Australian desalination projects are successfully using Trenchless Technology to protect sensitive areas and avoid inconveniencing the local populace. Here, Trenchless Australasia looks at the methods used and how they have enhanced project delivery for the Gold Coast, Sydney, Adelaide, Southern Seawater and Victorian desalination projects.
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Trevor Gosatti – Promoting ASTT and the trenchless industry
Newly appointed ASTT Chairman Trevor Gosatti has seen incredible transformation of the Trenchless Technology industry and now plans to drive Australia forward as a world leader. Kate Pemberton spoke with Mr Gosatti about his experiences, passions and hopes for ASTT and the industry.
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Pipe bursting shines in Alliance
In Sydney, pipe bursting technology has been used to rehabilitate over 152 kilometres of pipe in busy urban areas.
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Sewer asset maintenance: root foaming
Root control is an important element of an effective overall strategy to maintain sewer reticulation assets. Company director of Drainchem Sewer Maintenance Products Marshall Horne spoke with Trenchless Australasia about strategic planning and the advantages of root foams.
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Aurora Australis – the TBM putting the Bogong Hydro Power Project in lights
The fourth and final link in the scheme, the Bogong Power Development Project, to be commissioned in late 2009, will add another 140 MW to the existing 241 MW generating capacity of the Kiewa Valley Hydroelectric Scheme, making it the largest hydropower project to be constructed in Australia in 25 years. Lucy Rochlin visited the site, getting up close with the project's Tunnel Boring Machine, Aurora Australis.
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Trenchless a winner at public infrastructure awards
The largest diameter sewer pipe to be rehabilitated using Trenchless Technology in New Zealand has won the INGENIUM Excellence Award for public infrastructure.
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Pipe jacking with Tunnel Boring Australia
Tunnel Boring Australia has completed a number of interesting pipe jacking projects across the eastern coast of the country - delivering services under road and rail. Here Trenchless Australasia reviews a selection of the successful projects.
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Bursting records in Ukraine
In line with the most optimistic forecasts of Ukrainian experts, the introduction of Trenchless Technology into national practices of construction and repair of underground networks is gaining momentum.
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Relining – defending the barracks
Nuflow's relining technology has been used to successfully reline the Jezzine Barracks sewer lines, protecting the site, located in Townsville Queensland.
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Resins – setting the trend
Daniel Miklos discusses the role of resins in the Australasian Trenchless Technology industry and the application of various resin types for specific situations.
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The new Trenchless Australasia site is live!
The highly anticipated updated Trenchless Australasia website is now live! The website is an invaluable source for all the latest trenchless industry news, projects and profiles.
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Sydney Water wins heritage award
Trenchless rehabilitation work to restore one of Sydney's oldest sewers earned Sydney Water an engineering excellence award at the Streets Opening Conference, held in May.
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No Dig goes to Moscow
In early June, delegates from around the world, including locals Jeff Pace and Chris Bland, made their way to Moscow for the 2008 International No Dig.
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Direct Pipe: the latest innovation in pipeline construction
What do you get when you cross microtunnelling with horizontal directional drilling? Herrenknecht introduces the Direct Pipe, a new trenchless method combining microtunnelling and HDD techniques for a more efficient pipe installation technique.
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Pipe jacks storming ahead in Queensland
As a result of the Australian Infrastructure boom, Tunnel Boring Australia (TBA) has completed over 20 pipe jacked tunnels in the last 18 months with diameters ranging from 1,350 mm to 2,400 mm diameter for a variety of disciplines and clients on the eastern coast.
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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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A centenary of service rewarded with Trenchless Technology
The Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement (MMSR) is a vital infrastructure project employing Trenchless Technology to meet the future growth of Melbourne.
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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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Microtunnelling Christchurch’s Ocean Outfall Pipeline
Microtunnelling has been used at the construction of an ocean outfall pipeline in Christchurch, New Zealand to transfer treated wastewater from the existing treatment ponds at the city wastewater treatment plant to diffusers located 3 km offshore.
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Project Hobson: strength to strength
A high performance tunnel boring machine (TBM) - nicknamed Te Kaha, literally "÷the strength'- is boring a 3 km tunnel crossing Auckland's Hobson Bay.
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Trenchless ensures cleaner oceans for Guam
The deep ocean outfalls of Guam's Northern District and Agana Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) are in the process of being extended by Trenchless Technology.
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Singapore International Water Week
The first Singapore International Water Week took place in June and was a global platform for the discussion of water solutions. Policy makers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners, including many local faces, came together to address challenges, showcase technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water world.
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2009 shaping up to be huge event
Preparation is well underway for Trenchless Australasia 2009, the 8th National ASTT Conference and Exhibition taking place in Melbourne from September 20-22, 2009.
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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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Golden run for Winslow
Winslow Infrastructure Tunnelling Division have successfully completed three significant microtunnelling projects for the GCDA.
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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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