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Jan 18, 2013
News
VINCI wins two water engineering contracts in Jamaica
VINCI Construction Grands Projets is to carry out two projects for the Jamaican National Water Commission to improve the country’s water supply network for a total sum of €60 million.
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Jan 17, 2013
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About 220,000 Uzbek Citizens to Benefit from Improved Water Supply
Almost 220,000 people in Uzbekistan will benefit from a US$82 million IDA Credit, approved by the World Bank’s Board of Directors. The Alat and Karakul Water Supply Project will improve the coverage, quality and efficiency of public water supply service in the districts of Alat and Karakul in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan.
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Jan 16, 2013
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Tri-Tech Holding Wins Multiple Contracts in Water and Water Resources Management
Tri-Tech Holding Inc., which provides turn-key water resources management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control solutions, announced that it has secured several contracts for wastewater treatment, high-rising building water supply equipment procurement and flash flood forecasting projects. The aggregate value of all contracts is approximately $3.2 million (approximately RMB 20.15 million).
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Jan 15, 2013
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Urgent action needed to improve water and sanitation for displaced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State despite some progress
Tens of thousands of people displaced by conflict in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state and living in temporary camps have inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene conditions and limited access to safe water, increasing health risks to people in and near the sites.
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Jan 14, 2013
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Gulf Waste Water Summit 2013 Announces New Dates
The GCC water industry's most anticipated summit – Fleming Gulf's 3rd Annual Gulf Waste Water Summit, which was scheduled to take place in March 2013 is now poised to take place on 2nd & 3rd April 2013 at Shangri-La Hotel - Dubai.
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Jan 10, 2013
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Construction site, general » Devices
Techni-Métal Systems a New Herrenknecht Subsidiary
In December 2012, Herrenknecht AG took over the French manufacturer of tunnel supply vehicles, the company Techni-Métal Systemes SAS (TMS) in Livron. By acquiring TMS, Herrenknecht is expanding its full-range portfolio which comprises all technical equipment and services around innovative tunnel boring machines.
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Jan 09, 2013
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Global Water Technologies plans pilot "smart water grid" project with people + pipes + policy
Global Water Technologies is planning to launch a pilot “smart water grid” that demonstrates the importance of addressing sustainable infrastructure through a comprehensive approach that shows benefits to people, pipes and policy.
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Jan 08, 2013
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Wastewater system upgrade to improve life in Croatian tourist resort of Šibenik
The EBRD is supporting the modernisation of municipal infrastructure in the Croatian town of Šibenik with a €10 million loan to co-finance the upgrade of its wastewater infrastructure.
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Jan 07, 2013
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Dominican Republic to improve access to drinking water for 329,000 people with IDB support
The Dominican Republic will improve water services for 329,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Santiago de los Caballeros with a $25 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Jan 04, 2013
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Inspection » TV-Inspection
New RedLine Laser Profiling Accessory for ROVVER X Reduces Cost, Effort of Scanning Pipe Geometry
Attaching in seconds to the ROVVER X inspection crawler, the new RedLine™ laser accessory is all you need to geometrically profile the inside of buried pipelines. Captured profile data is readily analyzed to verify proper pipe installation, plan relining projects, determine remaining pipe life, monitor erosion/corrosion, quantify defects, and analyze partial collapses.
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Jan 04, 2013
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Inspection » TV-Inspection
Fiberscope.net Introduces a New Pipe Inspection Camera to its Range of Portable Optic Devices
With a Convenient Portable Design and High Resolution Video, the iSnake Push Camera from Fiberscope.Net takes Portable Field Inspections to the Next Level.
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Jan 03, 2013
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Launch of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project in Oyo and Taraba States
The Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai and the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo launched the Urban Water and Sanitation Improvement Project – with an African Development Bank loan of approximately US $100 million for the rehabilitation, expansion and construction of water and sanitation facilities in Jalingo, Taraba State, and Ibadan, a city located in Oyo State, Nigeria. The project will improve access to clean water and sanitation for an estimated 1.5 million people.
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Jan 02, 2013
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New drinking water system for La Paz, Bolivia
Royal HaskoningDHV and water operator Vitens Evides International (VEI) are advising the Bolivian water company EPSAS on the development of the Chuquiaguillo drinking water project. The project will supply drinking water to approximately 125,000 inhabitants of the Bolivian capital La Paz. It will be the first time that some of them have been connected to the city's drinking water mains.
