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30.08.2006
WEFTEC.06 is Headin' West!
Featuring 95 technical sessions, 25 workshops, 8 facility tours, and 900 exhibiting companies The latest in water quality research, technology, and services will be on display October 21-25, 2006 at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas during WEFTEC®.06, the Water Environment Federation's 79th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference.
mehr25.08.2006
Stein & Partner at the 9th German Arab Business Forum
Over the last years, the German Arab Business Forum has developed into the most relevant and largest platform for German Arab business relations. It is a hot spot for both the private as well as the public sector to focus on new developments, strengthen existing business contacts and create new alliances. In view of the close business connections to Arabia as a result of several projects with Arab gulf countries, it is an honor for the engineering company Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH (S&P) to participate in this international event 2006 as one of the sponsors and lecturers. The 9th German Arab Business Forum is taking place in Berlin at the House of German Business from 6-8 September 2006.
mehr24.08.2006
Herrenknecht Vertical GmbH presents its first deep drilling rig
Herrenknecht AG in Schwanau, a market leader in mechanical tunneling systems, founded Herrenknecht GmbH in response to the worldwide increase in drilling activities and the low availability of drilling capacities on the German market. When designing this very innovative drilling rig, Herrenknecht Vertical GmbH's engineers mainly concentrated on drilling requirements for geothermal projects, because an increasing number of such projects are currently in the planning or implementation stage in Germany.
mehr21.08.2006
HDD Practice Handbook
This illustrated book contains the practical world of HDD technology, machines, tools, soil tests, drilling fluid mixture, job site preparation, bore planning, drilling process, reaming, pipe laying and pipe embedding in the ground, job documentation, the range of different applications, job sites reports from different parts of Europe and Arabia and in the jobsite reports an enormous source of solutions for practical doing.
mehr16.08.2006
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.
mehr14.08.2006
Borealis to present innovative solutions at Plastics Pipes XIII conference
Borealis, provider of innovative value creating plastics solutions, will be present at the Plastics Pipes XIII conference taking place on October 2-5 in Washington D.C. Borealis will present six technical papers covering a wide range of pipe solutions.
mehr11.08.2006
Thames Water announces Ealing flood relief works
Sewer improvement works due to start in 2007 will greatly reduce the risk of floods at homes and businesses in Ealing.
mehr07.08.2006
Higher face drilling capacity - Rocket Boomer E-series gets a third boom
After the successful release of Rocket Boomer E2, Atlas Copco now adds a new family member to the Rocket Boomer E-series – Rocket Boomer XE3.
mehr03.08.2006
DMT Announces Purchase of IMC Group Consulting Ltd - Contract signed on 25th July 2006
Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH (DMT) in Essen, Germany, is pleased to announce the completion of the purchase of 100 % of the shares of IMC Group Consulting Ltd on 25th July 2006. IMC Group Consulting Ltd (IMC GCL) is a UK registered mining consulting company and incorporates International Mining Consultants Ltd, British Mining Consultants Ltd and Mackay & Schnellmann Ltd.
mehr01.08.2006
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.
mehr27.07.2006
UK hydropower projects gets underway
Full construction work on Scottish and Southern Energy PLC’s (SSE) £140 million hydro electric scheme is now getting under way. Three tunnel drives have been mobalised.
mehr25.07.2006
Trenchless Technology in India
Trenchless Technology is an ever-expanding industry in India. Here, the Indian Society for Trenchless Technology (INDSTT) offers its perspective on the country's infrastructure and the growing trenchless market.
mehr24.07.2006
Final Report ACHEMA 2006 - 28th International Exhibition-Congress on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology
ACHEMA 2006 (15 - 19 May 2006 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany), the leading international event for chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology in Frankfurt am Main, was a complete success for exhibitors and visitors alike. Representatives from across the industry expressed satisfaction with the excellent quality of the discussions and contacts at the show. Right from opening day, a number of exhibitors reported that they were able to establish good business contacts and engage in partnership discussions which give them good cause for optimism.
