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	Nov 24, 2010 News TT UK Ltd. TT-UK Trenchless Technology Equipment 'Alive' and Kicking Following the success of the NO-DIG Live event held in 2008 at the Royal Showground in Warwickshire UK, the exhibition organisers Westrade Fair decided that due to ease of vehicular access, good on site parking and its central geographical location, to again hold the 10th bi-annual Trenchless Technology Exhibition (NO-DIG) at this prestigious showground.
	Sep 07, 2009 News Applied Market Information Ltd. Middle East Plastic Pipes 2009 concludes conference in Dubai The construction industry in some sectors of the Gulf has taken a hit from the current recession, however as projects are refinanced building is resuming and demand is expected to rise again for plastics pipe.
	Apr 23, 2009 News TT-UK Ltd BUDERUS information day at TT Group HQ Buderus Giesserei Wetzlar GmbH, the ductile iron pipe manufacturer from Wetzlar, invited their sales partners and customers from many European countries to visit the TT Group Headquarters in Lennestadt, a leading manufacturer in trenchless installation technology.
	Jan 16, 2008 News Great Southern Press Microtunnelling guru down under When shove comes to push. James Thomson has the answers.
	Aug 16, 2006 News Ofwat [Water Services Regulation Authority] Leakage slightly down - companies warned against complacency Leakage by water companies in England and Wales fell by around 20 million litres a day (Ml/d) in 2005-06, figures released today by Ofwat reveal. Overall leakage in England and Wales was close to 3,600 Ml/d, compared to nearly 5,000 Ml/d just a decade earlier.
	Jun 29, 2009 News Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines Offers Tunnel Short Course GOLDEN, Colo.: The Colorado School of Mines, in conjunction with TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine and Microtunneling, Inc., presents "Breakthroughs in Tunneling" - a three-day Tunnel Short Course that will cover all aspects of conventional and mechanized tunnel design and construction in hard rock, soft ground and soils. The Short Course will be held Sept. 23-25 on the School of Mines campus in Golden, Colorado, USA.
	Jul 14, 2008 News Robbins Robbins/MHI EPBs commence dual tunnels in Delhi In 2010, New Delhi will host the Commonwealth Games, bringing an expected 5.5 million visitors and a surge in the need for commuter services. A new extension of the city’s metro involves the deployment of 14 TBMs — a record for simultaneous tunneling in India. In the last week of June 2008, the second of two Robbins/MHI EPBs was launched on a new set of tunnels for the metro, bringing the city’s plans one step closer to realization.
	Jan 02, 2008 News Thames Water Utilities Eureka! Thames Water invention to help cut leakage by a quarter and reduce customers' bills Boffins at Thames Water have come up with up a new invention to reduce the millions of litres of water lost through leaking pipes by up to a quarter.
	Jul 28, 2008 News Yorkshire Water Giant pumps arrive in Hull Two giant pumps which will provide emergency back-up in the event of extreme weather have arrived at the Bransholme surface water pumping station.
	Jul 09, 2009 News Sydney Water Bondi residents help reduce sewer overflows Bondi residents are helping protect local waterways and reduce sewer overflows in the beachside suburb by removing tree roots from their private sewerage pipes. Sydney Water Managing Director Kerry Schott thanked Bondi residents for their positive response to a recent trial that identified tree roots entering the public sewerage system from privately-owned pipes.
	Aug 01, 2006 News Solvay S.A. and Egeplast Werner Strumann GmbH & Co. KG Egeplast acquires innovative Solvay technology Solvay announces today that it has concluded an agreement for the transfer of its HexelOneTM reinforced plastic pipe technology to Egeplast Werner Strumann GmbH & Co. KG, the German polyethylene pipes manufacturer. The HexelOneTM process allows the production of high resistance, large diameter tubing for water and gas distribution networks with considerably improved environmental performance. The process was developed by Solvay's New Business Development (NBD) team at the Group's Research & Technology campus in Neder-over-Heembeek, Belgium.
	Aug 07, 2009 News Water Environment Federation (WEF) TMDL 2009 Conference will take place in Alexandria on next sunday Alexandria, Va. - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) will present TMDL 2009: Combining Science and Management to Restore Impaired Waters from August 9-12, 2009 at the Hilton Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minn. Co-sponsored by the Central States Water Environment Association, with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Advisory Committee on Water Information, and the Water Environment Research Foundation, this conference will focus on the Clean Water Act and the full scope of pollutants that impact our nation’s water bodies.
