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Oct 28, 2010
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World Record. Main Breakthrough on the Epoch-Making Gotthard Project.
The breakthrough at the Gotthard Base Tunnel on October 15, 2010 in the Eastern tunnel marks the most significant milestone on the way to completing the longest railway tunnel in the world. With the 2 times 57 kilometer long epoch-making project, Switzerland is connecting northern and southern Europe by rail through the Alps. After completion of the project, Herrenknecht Gripper tunnel boring machines have excavated and secured more than 85km of the main tubes.
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Oct 25, 2010
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Reduction of medicine residues in drinking water
Drinking water is a vital prerequisite for all life on earth and is therefore probably our most important resource.
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Oct 21, 2010
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New Ditch Witch MT12 MicroTrencher Simplifies Fiber Installation
The new Ditch Witch® is one of the fastest and most efficient methods for installing fiber-optic cable in urban environments.
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Oct 20, 2010
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Refining the art: Neil Phillips looks at the progress made in the development of slurries and on-site slurry plants used for pipejacking projects
Over the past ten years the use of slurry tunnelling has increased in the pipejacking industry and, at the same time, developments have been made in surface separation plants and their operation. Many of these improvements have come from the oil and gas-drilling industry and are necessary due to the changes in waste-disposal legislation in the UK. For example, recent laws have been brought in to ban liquid waste going directly to landfill, while the price of off-site treatment and carriage have subsequently increased. This called for the pipejacking contractor to separate the slurry from the excavated material on site as effectively as possible, thus reducing the need to transport liquid and reduce the waste going to landfill. Competition for contracts and improvements to TBM excavation rates have also called for contractors to be able to maximise production to remain competitive. Several areas have improved over the years, including the composition of the slurry used, the use of flocculants, the separation plant itself and its more efficient operation.
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Oct 19, 2010
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Prof. Peter Matthews awarded with William Dunbar Medal
Prof. Peter Matthews, OBE (67) is the new winner of William Dunbar Medal awarded by European Water Association (EWA).
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Oct 14, 2010
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inge watertechnologies AG donates ultrafiltration modules to treat drinking water in Pakistan
Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan has pushed the population's need for clean drinking water even higher up the agenda. The German ultrafiltration specialists inge watertechnologies AG were already an established supplier of ultrafiltration modules in the Pakistan market when the flooding hit, and the company has now been using its existing contacts to ensure that the modules it is donating to five water treatment plants arrive safely.
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Oct 12, 2010
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JM Eagle Announces Partnership with Contech Construction Products
JM Eagle, the world’s leading plastic pipe manufacturer, announced it has entered into an agreement with Contech Construction Products that allows end users across the country access to Eagle Corr PE, JM Eagle’s premier corrugated polyethylene pipe product line.
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Oct 07, 2010
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New Jersey?s ARC Tunnel will use Retractable Robbins TBM: Main Beam Machine will excavate Palisades Rail Routes
After 100 years, a new rail route will once again be burrowed below the Hudson River. Construction is set to begin on the Palisades Tunnels, the New Jersey portion of the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project stretching from North Bergen, New Jersey to Manhattan in New York City. An 8.38 m (27.5 ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM was selected by PTP Constructors, a JV of Schiavone, Shea, and Skanska, to excavate the tunnels.
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Oct 06, 2010
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Perforator® auger system aids motorway crossings project
Anyone driving around the UK at the moment using the motorway system will have noticed that there is a lot of work underway to install a huge automated traffic management system and information sign network. Part of this operation, organised by client The Highways Agency and its consulting engineer A.One+, one project has recently been underway on the M56 motorway between Junctions 9 and 16 under the ‘Triple Package Advanced Works’ designation.
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Oct 05, 2010
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Specialist Construction Company wins prestigious award
Trenchless Technologies cc took top honours at the 2010 Construction Summit awards ceremony for outstanding performance in South Africa’s construction industry held in Johannesburg.
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Sep 30, 2010
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A new butterfly valve for almost any application
The GEMÜ range of butterfly valves is now one version richer. The new GEMÜ D480 series is the most versatile butterfly valve we have ever had in our range.
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Sep 28, 2010
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Two firsts for Steve Vick pipe Handler on Oxford street
The Steve Vick International Pipe Handler has recently been used on Oxford Street, central London, to slipline a large diameter cast iron water main.
