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Last minute registrations are still available for the WaterNZ Conference and Expo taking place this week at Claudelands Arena in Hamilton, New Zealand on 20-22 September 2017.

The winners of the 2017 ASTT Awards have been revealed during No-Dig Down Under’s Gala Dinner and Awards Evening on 14 September.

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.

Queensland Urban Utilities is relying on Trenchless Technology to construct almost AU$175 million of major water and sewerage projects that are currently underway.

Registration for Australasia’s only dedicated Trenchless Technology conference, No-Dig Down Under (NDDU), closes on Friday 8 September 2017.

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

City West Water has awarded Quinn Civil Pty Ltd a construction contract for the AU$24 million Spencer Street Sewer Upgrade project.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan have inspected a mini tunnel boring machine (TBM) that has started relocating utilities in preparation for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel under St Kilda Road.

Construction on Queensland Urban Utilities AU$55 million Bulimba Creek Stage 2 Sewer Upgrade continues to progress.

A NULCA member has highlighted the grey area surrounding confined space issues that seem to be commonly encountered in every work area in the locating environment.

South East Water (SE Water) last month commenced an AU$2.6 million project to renew a pair of sewer mains 25 km south east of the Melbourne CBD.

Trenchless expert Harris Civil has completed a challenging pipe renewal project on the outskirts of Melbourne, relying on the power and dependability of a TT Asia-Pacific Goliath machine.

The Drain Man has acquired an advanced suite of sewer technology from Austeck, which the company’s founder says makes its fleet of sewer rehabilitation equipment among the “best in the world”.

Trenchless contractor G.P. Friel has completed the renewal of a 180 m pipeline using TRACTO-TECHNIK’s GRUNDOCRACK pipe bursting system in Wellington, New Zealand. According to the contractor the project could be the longest pipe cracking renewal ever undertaken in the country.

Advertising opportunities are available for the 2017 edition of the Australasian Trenchless Directory.

Sydney Water has won three more awards for its ‘Keep wipes out of pipes’ education program.

What is believed to be one of Australia’s longest 1 m diameter horizontal directional drilling (HDD) installations has been executed in Cairns, Queensland. With the worksite bordering a popular recreation facility and main road, the team used trenchless methods to complete work on the restricted site footprint.

Melbourne Water recently completed a major trenchless project in Melbourne’s inner-north, rehabilitating a 100-year-old sewer and constructing a new 510 m gravity sewer in Carlton. The work, which was completed by a John Holland-KBR Joint Venture (JV), took close to two years to complete.

The 16 March event, hosted at Munich Brauhaus in Melbourne, was attended by 40 individuals from the local trenchless industry.

Paper submissions will be accepted until 5pm on 22 March 2017. Submit today to avoid missing out.

South East Water has celebrated a milestone on Australia’s largest pressure sewer project, Peninsula ECO (PenECO).

Sydney Water has welcomed the ACCC’s decision to take action against two major manufacturers of wet wipes marketed as being ‘flushable’.

The AU$1.3 million project will utilise Trenchless Technology extend the life of the pipes by at least 50 years.

The Water Corporation has successfully completed a 6 km wastewater network rehabilitation operation in Victoria Park, Western Australian.

Sewer and stormwater drains in Canterbury, New Zealand, will be inspected for earthquake damage under the Earthquake and War Damages Commission’s program of works.

The NSW Chapter of the ASTT will hold its first 2016 Technical Forum on 27 April at the Parramatta RSL in Sydney.