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Apr 25, 2016
News
Nick Kaiser
Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter, Scot MacDonald MLC has announced the high tech makeover of Newcastle’s aging sewer pipes to prepare for the thousands of residents expected to make the city centre home over the coming decade.
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Apr 27, 2016
News
Gretchen Connelly
After a ten-month, 5,200 foot long underground journey, Dorsey the ten-foot diameter Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) made his much anticipated appearance on Fisher Island last month.
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TT-UK has recently supplied Rescue Rod of Johannesburg South Africa with the latest intelligent approach to pipe bursting equipment the GRUNDOBURST400G system with the patented ‘QuickLock’ Rods.
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May 17, 2016
News
Dr. Jana Schütten
With Nafuquick HT, MC-Bauchemie has developed a new thermal filler suitable for smoothing, profiling and otherwise improving concrete substrates with surface temperatures of up to + 70 °C.
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May 03, 2016
News
Vicki Miner
The agenda has been set for the 9th Annual Tunneling Short Course, course organizers announced. The Tunneling Short Course – titled “Breakthroughs in Tunneling” – is being held September 12-15 on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder.
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May 06, 2016
News
Interflow
A significant 20-year agreement between Interflow Pty Limited & Sekisui Rib Loc Australia (SRLA) demonstrates how two of the industry’s most innovative companies are working to advance pipeline rehabilitation technologies in order to meet the changing needs of asset owners across Australasia.
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May 09, 2016
News
Kathy Linden
Better tools, better job. Nowhere is this more evident, and more necessary, than in crushing asphalt aggregate, concrete, or both, and laying down new road beds. Tools that wear out before their time mean idle road milling machines, missed project schedules, and blown budgets. The new Road King series of redesigned road milling tools from Kennametal is that better tool that means better performance.
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May 11, 2016
News
South Gippsland Water
South East Water, in partnership with South Gippsland Water, last week completed installation of the 200th in-ground pressure sewer pump unit as part of the ground-breaking Poowong, Loch and Nyora Sewer Scheme.
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May 13, 2016
News
McElroy
McElroy, the leading manufacturer of the most complete line of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe fusion equipment, is pleased to add Fortiline Waterworks to its growing network of distributors.
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May 10, 2016
News
IBAK Helmut Hunger GmbH & Co. KG
Everything's bigger in America. The general picture that Europeans have is usually characterized by gigantic metropolises with millions of inhabitants, vast, seemingly endless territories and impressive infrastructures. However different Germany and America may seem at first glance, closer observation reveals a great deal in common. For instance, a city where people live, no matter what size, needs a functional, tested sewer system.
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May 19, 2016
News
Jessica Maier
One month to go until the IFAT 2016 in Munich! Between May 30th and June 3rd, the No. 1 global innovations platform and trade fair for environmental technology will again attract more than 135,000 visitors and over 3,000 exhibitors from all over the world to the Messe München exhibition center. Furthermore, the IFAT celebrates its 50th birthday this year – and as one of the longstanding exhibitors, HOBAS will be there to congratulate and participate.
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May 23, 2016
News
Eva Ori
Organizers of PLASTIC PIPES XVIII Conference and Exhibition have published the complete Abstract Book of papers that will be delivered during the event at Berlin’s InterContinental Hotel on 12 – 14 September 2016. The publication reveals some interesting developments in the field of plastic pipe technology.
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May 25, 2016
News
Saki M. Moysidis
Dr. Carsten Zilg (46) has been appointed Head of Research & Development at MC-Bauchemie with effect from 1 April 2016. In this function he bears responsibility for the entire product portfolio of the MC group of companies.
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May 27, 2016
News
Paul O’Callaghan
Two awards that highlight technology suited to the Chinese water and wastewater industry have been launched. The China BlueTech Awards will focus on market readiness and will be awarded to one technology company from China and one from elsewhere in the world.
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Jun 10, 2016
News
Dipl.-Biol. Annette Stumpf
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute Stuttgart have developed self-propelled tiny ‘microbots’ that can remove lead or organic pollution from contaminated water.
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Jun 06, 2016
News
Desiree Willis
Mexico’s Crossover TBM makes its Mark for Robbins
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Jun 08, 2016
News
Karoline von Bredow
It takes a lot of muscle power to lift manhole cover out of their frames manually using a hook. Manhole covers may weigh up to 70 kilograms (154 lbs.). Ergonomic considerations make lifting heavy manhole covers a rather risky undertaking. Even if two persons lift the heavy covers, injuries may occur.
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Jun 14, 2016
News
Lianne Ayling
A new energy plant in Cheshire, which processes waste fats, oils and greases (FOG) for use as biodiesel, will use a WPL Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) wastewater treatment system to reclaim more of the resource. Argent Energy, which already supplies thousands of eco-buses across the UK with the biofuel, has ordered the WPL DAF system for its oil processing plant at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.
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TT-UK of Bedford was started in 1982 by David Toms following a meeting with Paul Schmidt the very talented German design engineer and founder of TRACTO–TECHNIK GmbH in Germany.
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Jun 20, 2016
News
Phil Walker
Some of the latest technology available in the battle against leakage was on display at an Innovation Day held at the UK headquarters of Aquam. Representatives of utilities, along with contractors and consultants, were given demonstrations of advanced systems to detect, repair and provide emergency supply in case of bursts and leaks.
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Jun 22, 2016
News
Hammerhead Trenchless Equipment
HammerHead® Trenchless Equipment, a Charles Machine Works company, now offers the Picote Pipe Coating System and the Picote Smart Spider pipe cleaning tool. These new additions to the Picote product line allow HammerHead Trenchless Equipment to offer solutions for a larger range of pipe rehabilitation projects and conditions.
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Jun 24, 2016
News
McElroy
McElroy has launched a new machine in its flagship TracStar® series that offers advanced emissions reduction and automation technologies allowing users to meet today's toughest regulations in air quality and data logging.
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Jun 28, 2016
News
Nick Tennant
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide a GBP 700 million loan for the GBP 4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel, the biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the UK water industry. Often dubbed the ‘super sewer’, the project is urgently needed to help tackle overflows of untreated sewage into the river through the centre of the British capital
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Jun 30, 2016
News
HOBAS Engineering GmbH
When a pipeline route crosses a railway embankment, jacking is usually the optimal installation method as it does not require disruptions in rail traffic. In the village of Cikowice in Southern Poland, four culverts with a diameter of 3000 mm and a length of 34 m each have been jacked under a railway line for the sake of flood control. HOBAS Poland supplied the required GRP pipes for this challenging project.
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Jul 04, 2016
News
Jill Kelley
The firm will perform a yearly assessment for the Metro Atlanta county under one annual contract, renewable for up to four years.
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