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May 29, 2009
News
Huge Slip-Lining Project for Liverpool Water Supply
A £7 million investment programme by United Utilities is renewing a 44-inch cast iron water main using polyethylene pipe from GPS PE Pipe Systems.
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May 28, 2009
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An example of an integral sewer rehabilitation in the public and private sphere
In 2008, the Civil Engineering Office of the city of Bochum in Germany planned the start of construction of the building project "Expansion of Herner Straße from Moritz- to Rensingstraße", including a reconstruction of the road and a new construction of sewers. Due to the high groundwater level and the resulting entry of external water, the drain systems were also included in planning according to the integral approach of rehabilitation (DIN EN 752).
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May 28, 2009
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MDPCL successfully complete unique pipe bursting project using the Grundoburst 400S
A recent CCTV survey identified that the cause of repeat sewer blockages at Paget Road, Barry was caused by numerous grade 4 defects in the nearby 300 mm diameter public sewer. To make matters worse, the location of the sewer being so close to properties meant that traditional open cut techniques of pipe replacement was not an option. MDPCL were asked to find the quickest, least disruptive solution to the problem.
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May 27, 2009
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Robbins EPB will Rebuild Azerbaijan Waterways
City of Baku to Renovate Canal Tunnels with Country's First-ever TBM: For centuries a lack of surface water has led to intensive use of groundwater for irrigation in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Samur-Apsheron Irrigation Project will help remedy current water problems by overhauling a main canal that provides water supplies to Baku. New tunnels will be built using a 6.3 m (20.7 ft) diameter Robbins EPB-the first-ever TBM to be used in Azerbaijan.
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May 26, 2009
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Construction of new supply lines in Venice
The narrow lanes and numerous bridges in the lagoon city of Venice presented the entire construction team with a real challenge when building pipelines to supply water and extinguish fires. Since open installation was to be avoided where possible to prevent damage to roads, the SLM® RCplus pipes with protective coating were mainly installed using the black box method.
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May 26, 2009
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ARCADIS Hires Client Development Specialist
ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consulting and engineering company, announced the hiring of Steven Kramer as senior vice president of client development in the company's Infrastructure Division.
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May 25, 2009
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All Show and All Substance in Tilburg, NL
Efficient Relining with HOBAS NC Line® Wins No Dig Award: The sewer in Sint Josephstraat, The Netherlands, is part of the Tilburg main sewer and is an important link in the system of the waste water treatment plant and the rainwater overflow at the Wilhelmina Channel. Designed in 1927 and installed one year later, it consists of a concrete base with a masonry arch. Its transversal section is that of a reversed egg profile, with 1.90 m maximal width and 2.15 m height.
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May 22, 2009
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Borealis joins the Business Friends of the Danube partnership
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has joined the Business Friends of the Danube partnership, an initiative to protect the resources and ecosystems of Europe’s second longest river, the Danube.
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May 20, 2009
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Water Associations, EPA Release Case Studies for Effective Utility Management Practices
Alexandria, Va. – Six associations representing the U.S. water and wastewater sector, in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have released Effective Water and Wastewater Utility Management Case Studies, a companion document to last year’s Effective Utility Management: A Primer for Water and Wastewater Utilities. This companion piece provides concrete examples and "how to" assistance for utility managers through profiles of four utilities that successfully applied the Primer concepts and tools to advance effective management practices and achieve long-term sustainability.
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May 19, 2009
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Robbins Small Boring Unit (SBU-A) Breaks World Record in Kentucky
Contractor Pushes Limits on Hard Rock Auger Bore: After 35 working days of excavation, Ohio contractor Turn-Key Tunneling, Inc. had reason to celebrate. Their trenchless crossing beneath Louisville, Kentucky, USA's Interstate 265 had just been completed at an unprecedented bore length of 352 ft (107 m). The machine, a Robbins Small Boring Unit (SBU-A), emerged with a record for trenchless boring in its size class of 54 inch(1.4 m) diameter bores, improving upon the previous record of 350 ft (106.7 m) set by C.B. Services of Dallas, Texas in 2000.
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May 18, 2009
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First mechanically-excavated tunnel beneath the Bosporus
Completed safely and on schedule with Herrenknecht technology: In mid-April 2009, the Herrenknecht S-391 tunnel boring machine (Ø 6.11m) reached its target shaft in Istanbul. The new "Melen 7" tunnel crosses beneath the Bosporus, which is the sea strait between the Asian and the European parts of the Turkish metropolis. When the interior construction is completed, the tunnel will supply the European part of the city with water from the Asian part. At its deepest point, the tunnel route runs 135 meters below the sea strait’s water level. The construction team and the tunnelling machine excavated this challenging section safely. The first mechanically-excavated tunnel beneath the Bosporus was built in 13.5 months only.
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May 15, 2009
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2010 NASTT No-Dig Show Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009: The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) is now accepting abstracts for its annual No-Dig Show, May 2-7, 2010, in Chicago (Schaumburg), Illinois.
