On October 3 2014 Iplex Pipelines NZ Ltd took home two New Zealand Plastics Industry Design Awards for its development and use of Fusible PVC pipe, for trenchless pipeline applications within New Zealand, including the Hingaia Peninsula Trunk Sewer Project in Papakura, part of Auckland City.
These prestigious, biennial awards acknowledge and promote excellence in the creation, design, production, manufacture, and marketing of plastic products or components.
The highlight of the Hingaia Peninsula Trunk Sewer Project was its record-breaking pull of 1,050 m of Novafuse DN450 PN12 Fusible PVC Pipe, the longest pull back of a single, continuous thermoplastic pipe-string installed via horizontal directional drilling (HDD) in New Zealand history.
Veolia water was the project owner. Fulton Hogan of Mount Wellington, the main contractor, hired CDS NZ Ltd of Silverdale for the drilling. Rod Cahill of AMC Drilling Fluids & Products in Perth, Australia provided technical assistance to CDS.
Veolia Water Project Manager Nanne De Haan said “I was amazed how strong the pipe was when one shackle was used to pull a 245 m pipe-string on the third drill shot.”