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Vermeer manufactures a range of vacuum excavators which save time, labour and material handling costs.

Australia, Company news, Featured, From the magazine, HDD, News, Pipelines, Projects, Vacuum excavation

Vacuum excavator becomes tool of choice in council fleets

Vacuum excavators are the often unsung hero of the trenchless technology world, quickly and effectively moving soil when needed so that horizontal directional drilling can take place. Read More

Christian Alphonso30 December 2022, 10:00 am20 December 2022

kwik-ZIP spacers were installed at 2 m intervals throughout the project as per Sydney Water‘s specifications.

Australia, Company news, Featured, From the magazine, International, News, Newsletter, Pipe jacking, Pipeline construction, Projects

kwik-ZIP’s HDX-90 supports trenchless water main installation

kwik-ZIP’s centraliser and spacer systems are solving production casing centralisation challenges throughout the pipeline industry, in Australia and overseas. Read More

Christian Alphonso27 December 2022, 10:00 am6 January 2023

Ballarat tunnel boring lights around Lake Wendouree.

Australia, Featured, Microtunnelling, News, Newsletter, Projects, Rehabilitation, Victoria, Wastewater

Ballarat sewer build uses microtunneling

Central Highlands Water’s Ballarat Sewer Build will commence stage 2 of its duplication in 2023 with microtunnelling beneath Humffray Street South. Read More

Christian Alphonso19 December 2022, 4:31 pm20 December 2022

Company news, Featured, From the magazine, New Zealand, News, Newsletter, Operations, Projects, Rehabilitation, Relining, Utility location, Wastewater

Watercare: Auckland wastewater pipes get 50 more years

Some of Auckland’s ageing wastewater pipes are getting a new lease on life thanks to trenchless technology being used to reline the pipes. Read More

Christian Alphonso6 December 2022, 4:14 pm6 December 2022

Australia, Company news, Featured, Microtunnelling, News, Pipeline construction, Projects, Utility location, Wastewater, Western Australia

Rob Carr wins CCF WA award

Rob Carr’s Gnangara Branch Sewer Section 2 project has received a Contractors Federation (CCF) WA award. Read More

Christian Alphonso9 November 2022, 9:22 am9 November 2022

Featured, From the magazine, HDD, New Zealand, News, Projects, Rehabilitation, Utility location, Wastewater, Water

Watercare proactively tackles massive pipe renewal program

Auckland’s water and wastewater company, Watercare, has turned to trenchless technologies to overcome many of the challenges of its pipe renewal programs. Read More

Christian Alphonso27 October 2022, 9:04 am3 November 2022

Featured, HDD, News, Pipelines, Projects, Utility location, Victoria, Water

HDD protecting native wildlife in Gippsland

Utilities company Gippsland Water is securing the water and wastewater future for the towns of Warragul and Drouin as part of the western ring main project. Read More

Christian Alphonso13 October 2022, 12:30 pm13 October 2022

Featured, HDD, Microtunnelling, New Zealand, News, Pipeline construction, Projects, Wastewater

Ever forward with Watercare’s $300m investment program

Watercare’s proactive upgrades program is full steam ahead as final preparations are made to commence work on the new Warkworth-Snells wastewater pipe north of Auckland.
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Christian Alphonso7 October 2022, 2:05 pm10 October 2022

Featured, Microtunnelling, New Zealand, News, Projects, Tunnelling, Wastewater

Central Interceptor project extended

An extra 1.5 km has been added to the Central Interceptor project as Watercare’s massive tunnel boring machine reaches Manukau Harbour.
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Christian Alphonso30 September 2022, 9:18 am10 October 2022

Featured, News, Projects, Victoria, Wastewater

Yarra Valley Water opens tender for HDD advisory

Yarra Valley Water is searching for an expert in trenchless construction to consult on the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) activities included in its Community Sewerage Program. Read More

Christian Alphonso6 September 2022, 4:08 pm11 October 2022

Featured, From the magazine, HDD, News, Projects

Investing in learning opportunities to give customers tools to nurture skills: Michels

When horizontal directional drilling (HDD) emerged in the mid-1960s as a new way to install utility lines under immovable or unavoidable obstacles without significant surface disruptions, crossings spanned
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Staff Writer1 September 2022, 8:56 am6 September 2022

Featured, From the magazine, News, Projects, Rehabilitation, Relining, Wastewater, Western Australia

McRoberts restores PST channels at Woodman Point

The Woodman Point Waste Water Treatment Plant in Munster, Perth, has experienced deterioration of the concrete structure around its channels due to gas attack. Read More

Staff Writer30 August 2022, 8:20 am11 October 2022

Australasia, Featured, From the magazine, New South Wales, News, People and policy, Projects, South Australia

