A recent microtunnelling demonstration in Ipswich, Queensland, organised by Rob Carr, HOBAS and Queensland Urban Utilities, drew over 80 attendees including utility employees, consultant engineers and contractors.
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Engineering added value on tunnelling projects
Specialist cost engineers with hands-on construction experience are continuing to add significant value to tunnelling projects across Australia.
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Pezzimenti Trenchless takes on the tough jobs
Trenchless Australasia talks to Pezzimenti Trenchless Director Joe Pezzimenti about some of the recent projects the company has worked on and the services the company provides.
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What lies beneath
Access Detection Director and current National Utility Locating Contractors Association Committee Member Anthony Johnstone speaks with Trenchless Australasia about the importance of using pipe and cable locator technology for auger boring, directional drilling or any kind of excavation works.
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Trenchless Live 2012: Exhibitor Preview
Trenchless Live 2012 is all about the live demonstrations that will take place across the two-day event. It's at these demonstrations that attendees will be able to see the latest equipment live in action, and visualise exactly how the technologies could be best used on their next job site. Here, we preview a selection of the products, services and know-how that will be on show.
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Shepparton sewer project shaping up
Construction works to replace an ageing sewer main are to commence soon in Shepparton, Victoria.
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Toowong Sewer Upgrade Stage 1 complete
Stage 1 of the Queensland-based Toowong Sewer Upgrade has now been completed, with Stages 2 and 3 now underway.
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Pilot tube microtunnelling for transit rail
On Queensland's Gold Coast, utilities and infrastructure company UEA is using Trenchless Technology to assist in the construction of the Rapid Transit Light Rail System, which will travel along the Gold Coast Highway.
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QUU benefits from microtunnelling
Queensland Urban Utilities is utilising microtunnelling across South East Queensland to install or upgrade major services for the region.
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Tunnelling in the Top End
Winslow Infrastructure has maintained a strong reputation for completing challenging projects by installing almost 1 km of DN900 sewer by microtunnelling in Darwin.
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Tunnel planned in NSW
The Sydney North Strathfield Rail Underpass Project, as part of the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Program, will involve construction of 200 m of driven tunnel and 645 m of drives.
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Queensland bores ahead with microtunnelling
Microtunnelling is proving to be a popular method of installation in the Sunshine State, with construction recently commencing on a new 500 m gravity sewer in Deebing Creek, and Stage 1 of Queensland Urban Utilities Toowong Sewer Upgrade now complete and progressing to Stages 2 and 3.
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Tunnelling under the Yarra River
Yarra Valley Water's $A2.7 million project to replace a 100-year-old sewer siphon that crosses underneath the Yarra River is progressing well, with construction on track for completion by the end of March.
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Tunnel boring to prevent flooding in Victoria
Melbourne Water is in its final stages of the Sandgate Avenue Drain Flood Mitigation Project, a project that has utilised the services of a tunnel boring machine for constructing a flood-alleviating stormwater tunnel in Frankston, Victoria.
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Leading the way in the Top End
Trenchless Australasia speaks with newest ASTT Councillor and current Power and Water Corporation Project Manager Peter Lockett about his new appointment and his work developing the trenchless industry throughout his career.
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A pioneer of the industry
With more than 50 years of experience in the water industry, it comes as no surprise that Bob Cadden was able to repeatedly introduce innovative and new techniques for renovating and installing mains.
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Epic tunnelling in the Blue Mountains
To celebrate the release of the ASTT's 20th anniversary book, Trenchless Australasia takes you back to 1993, when the idyllic and environmentally sensitive Blue Mountains northwest of Sydney became the site for one of Australia's largest sewerage upgrades.
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Microtunnelling for the environment
ZÌ_blin recently won the Tunnelling Project of the Year award at the 2011 International Tunnelling Awards for their work at the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Western Australia. Trenchless Australasia speaks with ZÌ_blin on the benefits of using this technology in a fragile environment.
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William Street Works reach halfway milestone
City West Water's $A20 million William Street Watermain Renewal Project, which has utilised pipe ramming underneath tram tracks and busy road sections, has passed its halfway milestone with works nearing completion near at its northern end.
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Humes’ segmental shaft solutions run rings around tough jobs
Humes' segmental shafts have recently been released on the Australasian market and are increasingly becoming the shaft of choice in major projects across Australia.
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Tunnelling a shore thing for Chevron
Thiess has won an $US61.9 million microtunnelling contract for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia.
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Toowong Sewer set for upgrades
Microtunnelling and tunnel boring are set to be used for Queensland Urban Utilities' Toowong Sewer Upgrade Project, which is due to commence mid to late January 2012.
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Gladstone tunnel construction tender coming soon
The Arrow Energy Liquified Natural Gas Project on Curtis Island, Queensland, will soon be requiring construction services to build a coal seam gas transportation tunnel.
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ZÌ_blin receives NCE International Tunnelling Award
The NCE International Tunnelling Award "÷Tunnelling Project of the Year' was awarded in Hong Kong last week to ZÌ_blin Australia.
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Tunnelling success in Melbourne
The Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement, an historic upgrade of Melbourne's century old main sewer, has progressed well over the past twelve months and is tracking ahead of its scheduled mid-2012 completion date.
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Jacking under pressure
HOBAS has recently achieved an Australian first by facilitating the first-known use of pressured jacking pipe in Australia for the Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement project.
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