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May 14, 2009
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Theodora the Borer starts two-mile sewer
Work to bore a two-mile (3.3km) tunnel under West Ham in London started April 27 as part of a £65million scheme to protect more than 600 homes from the misery of sewer flooding. The sewer, 2.8 metres in diameter and running 20 metres below ground from Thames Water's Abbey Mills sewage pumping station to Earlham Grove in Forest Gate, E7, is set for completion in Spring 2010.
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May 12, 2009
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TT-UK at SED 2009 from May 12 - 14
TT-UK would like to take this opportunity to invite you to the SED exhibition which is being held from 12th May for three days at the Rockingham Performance Park, Near Corby, England. SED is the UK’s National Event for Construction, where visitors from all around the world will have the chance to see our product range first hand and discuss any questions you may have....
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May 11, 2009
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Robbins Single Shield will Carve Laos Headrace Tunnel
Powering up neighboring nations will get a bit easier with a new hydroelectric project in Laos. The station, on the Nam Theun River, will include a 5.5 km (3.4 mi) long headrace tunnel constructed using a Robbins Single Shield TBM. The 7.6 m (25.1 ft) diameter machine, for contractor CMC di Ravenna, is being assembled at Robbins’ Solon, Ohio, USA manufacturing facility. The Single Shield will be ready for shipment in July 2009.
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May 08, 2009
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Borealis increases black PE80 and PE100 supply efficiency for European pipe manufacturers
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces the start-up of additional capacity for black high density polyethylene (HDPE) for drinking water and gas pipes at its Schwechat facility in Austria. The additional volume puts Borealis in the unique position of ensuring short delivery times and reliability of supply of the latest, high quality pipe materials for manufacturers in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. The extra unit will allow Borealis to source black HDPE pipe compounds from three of its manufacturing locations – Schwechat, Stenungsund (Sweden) and Porvoo (Finland).
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May 06, 2009
Article
Grundomat success in Oman
Oman Fiber Optic Company was formed in 1996 by a group of Omani & Emirati (UAE) investors and commenced cable production in early 1999. Situated in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, OFO uses state of the art technology to draw fiber and manufacture world-class fiber cable products. OFO manufactures cables for long haul backbone communication links, LAN networks, video transmission & Cable TV, traffic signalling, FTTH solutions, security systems, defence and specialty applications.
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May 04, 2009
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"STATUS - KANAL" surprises with extremely positive intermediate results at Remscheider Entsorgungsbetriebe
In February 2008 S & P was entrusted with the execution of a value, priority and network ageing analysis for about 500 km of the drain and sewer network by Remscheider Entsorgungsbetriebe. It is the aim to develop individual strategies of rehabilitation and maintenance by means of the service framework concept STATUS - KANAL and based on the actual network ageing that enable Remscheider Entsorgungsbetriebe for the first time to optimise the necessary investments in network maintenance considering individual and long-term objectives.
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Apr 30, 2009
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Survey on the Condition of Road Gully Systems in Germany (Part 1)
Since the second half of the 19th century, waste water systems are built and run systematically in Germany according to the respective engineering rules to be considered. In the sense of the Water Resources Act, they serve for draining of sewage, that is to say, for collecting, draining off, treating, discharging, seepage, and for the land treatment of waste water. From an economic point of view, drain and sewer systems as "systems for collecting and discharging sewage in the form of waste water and/or surface water" represent the most important part. In compliance with DIN EN 752 [1], they include the area where the sewage leaves a building or a roof drain, or where it enters a road gully, up to the point where the wastewater is discharged into a wastewater treatment plant or receiving water. According to this definition, a drain and sewer system consists of three parts, namely the sewer system, the drain system, and the road drainage.
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Apr 29, 2009
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Infrastructure expert drives forward major Thames Water projects
Thames Water has appointed UK infrastructure specialist David O'Reilly as its new Managing Director of Major Projects.
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Apr 27, 2009
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Toulouse builds on HOBAS®
Cancéropôle realized with CC-GRP stormwater system, FR - Cancéropôle, an exceptional center of excellence dedicated to cancer research and treatment is erected on the grounds devastated by a chemical explosion on September 21st 2001. The stormwater network of such is realized with HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems.
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Apr 23, 2009
News
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.
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Apr 22, 2009
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Cured-in-Place-Pipe (CIPP) Good Practices Course
The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) and Tri-State Utilities are pleased to sponsor a special two-day Cured-in-Place-Pipe (CIPP) Good Practices Course, April 28-29, 2009 in Richmond, Virginia.
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Apr 21, 2009
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2nd Annual Trenchless Technology Summit
Minimising cost, time, disruption and environmental disturbance through effective trenchless application - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2009: Robert Stein, CEO of S & P Consult GMBH will chair IQPC's 2nd Annual Trenchless Technology Summit taking place in Abu Dhabi on 7-10 June 2009 at the Hilton Hotel. Andy Wedgner, Project Division Manager, ADDC, will deliver the keynote speech, focusing on the practical, economical and environmental benefits to adopting trenchless technology.
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Apr 16, 2009
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Special Pipe for Gatehampton Project
The supply of polyethylene pipes to Thames Water's Gatehampton Borehole Upgrade Project has called for a measured approach by GPS PE Pipe Systems. Pipework operating pressures and local access restrictions were studied in depth by the manufacturer, before delivering the best-value/cost solution.
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