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Jan 18, 2007
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UNITRACC is "Selected Landmark 2007" in the Land of Ideas
"Those in the darkness drop from sight, sings Mack the Knife in his ballad written by the well-known German author Berthold Brecht. This quotation applies perfectly well to the work in the field of sewer and pipeline construction. In fact, down in the darkness of sewers things are difficult to spot. This is where UNITRACC comes in…"
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Jan 18, 2007
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NASTT to hold pipe bursting course in Denver, Feb. 18 in conjunction with ASCE Geo-Denver 2007
The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) and the Geo-Institute of ASCE are pleased to offer a one-day NASTT Pipe Bursting Good Practices training course, Feb. 18, 2007, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at Geo-Denver 2007 in Denver, Colorado.
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Jan 10, 2007
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Long rock bores are a good match for Robbins MSBU
Robbins announces its newest Trenchless product, the Robbins Motorized Small Boring Unit (MSBU). The Robbins MSBU is a technically advanced type of Robbins' Small Boring Unit (SBU). Both Robbins MSBUs and SBUs are used in conjunction with an Auger Boring Machine (ABM). The MSBU, a rock boring attachment, can be steered continually throughout the drive. The MSBU can also bore longer drives and through harder rock than the SBU.
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Jan 08, 2007
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New water meter trial starts in Bromley and Croydon, England
Thames Water began a four-year programme at the beginning of October to install water meters to all homes in Bromley and Croydon (England) on change of occupancy.
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Jan 05, 2007
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Insituform® completes first installations in Poland
Insituform® Sp. z.o.o., Insituform's Polish subsidiary, recently completed its first series of pipeline rehabilitation installations utilizing Insituform cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP). Insituform® Sp. z.o.o. was formed in early 2006 and has a staff of eight people including Rafal Chart, district manager, Piotr Dmowski and Piotr Stawinski, business development, Malgorzata Ptaszek, office manager and four crew members.
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Jan 04, 2007
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Halliburton and Grant Prideco combine technologies for real time imaging while drilling
High-speed streaming data now available to oil and gas industry
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Dec 29, 2006
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11m diameter EPB TBM for Moscow, Russia
Mosmetrostroy Contractors of Moscow, Russia purchased an 800 tonne, 11m diameter Earth Pressure Balance TBM from Lovat Inc. in September 2006.
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Dec 28, 2006
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The show must go on
New technology is helping a West Sussex village to cope with thousands of visitors every year.
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Dec 27, 2006
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Protecting the US's water supply from attack
First physical Security Standard Guidelines for Water/Wastewater Utilities released in the USA
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Dec 22, 2006
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Egg-cellent sewer under chicken farm
Homes in Vines Cross Road and Millbrook Close, Horam, will be further safeguarded against flooding thanks to work being carried out by Southern Water.
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Dec 21, 2006
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Small diameter hard rock excavation: comparing the methods
Contractors throughout the world often find that boring through hard rock is challenging. The degree of that challenge is highly dependent on the type of trenchless tool utilised and the type of geology excavated.
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Dec 20, 2006
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Plastic pipes favoured for contaminated land
Contaminated land is not the best substrate through which to lay a water pipe. But now a series of tests have been carried out that favour plastic pipe systems over those of traditional materials.
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Dec 18, 2006
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Time to act - energy from domestic resources
Jobs and growth at home, investment from abroad America's first expo and conference on energy from biomass and waste
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Dec 14, 2006
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The project Captacion de Agua de Mar de San Pedro del Pinatar - a quatum jump in microtunnelling
This microtunneling project presents the internationally longest driven drilling length with DIN 2000 AVN in case of landoutfall. Particular challenges in this project were: length, geological conditions, time factor, and annulus lubrication.
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Dec 13, 2006
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Waging war on leaks
Severn Trent Water is waging war on leaks throughout the winter period after employing more staff to battle the bursts.
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Dec 11, 2006
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Northwest Chapter to host Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Good Practices Guidelines Training
The Northwest Chapter of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology is pleased to offer a two-day Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Good Practices Guidelines Course, Jan. 25-26 at the Sheraton Bellevue Hotel near Seattle.
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Dec 07, 2006
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Master plan for a sustainable supply and disposal infrastructure of mega cities - Part III
This is the third and last part of the technical report series "Master plan for a sustainable supply and disposal infrastructure of mega cities". It deals with materials and methods of construction as well as other concepts of multiple installation besides utility tunnels and will also provide the superordinate summary.
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Dec 06, 2006
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Water companies should prepare for another dry winter
Water companies must be prepared in case there is another dry winter and ensure that they have sufficient supplies to meet next summer's demands, Ofwat said today.
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Dec 04, 2006
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Atlas Copco wins large order to supply mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Atlas Copco has won an order worth more than MSEK 100 (MEUR 11) to supply underground mining equipment for blast hole drilling, rock bolting, loading and haulage for the Kamoto Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Nov 30, 2006
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Sungei Pandan pipe jack completed ahead of schedule
The excavation of the 2.4 metre internal diameter, 675 metre Sungei Pandan pipe jack tunnel, which is being built to accommodate three transmission powercable circuits, was completed on 22 October 2005 three weeks ahead of schedule.
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Nov 29, 2006
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Sogea Construction (Vinci) is to build three wastewater treatment plants and a drinking water plant in France
Sogea Construction has secured the contract for the reconstruction of the wastewater treatment plant serving the Angers Loire Métropole agglomeration. The new plant will occupy an area of 90,000 sq. metres. Its capacity will be raised to 285,000 p.e., i.e. 65,000 cu. metres/day, with a peak throughput of 5,500 cu. metres/hour in rainy weather. This contract is valued at 50 million Euros.
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Nov 27, 2006
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Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) Pogues Run Consolidation Indianapolis Indiana USA
Last year Super Excavators Inc. contracted Lovat to design and custom manufacture a 4.2 meter (167”) diameter mixed face Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine along with associated ancillary equipment, for use on the Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) Pogues Run Consolidation Project in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
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Nov 23, 2006
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New district heating lines for Business Park Hannover-Nord - An unconventional solution
With a combination of pipe-ramming and horizontal direction drilling, Meyder GmbH Kanal und Tiefbau has laid two district heating lines beneath Vahrenwalder Strasse on the Hannover-Langenhagen city boundary on behalf of Stadtwerke Hannover AG, Hannover’s public utility company. The unconventional drilling strategy for the construction projectthat supplies district heating to Business Park Hannover-Nord was developedand put forward by the contractor together with Emunds+Staudinger GmbH.
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Nov 21, 2006
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Enviro-Chemie builds treatment center for liquid waste in Jradou, Tunesia
Enviro-Chemie as a European specialist for economical industrial wastewater and water recycling engineering realises a project in Tunesia in co-operation with Dywidag.
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Nov 20, 2006
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A successful performance for M-Coating in Cornwall
At a location where films for the big screen and TV are made, Perco Engineering Services Ltd has starred in a feature of its own. M-Coating, the shaft coating system with ERGELIT-KS1, will in future be stabilising and protecting large shafts in Charlestown, to ensure that the environment has long-term protection against effluent.
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