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11.01.2008
Ditch Witch Aggressive Talon Rock Bit redesigned for greater durability
The Ditch Witch organization has re-released its popular Aggressive Talon Rock Bit with a design modification that will significantly improve performance.
mehr08.01.2008
Insituform wins record $35.1 million in CIPP work in Delhi, India
Insituform Technologies, Inc. has won two sewer rehabilitation contracts in Delhi, India, totaling $35.1 million, creating the largest municipal sewer project in the company's history.
mehr04.01.2008
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A constantly growing demand for electricity combined with ecological awareness opens big business opportunities especially in the sector of renewable energy production. Austria, with its mountainous areas and numerous streams lends itself to the establishment of hydro power stations.
mehr02.01.2008
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.
mehr27.12.2007
Gotthard Base Tunnel: Work on installing the railway infrastructure can begin
AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd (ATG) as owner, and the Swiss Railway Infrastructure Consortium Gotthard (SBK), have reached agreement on withdrawal of the appeal against the award of the contract for installation of the railway infrastructure in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. This finally opens the way for work to start on the project-of-the-century railway infrastructure of the Gotthard Base Tunnel.
mehr20.12.2007
Water Environment Federation launches new, improved web site for the Water Is Life, and Infrastructure Makes It Happen public education program
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announces the launch of a new and improved Web site for Water Is Life, and Infrastructure Makes It Happen (www.WaterIsLife.net), a national public education program that builds awareness about the value of water and wastewater infrastructure and the importance of investing in its long-term stability.
mehr19.12.2007
UNITRACC cooperates with Bochum University of Applied Sciences - Test phase becomes confirmed cooperation
Since the start of the winter semester 2007/2008 lecturers and students of the "Urban Water Management" course held at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences (Germany) have been using UNITRACC, the web-based information, learning and working platform, to support their lectures. For the 15 students, who have enrolled for the master degree "Civil Engineering", Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Nolting, director of the environmental engineering lab, uses the platform for his one-semester lecture and laboratory course "Rehabilitation of urban water piping networks".
mehr18.12.2007
Robbins TBM advances Lebanon′s water system
Oceanside excavation using a Robbins TBM along Lebanon's coast will ultimately bring fresh water to a parched and heavily populated region in the Kesrouane district 20 km (12 mi) north of Beirut. The 4 km (2.5 mi) long El Madiq Tunnel, contracted to the Baresel AG/Al Tajj Est. JV, is part of the much larger Kesrouane Coastal Area Water Supply Project to improve water systems.
mehr13.12.2007
IFAT 2008 grows and grows
At IFAT, the 15th International Trade Fair for Water – Sewage – Refuse – Recycling, which takes place from 5 to 9 May 2008 in Munich, the visitors can look forward to an impressive range of innovative solutions and new technology for implementing practical, cost-efficient solutions, plus a broad spectrum of services for the sector.
mehr11.12.2007
Thames Water pledges half a million pounds to restore and improve River Wandle
Thames Water has announced, in conjunction with the Wandle Trust, a £500,000 plan to revive and revitalise the River Wandle in South West London over the next 5 years.
mehr03.12.2007
BorSafe proves its value to durable pipe systems around the world
Pipe producers and fittings manufacturers from Europe to China are recognising the processing and long-term performance benefits of recent introductions to the BorSafe™ product range from Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions. BorSafe polyethylene (PE) pressure pipe and fitting grades reflect Borealis’ commitment to contributing to better, safer and more durable pipe systems for drinking water, sanitation and gas distribution.
mehr28.11.2007
TT-UK celebrates 25th anniversary: established 1982-2007
In an ever changing technological and economic climate, Bedford based TT-UK and it's hardworking team continue to build on their successes, offering turn-key methods and equipment solutions to Trenchless Technology problems and continued improvements in the method of installing or replacing pipe and cables underground.
mehr26.11.2007
EPS begins pipeline construction
The first shovel of earth has been turned for the construction of the Ethylene Pipeline South (EPS). The start of excavation in Gaimersheim near Ingolstadt, Germany, marked the beginning of work on the first of 360 kilometers of pipeline in the EPS. Plans call for the pipeline to reach from Münchsmünster in Bavaria across Baden-Württemberg to Ludwigshafen in Rhineland-Palatinate. Once put into service – planned for September 2008 – the pipeline will connect ethylene producers and processors in southeastern Bavaria with the ethylene center in Northwest Europe.
mehr23.11.2007
NASTT seeks proposals for the development of cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) publication
The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) is accepting proposals to develop a publication on Cured-in-Place-Pipe (CIPP) that complements the Society's existing CIPP Good Practices course. The CIPP publication will be provided to participants of the training courses and will be offered for sale on the NASTT web site.
