![Paul Godridge, a design engineer with Faun Trackway, talks hydraulics outside the training site's classroom.](//www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2014/12/Faun1-150x150.jpg)
![Formation of the access surface begins with placing the Trackway – interlocking aluminum panels – beneath the wheels of a front-end loader.](//www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2014/12/Faun2-150x150.jpg)
![Unspooling as the vehicle moves forward, about 40 meters of temporary roadway is laid in minutes ...](//www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2014/12/Faun3-150x150.jpg)
![... providing industry representatives with sturdy footing amid sloppy surroundings.](//www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2014/12/Faun4-150x150.jpg)
One of the world's leading designers, manufacturers and providers of portable access solutions brought military-tested technology to the civilian front at Penn College on Thursday, demonstrating its product for a group of industry representatives at the college's riverside training grounds in Montgomery. Faun Trackway USA brought along its Medium Ground Mobility System-Beam Dispenser Lite, which it hopes will appeal to oil, gas, timber and mining interests. Mounted onto a business's existing equipment, the product lays down an operational and environmentally sensitive roadway that allows work crews to access remote areas where conditions and maneuverability pose a challenge. Following remarks by David C. Pistner, director of energy initiatives for Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College, and Michael Holdcraft, vice president of Faun Trackway USA, the group watched the product at work across a muddy field at the operations site – also used by heavy construction equipment students from the college's nearby Schneebeli Earth Science Center. The visit was facilitated by the Shale Training & Education Center at Penn College.