphy sent in this and the image at right, also depicting the TracStar 900 in a three-jaw configuration as it fuses 900mm PN 16 for a pressure sewer main in Western Australia.
A close-up of industrial machinery fusing large black plastic pipes at a construction site, with sand and metal support bars in the background.

Do you know a Fusion Champion?

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.

We’re already thrilled to see so many fantastic entries coming in! 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 July newsletter, we’ll announce our monthly winner for June – 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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