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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.

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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.

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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.

John Holland recently confirmed the latest TBM breakthrough on Yarra Valley Water’s Amaroo Main Sewer Project.

South East Water and South Gippsland Water will be working in collaboration to deliver the groundbreaking Poowong, Loch and Nyora Sewer Scheme.

A recent report from Infrastructure Australia called on the Federal Government to provide financial assistance to complete the vital sewerage infrastructure rehabilitation works in Tasmania.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter, Scot MacDonald MLC, has announced plans to revamp Newcastle’s ageing sewer networks to cope with population growth.

Work is now underway on the Gosford City Council’s Cockle Bay Towns Sewerage Project, a major sewerage improvement strategy that will employ Trenchless Technology throughout construction and installation.

The full program of speakers, presentations, networking and social events for Ozwater 2016 is now available for download from the Ozwater website.

The NSW utility has release a 30-year water infrastructure management strategy covering leak management and the maintenance of critical wastewater services.

Trenchless Australasia has been named as one of the official media partners of Australia’s international water conference and exhibition, Ozwater.