mehr19.11.2007
New air valve for sewage applications
VAG-Armaturen GmbH (vag-armaturen.com/en/) has extended its product range by an automatic air valve for sewage applications. The VAG FLOWJET Air Valve can serve as both an aeration valve for the draining of sewage water lines and a deairing valve when sewage water lines are filled. It is also suitable for continuous ventilation under system pressure during operation.
mehr16.11.2007
Borealis and Borouge launch Water for the World
First global programme in plastics industry addressing water crisisLeverages companies’ leadership to provide sustainable solutionsFosters local knowledge and partnerships throughout value chain to reach those in need
mehr15.11.2007
Interested experts gather for a "virtual exploration trip through underground infrastructures" - UNITRACC receives official award as "Selected Landmark"
On 8 November the on-line training and competence centre UNITRACC was awarded the prize of a "Selected Landmark 2007" by Mr Reinhard Krella, Chairman of the Management Board Private and Business Clients of the Deutsche Bank Eastern Ruhr Area, at the UNITRACC Open Day held in Bochum, Germany. So now UNITRACC officially belongs to the "365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas" that are awarded by the initiative "Germany - Land of Ideas" and its project partner Deutsche Bank. Bochum's Lord Mayor Dr Ottilie Scholz also took the opportunity to congratulate UNITRACC on the award in person.
mehr12.11.2007
World premiere for Herrenknecht Direct Pipe: culvert underneath the Rhine River near Worms (Germany) realized in only 13 days.
Herrenknecht has developed a new method called Direct Pipe, which combines the advantages of the established Microtunnelling method and Horizontal Directional Drilling technology. A string of prefab pipes is pulled in with only one step. SONNTAG Baugesellschaft mbH & Co. KG used the new Direct Pipe method to lay a 464m long steel casing for a water pipeline as well as power and telecommunication cables beneath the Rhine River near Worms (Germany). Breakthrough occurred only 13 days after the beginning of the construction work.
mehr08.11.2007
WEFTEC.07 is the largest event in the conference's 80-year history
Record-setting numbers of 19,929 attendees and 1,017 companies using 268,405 net square feet of floor space have designated WEFTEC.07 – the Water Environment Federation’s 80th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference – as the largest event in the conference’s 80-year history. The previous exhibition records of 965 companies and 245,155 net square feet of floor space were set at WEFTEC.06 in Dallas and the previous attendance record of 18,704 was set at WEFTEC.02 in Chicago, the host city for next year’s conference.
mehr05.11.2007
New sewers to end flooding misery for Lambeth homes
More than 400 homes and business in Lambeth (England) will be protected from the misery of flooding sewers, under a multi-million pound scheme proposed by Thames water to upgrade the area's sewer network.
mehr30.10.2007
Grundoburst 1250 G in Warsaw, Poland
In the old historical part of Warsaw in Poland a ND 400 mm clay pipe required replacement over a length of 30m. Inspection of the mains by the Warsaw water and sewerage company showed regular sand on the bottom of the mains, so that it was apparent that the main was fractured and debris was falling to the bottom of the pipe. This presented a permanent problem of road surface subsidence – an imminent danger to the public. The problem could have been confirmed by an internal pipe inspection but this could not take place because the camera simply could not pass through the sand and other debris lying at the bottom of the pipe.
mehr24.10.2007
Gotthard Base Tunnel: breakthrough in west tunnel between Sedrun and Amsteg
Squeezing rock conditions successfully overcome
mehr22.10.2007
Robbins hybrid EPBM a versatile solution for Istanbul sewer
A 3.1 m (10.2 ft) diameter Robbins Hybrid EPBM in Istanbul, Turkey can bore in two very different situations. The hybrid machine can switch between hard rock and EPB modes, making it ideal in mixed ground conditions. The bored tunnel will be used to help clean up a sewer system for over 250,000 people living along Istanbul's Beykoz coastline at the Bosphorus. NTF Construction Company will bore two mixed ground tunnels of 4.1 km (2.5 mi) and 3.0 km (1.9 mi) in length with the hybrid machine.
mehr18.10.2007
Sea Outfall Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat realized under limited space conditions
The modernization of the sewage system of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Côte d’Azur) in France included the installation of a 110m long Sea Outfall pipeline. The construction company RPS mastered the narrow access routes, limited space conditions and unstable geology using a mobile Herrenknecht Crawler Rig HK150C.
mehr16.10.2007
Award winning new sewer sealing gel development
In support of Wessex Water’s Sustainable Sewer Renovation Programme, De Neef UK and Sdi-unistride (in association with Wessex Engineering & Construction Services [WECS]) have announced the latest generation of pipe joint injection sealing gels, SewerSeal JF.
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