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Dec 27, 2012
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TigerNET - Earth Observation for the management of water resources in Africa
TIGER-NET is a EUR1.5m project of the European Space Agency (ESA), designed to increase African participation in the rapidly evolving global Earth Observation (EO) system. The project hopes to make a significant contribution to integrated water resources management in Africa. A consortium led by GeoVille and GRAS, a DHI subsidiary company, has been selected to carry out the project.
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Dec 19, 2012
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Sewage treatment
A Sewage Treatment Plant Goes Underground
The town of Villalba de los Barros in Spain is innovating wastewater treatment using using bacterial injections in its sewer system. This process employs the sewer pipes underground to do work prior to the wastewater treatment plant resulting in significant benefits to the town, environment and treatment plant.
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Dec 18, 2012
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Trenchless installation of pipelines
Mechanized Tunneling and Microtunneling Short Course – A Great Success
TSITT (Turkish Society for Infrastructure and Trenchless Technology) held the MECHANIZED TUNNELING AND MICROTUNNELING SHORT COURSE in Sanliurfa Hilton Hotel TR in October 2012 with the valuable support of TTS (Turkish Tunneling Society) and ISTT. Many local and international participants attended this unique mechanized tunneling and microtunneling short course of Turkey.
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Dec 18, 2012
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PII Pipeline Solutions and Alliance Pipeline Partner to Support Engineers of Tomorrow
With an eye toward developing the oil and gas industry’s engineers of tomorrow, PII Pipeline Solutions, a GE Oil & Gas and Al Shaheen joint venture, and Canadian gas pipeline operator Alliance Pipeline, jointly sponsored the engineering student paper competition at the 2012 International Pipeline Conference (IPC) in Calgary. The winning author and runner-up were announced after the competition’s eight finalists presented their papers during the IPC’s closing day on September 28.
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Dec 17, 2012
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Replacement by trenchless method » Pipe bursting, in general
TRIC Trenchless Renews Kellogg's Eggo plant Underground Infrastructure
TRIC Tools, Inc., a Northern California based Pipe Bursting technology company, joined with Therma Corp., a San Jose based mechanical contracting firm, to upgrade underground utility lines at Kellogg's Eggo manufacturing plant in San Jose, CA.
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Dec 17, 2012
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Tunneling and gallery techniques
Herrenknecht supplies first TBM for Metro construction in Rio de Janeiro.
Herrenknecht AG is supplying a tunnel boring machine with a diameter of 11.46 meters for the construction of the new metro line 4 in Rio de Janeiro. It will contribute to relieving the traffic routes in the metropolitan area. At the company’s headquarters in southern German Schwanau the first tunnel boring machine to be used in Rio de Janeiro was accepted by the customer in late September 2012.
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Dec 14, 2012
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Construction site, general » Devices
Ditch Witch® Vacuum Excavator Family Expands
The Charles Machine Works (CMW®), Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch® underground construction equipment, announces the release of its latest vacuum excavator: the Ditch Witch FX50.
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Dec 13, 2012
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Bluewater Bio Secures Cleantech Connect’s ‘One to Watch’ Award
Bluewater Bio International, the provider of innovative high-performance, cost-effective water and wastewater treatment technologies, is delighted to announce that it has received the accolade of ‘One to Watch’ at this year’s prestigious Annual Cleantech Connect awards, celebrating Europe’s fastest growing Cleantech companies.
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Dec 12, 2012
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Brazil gets $24.5 million IDB loan for sanitation and water improvements in the Amazon
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan for $24.5 million for the municipality of Maués in the Brazilian Amazon to carry out urban and environmental improvements and basic sanitation.
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Dec 11, 2012
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Trelleborg launches IR app for increased accessibility
Trelleborg launches an Investor Relations app for the iPad. It is designed to make Trelleborg's financial communications more accessible and user-friendly for investors, analysts and shareholders. The app includes Trelleborg share graphs, reports, annual reports, IR presentations, press releases and its business concept.
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Dec 10, 2012
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Aarsleff to carry out reservoir pipe near Damhusåen
Aarsleff has entered into a partnering contract with the utility company Københavns Energi A/S for the establishment of a reservoir pipe near the stream Damhusåen below the Vigerslev Park.
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Dec 07, 2012
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TransCanada Awarded Contract to Build US$1 Billion Natural Gas Pipeline in Mexico
TransCanada Corporation announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste, has been awarded the contract to build, own and operate the El Encino-to-Topolobampo Pipeline in Mexico by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s federal power company.
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