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McRobert Contracting Services has modified standard surveying technology to develop a specialised 3D laser scanning service that provides a comprehensive and detailed view of an asset’s condition.

Trenchless Australasia is proud to introduce the magazine’s new Editorial Board for the 2019 Financial Year (FY).

In a challenging HDD project in the Darling Ranges, WA, operators installed HDPE pipe using Chase Corporation’s Trace-Safe® tracer wire through a tight bore hole in solid granite to resist breakage.

Australia’s first Iplex Millennium® PE100 HSCR pipe, manufactured using Qenos’ HCR193B® resin, has been installed by Maxibor using HDD in Yeppoon, QLD.

Auckland Council’s Watercare is undertaking one of New Zealand’s most ambitious tunnelling projects by constructing a 13 km wastewater tunnel at depths of up to 100 m underneath the city.

Trenchless Australasia speaks to Spoutvac Australia General Manager Andrew Mollison about his time in the trenchless industry and the technology that Spoutvac brings to the Australian market.

ITS PipeTech has completed what it says is the largest installation of a point-liner in Australia.

The latest edition of Trenchless Australasia magazine is now available to be read online as a digital magazine.

Sonia Edwards, the sister of former long-time Interflow New Zealand employee Glenn Edwards, has sent Trenchless Australasia a picture of her brother with his profile from the September 2017 edition of the magazine.

Pezzimenti Tunnelbore’s Jim Shooter has been awarded the ASTT Person of the Year for 2017, recognising his ongoing contributions to the Trenchless Technology industry.

In 2015, Unitywater came to the rescue, using HDD for the urgent pipeline installation when a failed sewage main beneath a creek at the mouth of the Noosa River in Queensland, earning it the award for ASTT Project of the Year – New Installation.

Abergeldie Watertech provided a CIPP lining solution for Sydney Water’s Balmain South Eastern Slopes Submain Rehabilitation, winning the award for ASTT Project of the Year – Rehabilitation.

The new Australian-designed IBAK CCTV van includes a range of technology and functionality that IBAK says will establish it as the new benchmark for CCTV vehicles Down Under.

The latest edition of Trenchless Australasia magazine is now available to be read online as a digital magazine.

Tapex’s Ed George has co-authored a paper with Infrastructure Resources’ Scott Landes, to be presented during No-Dig Down Under, on the rising incidences of ‘cross bores’. The paper says the issue, which has become a focus in North America, should be paid more attention by Australasia’s no-dig community.

ITS PipeTech recently completed a pipe bursting project for Water Corporation on the outskirts of Perth’s CBD. The project is part of the utility’s three-year program to revitalise sections of its ageing pipeline infrastructure, some of which is more than 100 years old.

A critical section of the 80 km Chichester Trunk Gravity Main has been rehabilitated by the trenchless installation of dual PE100 1,200 mm pipelines under the Hunter River in NSW. The project featured the installation of one of Australia’s largest diameter HDPE pipes by HDD.

Glenn Edwards, one of Interflow New Zealand’s longest serving employees and an icon of the Australasian Trenchless Technology industry, retired from his role in July 2017. Trenchless Australasia speaks to Mr Edwards about some of the milestones and memories from his 50-years in the no-dig sector.

Aussie Trenchless Supplies earlier this year launched the HYDRAPULSE, a gate device that controls the flow of effluent to minimise the impact of silt and debris deposits in sewers.

Aussie Trenchless Supplies has appointed a new Australian distributor for HOT SLEEVE – the electric blanket for the trenchless patch lining and T-seal repair industry.

Trenchless Australasia speaks with Christopher Malan about the history of the Ditch Witch brand in Australasia, his personal association with the company, and the rapid uptake of no-dig methods around the world.

Operators have a lot to consider when conducting HDD work to make sure that a job progresses smoothly and with little disruption. Vermeer has been listening to its users and taken these concerns into account during the design and production of its new S3 series of HDD machines.

The latest edition of Trenchless Australasia magazine is now available to be read online as a digital magazine.

Queensland Urban Utilities is constructing a new AU$55 million sewer on the outskirts of Brisbane’s CBD. Once the project has been completed, the utility has said that the sewer will be the longest pipe jack using glass reinforced pipe (GRP) in Australia.

Primus Line has provided a trenchless sewer rehabilitation solution for two troublesome water mains in New South Wales.

Trenchless Australasia speaks to Primus Line’s first Australasian representative Mark Trembath about his how he got his start in trenchless, some of his most memorable projects, and the role of the ASTT in growing the industry.