An understanding of the river bottom profile and the ground conditions beneath it are essential to produce a good drill path design, as without this information being available there is an increased risk that problems will develop either during construction or operation of a pipeline.
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Relieving Rosanna: boring works for Yarra Valley Water
Melbourne's largest water business Yarra Valley Water found that branch sewers located with the North Yarra and Rosanna Sewerage Catchment Area Plan (SCAP) were unable to contain sewerage during storms, resulting in the need to construct a $A3.5 million relieving sewer via Trenchless Technology.
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ORFEUS: testing a new bore-head GPR for HDD equipment
The Optimised Radar to find Every Utility in the Street (ORFEUS) is a collaborative research project aiming to improve the performance of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and develop a new radar to provide look-ahead capability for HDD equipment.
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Into the vortex
Vortex Pipes Limited has been awarded a contract with the Water Corporation of Western Australia to refurbish sewers in the Perth region through its subsidiary Premium Pipe Services.
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CIPP – relining pipe in Honolulu
Insituform Technologies has been awarded a $US9.1 million contract by the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii to reline sewer pipe using cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP).
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HOBAS GRP pipe for jacking in Epping
Yarra Valley Water's Epping Branch Sewer Stage 2 will include 900 metres of pipe jacking 1,000 mm diameter pipe through solid basalt, located in Melbourne Victoria.
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Ollie breaks through for Sugarloaf
An 830 metre tunnel under the Toolangi State Forest, which forms part of the Sugarloaf Pipeline, has been completed using "÷Ollie', an $A8 million, 100 tonne remote-controlled tunnel boring machine (TBM). The tunnel was started on 1 April and took a crew of ten workers ten weeks to complete.
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HOBAS goes Global
HOBAS jacking pipe is returning to the Australian market! Because of the advantages it offers over traditional, rigid jacking materials, HOBAS jacking pipe has become the jacking pipe material of choice in Europe and North America.
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Delivering desalinated water to Sydney
The $A650 million water delivery infrastructure project, part of the Sydney's Desalination Project, aims to secure Sydney's water supply for future generations by constructing approximately 24 km of pipelines across Botany Bay, Australia.
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Glenelg to Adelaide: pipeline shoots ahead
Water management has become a hot topic around Australia; in South Australia thrust boring and pipe jacking are being used to ensure a sustainable water supply to Adelaide parklands.
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Bursting in Hastings
Recently East Coast Utilities took delivery of the Tracto-Technik Grundoburst 800G hydraulic pipe bursting machine to undertake some extensive replacement work for Hastings District Council in New Zealand.
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Vermeer: super sized with service to match
Vermeer Corporation has expanded its complete line of NAVIGATOR HDDs with the introduction of three maxi-sized drill rigs, designed specifically for large diameter pipe installations.
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Advising the industry
Trenchless Advisor Pty Ltd has successfully positioned itself in the trenchless market as an independent consultant prepared to deal with issues previously overlooked or placed in the too-hard basket. The company, in operation for 18 months, specialises in HDD and other trenchless techniques.
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Polyethylene – the flexible option
As Australian cities and towns continue to grow, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get good and clear site access to conduct critical services infrastructure works.
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Predicting corrosion
Earlier this year an Australian research project, led by partners Gold Coast Water, Sydney Water and the University of Queensland's Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), was awarded the East Asia and Pacific Regional IWA Project Innovation Award in the category of Applied Research.
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Take charge of defective private laterals
Private laterals are often in a poor condition and can have a significant impact on the performance of a sewer system. Typically private laterals make up half of the sewer network and contribute on average 40 per cent of the total inflow and infiltration.
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Listening for leaks in Melbourne
Melbourne's water retailers are examining more than 7,000 km of water mains, using listening sticks and ground microphones to locate leaks, a program expected to save around 1.8 billion litres of water this year.
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SRWP tunnels provide water windfalls
The Southern Regional Water Pipeline (SRWP) project is a fundamental part of the Queensland Government's drought strategy initiative, involving ten microtunnels and extensive pigging.
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High pressure water cleaning tests on T seals and patch lining
Sydney Water, along with most other authorities throughout Australia, has for many years been carrying out extensive programs to rehabilitate their reticulation sewer assets using Trenchless Technology.
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Where to for telecommunications and the trenchless industry?
In the late 1990s the telecommunications industry facilitated a boom in directionally drilled installations. Public policy and industry developments could mean an increased use of Trenchless Technology in the future.
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Tunnelling Melbourne’s future
The Northern Sewerage Project (NSP) is an $A650 million essential infrastructure project that will improve the health of Melbourne's waterways and provide much needed additional capacity of the sewerage system for Melbourne's growing northern suburbs.
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Harker underground in Timaru
After completing a four hundred metre long, three metre diameter stormwater drive from Pillans Point Road in Otumoetai to the Tauranga Harbour estuary, a Harker team led by Leigh Bishop turned its attentions to the South Island of New Zealand.
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Improving the capital with CIPP
CIPP technology has protected Canberra landmarks such as the National Library and Lake Burley Griffin from contamination
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Protecting your assets
The trenchless sewer rehabilitation industry is well established in Australia and has grown from its origins in pipe rehabilitation to include rehabilitation of other parts of the sewer network, including methods for spot repairs, sealing of lateral connections and renewal of house service lines.
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Pipeline inspection goes digital
The digital sewer pipeline inspection survey system has been successfully demonstrated on a project completed for Helsinki Water.
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Flying high with Vacjet
Vacjet Custom Built Loaders and Jetters specialise in the design and manufacturer of high quality vacuum loaders, drain cleaning jetters and combination units.
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