	Aug 05, 2009 News HOBAS Hungary Kft. HOBAS® Safe and Sound under Hungarian Highway Secure Raw Water Supply and Discharge from Pécs to Szekszárd
	Mar 09, 2009 News TT UK Ltd. Grundoram to the rescue: Grundoram Taurus rescues long undersea HDD recovery operation on the Berri Causeway project in Saudi Arabia In 2007/8 a pioneering HDD project was started using Trenchless Technology on the Berri Causeway and Abu Ali Island on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia. Two parallel 3,050 metre long steel pipelines were to be installed under the bay. The smaller one to be used as an oil trunk line (24'') and the larger one with a total steel pipe weight of more than 1,500 tonnes will serve as a water injection line (30''). Previously published press releases claimed these as the ‘world’s longest undersea HDD crossings ever undertaken.
	Nov 03, 2006 News Plastics Europe Review of Pipes Conference Now that the Plastics Pipes XIII Conference is concluded, review of this landmark event is worthwhile.
	Dec 07, 2005 News IKA Werke GmbH & Co. KG Continuous production of polymer modified bitumen (PMB) in road construction Globalization, economic growth, and the abolishment of borders within Europe have resulted in a continuous increase in heavy goods traffic. These ever rising traffic levels have led to a continuously increasing strain on our traffic surfaces in both road and airport construction. In order to satisfy these requirements, more and more polymer modified binding agents (i.e. bitumen) are used in asphalt production.
	Dec 13, 2006 News Severn Trent Water Waging war on leaks Severn Trent Water is waging war on leaks throughout the winter period after employing more staff to battle the bursts.
	Jul 30, 2007 News Thames Water From tide to tap: desalination plant given go-ahead The security of London’s future water supplies is more certain today after the Government confirmed it has granted planning permission for the Thames Gateway Desalination Plant, in Beckton.
	Nov 23, 2009 News Dave Guerin (Louisiana Tech University) Louisiana Tech University honors outstanding faculty inventors Innovations gaining attention of entrepreneurs, industries nationwide
	Feb 07, 2008 News Trolining GmbH Trenchless pipe rehabilitation of large sewers by Trolining's GIPP method More and more sewer network owners and operators choose the GIPP method for the rehabilitation of their conduits
	Sep 03, 2007 News Borealis AG Borouge corrosion-free pipe solution aids water supply in Shanghai - No-dig technique saves 400 trees and minimises disruption to residents Highly-durable PE100 water pipes from Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, have helped to supply safe, clean drinking water for residents of Pudong in Shanghai. The use of pipes produced with BorSafe® HE3490-LS is a long-lasting alternative to the previous high-maintenance leaking iron pipe network. According to the United Nations, water conservation is one of the most urgent global challenges facing society today.
	Jun 26, 2007 News Messe München IFAT CHINA 2008 - Water is big business The environmental problems facing China arising from the country´s economic expansion and rapid urbanisation are leading to a surge in demand for water and waste-water treatment technology. The environmental trade fair IFAT CHINA, which takes place from 23 to 25 September 2008 in Shanghai gives international technology suppliers the opportunity to present their services and products in this growth market.
	Jun 05, 2007 News Insituform Technologies, Inc Insituform BlueTM to rehabilitate 1200 meters of Calgary water main with PolyFlexTM: trenchless method will save valued spruce trees Insituform Blue, a division of Insituform Technologies, Inc., will renew 1200 meters of a 12-inch water distribution main in Calgary, Canada. The City of Calgary chose Insituform Blue’s trenchless pipe renewal process in an effort to avoid the removal and replacement of a number of spruce trees along a 1200-meter water main. The trenchless project will make it possible to save 149 spruce trees that the city values at $717,000. Traditional “dig and replace” methods would have required cutting down the trees, which are valued not only for their price, but also their environmental significance.
	Feb 01, 2008 News Vinci VINCI has signed the contract of the extension of the Czajka water treatment plant in Poland The consortium led by Warbud (VINCI Construction Filiales Internationales) has signed the contract of modernisation and extension contract for the Czajka water treatment plant to the north of Warsaw by the Warsaw water and wastewater authorities.
	Apr 17, 2008 News Insituform Technologies Insituform awarded $4.25 million contract to rehabilitate water main line on New York City's Madison Avenue Insituform Technologies announced that it has been awarded a $4.25 million contract to rehabilitate a century-old water main line running beneath Madison Avenue in New York City, one of the busiest streets in the world.