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Nov 13, 2014 News Eva Balassa Four major factors will lead to double digit growth in the global demand for plastic pipe systems over the next ten years. Speaking at the recent Plastic Pipes XVII conference and exhibition in Chicago, Stephen Boros the chairman of the event’s organizing committee identified these developments that are changing the world outlook for his industry.
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Nov 17, 2014 News StoneAge, Inc. The industry’s only rotary tool that can navigate bends and elbows in 4-inch piping at pressures up to 40k psi gets a high performance engineering boost
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Nov 21, 2014 News UrbanUtilities Queensland Queensland Urban Utilities is set to begin replacing 13km of asbestos cement pipes as part of its ongoing water main renewal program.
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Nov 24, 2014 News Steve Tan As many as eighteen papers (see list below) dealing with the commercial and technical aspects of PVC pipe systems were delivered at the recent Plastic Pipes XVII Conference and exhibition in Chicago. Subject matter varied from the molecular to the "spectacular" with in-depth analysis of PVC raw material and additives, breakthroughs in pipe design and installation methods, upward market trends for PVC-O pipe systems as well as recent findings in the sustainable nature of PVC pipe materials compared to non-plastic pipe systems. Furthermore, the Chicago conference marked the 25th anniversary of recycling PVC pipes and fittings.
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Nov 26, 2014 News Michael Lien Gregg Abbott represented TRIC Tools Pipe Bursting Technology at No Dig Live during September 16th to 18th, 2014.
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Nov 28, 2014 News Steve Tan PVC4Pipes has produced a short multimedia presentation that delivers 10 key reasons for choosing PVC for the piping industry. Entitled: "PVC PIPES - LIFELINES FOR A NEW AGE" the four minute clip communicates the major benefits of PVC pipe systems derived from many years of solid experience and the latest scientific evidence.
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Dec 01, 2014 News TT UK Ltd. For 4 days In September TT-UK/TT Ireland accompanied 30 of their valued customers and overseas sales partners to the 10th Annual ‘Hands on Days’ event at Tracto-Technik in Lennestadt, Germany.
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Dec 05, 2014 News Amberg Technologies AG Amberg Technologies presents new software solutions for tunnel construction projects
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Dec 09, 2014 News Paul Whitemore The Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority (PWSA) Board of Directors has voted to continue its nearly three-year partnership with Veolia, the world’s leading provider of environmental solutions. Since 2012, the partnership has secured more than $5 million annually in positive financial benefit, implemented operational efficiencies, and made PWSA a leader in local efforts to implement Green Infrastructure (GI).
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Dec 12, 2014 News Sarah Kelly Infrasense and Radar Solutions International (RSI) recently teamed to complete utility mapping at two liquid natural gas facilities in Massachusetts. A combination of utility detection tools, including ground penetrating radar, electromagnetic time-domain metal detection, and electromagnetic induction were used to provide CADD-compatible maps of buried utilities at each site.
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Dec 15, 2014 News Probst Greiftechnik Verlegesysteme GmbH A-Plant - one of the UK’s largest equipment rental companies - is the fi rst UK hire
company to have purchased the Concrete pipe lifter RVD-4-ECO-4-F, designed for
the safe unloading and laying of concrete pipes in Trenches on Construction sites.
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Dec 17, 2014 News Fluid Components International Simplifies Meter Retrofit Installations To Reduce Labor Time and Save Money
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Dec 19, 2014 News Stuart White A new generation of engineers could be offered a job at Thames Water – if they pass an industry-first traineeship scheme. People are being recruited for the hands-on, six month programme with the chance of a permanent full-time role for those determined to succeed. Candidates will be paid during their traineeship, which the company hopes will be the start of a long and rewarding engineering career.
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Dec 23, 2014 News Jeff Moeller At the WERF/WEF Forum on Intensification of Resource Recovery
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Dec 30, 2014 News Pablo Bachelet The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $125 million loan to Brazil to support infrastructure and reforms aimed at improving water and sanitation services and extending their coverage to thousands of people in the city of Belém.
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Jan 02, 2015 News Karen Lane The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved two loans worth half a billion dollars to help the government in India’s largest state of Rajasthan to better manage essential urban services and finance water and sewerage upgrades.
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Jan 09, 2015 News Juan Antonio Flores The North American Development Bank (NADB) and the local water utility, Sistema Municipal de Agua y Saneamiento de Piedras Negras (SIMAS) in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, signed a US$218,400 grant agreement for wastewater system improvements that will prevent up to 2.3 million gallons per day (mgd) of untreated wastewater discharges into the Rio Grande.
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Jan 13, 2015 News Alexey Sesorov Sandvik Construction Russia and authorized distributor Quarry Service recently demonstrated the DP1500i drill rig at the Donskoy Kamen and Yugvzrivprom operated Fedorovskoye sandstone quarry in the Rostov region. Equipped to deal with the sandstone application the DP1500i’s bits lasted 2.5 times longer, with the rig using less than half the fuel, and drilling twice the distance.
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Jan 16, 2015 News Groundforce Stopper Specialists, a division of Groundforce, has introduced Tool Box Videos - a new online training resource to further support its growing customer base.
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Jan 21, 2015 News Herrenknecht AG Breakthrough by a micro-tunnelling machine from Herrenknecht in a pipe-jacking project near Hamburg has closed a decisive gap in the construction of two new gas pipelines. The 1.5 kilometer route runs up to 35 meters under the Elbe through various, partially complex geological zones. This demanding technical challenge was competently mastered by the long-term Herrenknecht contractor A.Hak Drillcon on December 4, 2014 after a total of 112 days of tunnelling and in time for the feast day of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of tunnel builders and miners.
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Jan 19, 2015 News Catherine des Arcis Degrémont, a SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT subsidiary, has been chosen by the Panama Ministry of Health (MINSA) to maintain and operate the wastewater collection systems, pumping stations and other networks in Panama City over a period of four years.
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Jan 23, 2015 News Jeni Leist Industry Leaders to Receive Honors at Microtunneling Short Course
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Jan 27, 2015 News Trelleborg Offshore & Construction / Trelleborg Engineered Systems Ltd Trelleborg’s new generation of inflatable pipe plugs has been a key factor in keeping the sewage and drainage infrastructure of one of western China’s fast-growing cities in good order.
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Jan 30, 2015 News Achim Kühn In the U.S. state of Nevada, a machine from Herrenknecht has bored a tunnel for the Las Vegas water supply. In the process, new world records were set: the high-tech boring machine (Ø 7.2 meter) had to withstand water pressure of 15 bar. The city draws its water from Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country. But its water level is dropping, the existing water intakes are at risk. In order to tap the water deep down in the lake in future, for three years the tunnel boring machine bored its way through extremely adverse ground conditions.
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Feb 02, 2015 News Jim Rush Microtunneling Short Course organizers have released the agenda for the 21st annual event, which will be held February 10-12 at the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden. The Microtunneling Short Course features three days of instruction and networking opportunities with world-renowned experts in this specialty field.
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