mehr21.07.2006
Bathurst Collector / Langstaff Trunk Sewers in Vaughan (Canada)
LOVAT has been contracted to design and manufacture twin 3.3 metre-diametre Earth Pressure Balance TBMs for the Joint Venture of McNally Construction Inc. & AECON Group Inc. (McNally/AECON).
mehr19.07.2006
E world energy & water will take place in Essen on February 6 - 8, 2007
On February 6 ‑ 8, 2007, the seventh E‑world energy & water will open its doors at Messe Essen. Even while E‑world 2006 was still taking place, a large number of companies had already decided in favour of participating once again.
mehr13.07.2006
NASTT to Hold Pipe Bursting Good Practices Course
The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) will hold a special one-day Pipe Bursting Good Practices Course in conjunction with the Rehab Road Shows and co-sponsored by the Midwest Society for Trenchless Technology, Monday, August 14th, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Adams Mark Hotel in Indianapolis.
mehr26.06.2006
No-Dig Award 2006
Entries are invited for the N0-DIG AWARDS for 2006, to be presented at International No-Dig 2006 Brisbane 29 October 2 November 2006.
mehr22.06.2006
WEF, APWA talk water and wastewater infrastructure funding with Congress
Humans, who can last a month without food, die after a week without water. And while we rely on water to sustain life, many are not aware of the vast network of reservoirs, plants and pipes required to treat, distribute, collect and clean water. Much of the nation's water infrastructure, built nearly a century ago for a smaller population, is aging and overburdened.
mehr20.06.2006
Prototype software helps predict failure in large-diameter water mains
Occurrences of failure in large-diameter water mains are few and far between, but when these buried pipes do fail, they fail in a big way. The consequences can be catastrophic, including prolonged service disruptions, flooding, major traffic and business disruptions, and contaminated water supplies. The cost of repair is also enormous.
mehr30.05.2006
Dynamic and exciting tunnelling website launched
London, 30th May 2006 - tunnellingforum.com, a website launched at the Underground Singapore 2005 conference for the start of 2006, represents one the most dynamic and ambitious tunnelling sites available to date on the internet. The free-access site was developed by specialists in the tunnelling industry from both Singapore and the United Kingdom.
mehr29.05.2006
Ready to cross the Yangtze: world's largest tunnelling machine assembled and ready in 4 months in Shanghai.
At the end of April 2006, right on schedule, Herrenknecht AG handed over the first tunnelling machine with a diameter of 15.43m to the Chinese client "Shanghai Changjiang Tunnel & Bridge Construction Co., Ltd.". Together with the Chinese partner "Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co., Ltd." (STEC) the Mixshield was assembled at the "STEC" location in Shanghai Wuhaogou (Pudong) in only 4 months.
mehr22.05.2006
Innovation pays Dividends - egeplast wins award from CDU North Rhine-Westphalia
During the future congress 2006 "Benchmark NRW" egeplast Werner Strumann GmbH & Co. KG received one of the two awards for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia on 3 March 2006.
mehr22.05.2006
WEF Member Associations Send Aspiring Water Scientists to National Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition
Alexandria, VA – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces the 2006 U.S. state winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) – the most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. WEF Member Associations selected and will sponsor state winners and their science teachers to attend the national competition, hosted by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals, June 22-24, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.
mehr16.05.2006
Geodrilling 2006 - bigger and better than last year
The organisers of GeoDrilling 2006 have only a few exhibition spaces available and are confident that this June's show is going to be bigger and better than last year, with over 1500 visitors expected, in excess of 100 exhibitors and the addition of the underground construction industry which will expand the scope of the show.
mehr10.05.2006
ACHEMA: Corrosion Attack and Innovations
For 50 years, Georg Fischer Piping Systems has been a leading authority in corrosion-free piping systems for the chemical process industry and time and again has launched useful and innovative products and services for plastic piping system construction on the market.
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