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Sep 23, 2010
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German ultrafiltration technology in Indian market
inge watertechnologies AG enters into sales and distribution partnership in India with CN Tech Engineers: India’s 1.2 billion inhabitants make it the second most populous country in the world. Both its people and its fast-growing industrial sector have an urgent need for clean water. With dwindling resources, the country is now experiencing increasing demand for water reclamation and treatment technologies. The German company inge watertechnologies AG has successfully acquired a local partner in the promising Indian market for water supplies and water disposal in the form of the domestic company CN Tech Engineers.
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Sep 22, 2010
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A hint of Gizeh in Lennestadt
Anyone travelling to Gizeh will – not surprisingly – see pyramids. But when travelling to Lennestadt in the Sauerland region, nobody would expect it and is therefore truly impressed when standing in front of the pyramids there. The energetic concept is just as surprising.
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Sep 21, 2010
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Manor farm harvests heat
Manor Farm is situated on some of the most fertile planes in rural Bedfordshire. It is located on the edge of the beautiful village of Eyeworth and was constructed in 1865. Traditional arable and livestock farming methods were the order of the day on this once very busy farm.
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Sep 21, 2010
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Herbert Willerth assumes responsibility for Borealis? Middle East and Asia activities
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announces a reorganisation of its Executive Board. With the retirement of Henry Sperle as Executive Vice President Middle East & Asia on May 31, 2010, the organisational units previously reporting to him have been reassigned to report to the Deputy CEO, Herbert Willerth, with immediate effect.
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Sep 16, 2010
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Insituform Receives $4 Million (US) Drinking Water Contract Award
Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INSU) announced it has received a contract award for $4 million (US) to rehabilitate over 11,000 feet of drinking water pipelines in Victoria, British Columbia using its InsituGuard® solution.
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Sep 15, 2010
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New Robbins Support System Gains Ground at West Qinling
Two Main Beam TBMs Launched with Specialized Designs in China: Ground support has reached new heights in the mountains of Gansu Province. Two 10.2 m (33.5 ft) machines are the first ever Robbins Main Beam TBMs with a redesigned ground support system replacing roof shield fingers. The TBMs were launched to bore the twin 16.6 km (10.3 mi) long West Qinling rail tunnels under high cover.
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Sep 14, 2010
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PipeFlow Release Demonstration Video of Pipe Flow Expert 2010 Software for Flow and Pressure Drop Calculations
Video demonstration of Pipe Flow Expert 2010 at www.pipeflow.co.uk shows how to improve the accuracy of your piping design calculations.
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Sep 14, 2010
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Illinois Municipality Replaces Aging Clay Sewer Main with CertainTeed® Certa-LokTM Restrained-Joint PVC Pipe
The Village of Baldwin, Ill., recently made the decision to replace a failing 40-year-old clay tile sewer main with a new 10-inch gravity sewer, featuring 600 feet of CertainTeed® Certa-Lok™ C-900/RJ restrained-joint PVC pipe.
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Sep 10, 2010
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No need for x-ray vision
The RD7000™ and RD8000™ deliver fast, accurate, reliable and repeatable locate information for all utilities.
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Sep 09, 2010
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HOBAS Presents its Extended Industrial Product Range at the IFAT Entsorga 2010 in Munich
„We cannot afford to stand still; we want to raise the bar in the market“, is what Doris Strohmaier, managing director of the GRP pipe producer HOBAS, likes to say and sure enough, the group’s continual efforts and investments in research and development pay off, as visitors of the IFAT Entsorga 2010 in Munich will be able to see for themselves.
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Sep 08, 2010
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Out of control
Lessons from an HDD project that was awarded for $ 1.74 Million with 90 days to complete that took in excess of $ 6 million and more than 1,000 days.
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Sep 07, 2010
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Insituform Receives $17.0 Million (US) Sewer Rehabilitation Term Contracts in Hong Kong
Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INSU) announced it has begun work on a $17 million (US) project for the Drainage Services Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Insituform was recently awarded two term contract renewals, which provide for the rehabilitation of wastewater pipelines located throughout the highly populated Central District and Mainland North District for three and five years, respectively.
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Sep 02, 2010
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BorECO™ PP pipes bring 21st Century to Middle Ages village
The inhabitants of Zimmern, a small municipality in Thüringen, Germany, can finally look forward to safe and reliable sewage removal with the installation of a complete high performance pipe system based on BorECO™ polypropylene (PP) from Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions. Zimmern’s current antiquated disposal method is being replaced by a modern, separate sewage pipeline with the possibility to be connected to a sewage treatment plant in the future. More than 4.5km of BorECO BA212E AWADUKT PP SN10 RAUSISTO high load pipes and AWASCHACHT PP DN 1000 inspection chambers from REHAU are being used for the project, which is due for completion by the end of 2010.
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