Hard-work and loyalty comes first at Ditch Witch CEA and Walker and Gray Earthworks

Dedicated to delivering expert advice to its customers, Ditch Witch CEA has helped businesses like Walker and Gray Earthworks establish themselves as reputable contractors throughout the trenchless industry. Read More

Staff Writer26 August 2022, 8:39 am11 October 2022

Australia, Featured, From the magazine, New South Wales, News, Projects

Underpinning Australia’s transition to a renewable energy future, Snowy 2.0 is on its way

Snowy 2.0, the latest and greatest chapter in the history of the Snowy Scheme, is the largest committed renewable energy project in Australia. A nation-building renewable energy project, Snowy 2.0 is set to provide on-demand energy and large-scale energy storage for generations to come.
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Staff Writer17 August 2022, 10:05 am11 October 2022

Australia, Featured, From the magazine, News, Projects

Pipeline rehabilitation and transport at the forefront in WA

Over the past year, there have been significant developments in the trenchless industry across Western Australia, with projects to improve water security and transport availability experiencing significant progress in their goals to improving prosperity for the state.
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Staff Writer10 August 2022, 12:20 pm11 October 2022

Featured, New Zealand, News, Projects, Recommended, Transport, Tunnelling

City Rail Link’s TBM is full steam ahead under Auckland

City Rail Link’s (CRL) tunnel boring machine (TBM) is as busy as ever as it progresses upwards to 42 m below the surface of Auckland, travelling toward Mercury Lane as progress on the momentous project continues. Read More

Staff Writer13 July 2022, 10:27 am12 October 2022

Australia, Company news, News, Projects, Queensland

Iplex Australia secures $51 million Townsville Haughton Pipeline contract

Australia’s manufacturing sector has received a ‘shot in the arm’, with Iplex Australia securing a $51 million contract to supply water solutions for one of the region’s largest water projects – the Haughton Pipeline Duplication stage 2.
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Staff Writer5 July 2022, 4:26 pm11 October 2022

Australia, Company news, Featured, From the magazine, News, Projects, Relining

Wilmot Pipelining sees success in projects across NSW

As of the end of 2021, Wilmot Pipelining successfully delivered the largest UV CIP liners ever installed in Australia. Wilmot has had a similarly busy year in 2022, with several projects underway and others completed, heralding in yet another year of impressive progress for the company.
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Staff Writer28 June 2022, 3:01 pm11 October 2022

Featured, New Zealand, News, Newsletter, Projects, Recommended, Transport

NZ’s City Rail Link produces innovative 3D model

New Zealand’s City Rail Link (CRL) has produced a 3D model of the midtown Auckland CRL station, which is currently under construction including the Te Wai Horotiu Station (Wellesley Street) building. Read More

Staff Writer28 June 2022, 2:42 pm12 October 2022

New Zealand, News, Newsletter, Projects, Recommended, Water

Auckland’s biggest water project finishes construction

Auckland’s biggest-ever water project – a $400 m water transmission pipeline from Manukau to Khyber Pass – has been completed after more than a decade in construction.
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Staff Writer28 June 2022, 2:41 pm11 October 2022

Featured, International, News, Projects

NZ’s City Rail Link continues to grow

The City Rail Link (CRL) is New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project in the nation’s history and is continuing to expand.
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Staff Writer25 May 2022, 12:19 pm11 October 2022

Australasia, Australia, Featured, News, No-Dig Down Under, Projects, Recommended

Spoilt for choice at the No-Dig Down Under conference

Attendees will have the opportunity to gain insight into industry, with three dedicated session streams to be presented at the No-Dig Down Under (NDDU) 2022 conference and exhibition.
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Staff Writer25 May 2022, 12:14 pm25 May 2022

Water infrastructure projects to expand industry

Australasia, Featured, Installation, News, Pipelines, Projects, South Australia, Water

SA Water to monitor Blue Lake groundwater supply

In an effort to enhance water security in the south east, SA Water intends to construct a series of groundwater monitoring bores at the southern side of the Blue Lake. Read More

Staff Writer10 May 2022, 9:49 am12 October 2022

Australia, Company news, Contract awards, Featured, News, Projects

Adept works through high-risk, challenging projects

Adept Civil Group has been contracted by Forensicare, managed by NCS Project Solutions, to upgrade an entire sewer system by method of trenchless technology. Read More

Staff Writer6 April 2022, 11:19 am12 October 2022

Boring, Company news, Contract awards, Featured, News, Projects, Tunnelling, Victoria

West Gate Tunnel TBM launches

Tunnelling on the West Gate Tunnel Project is off to a running start, with tunnel boring machine (TBM) officially launching into action. Read More

Staff Writer3 March 2022, 3:13 pm11 October 2022

Australia, Company news, Featured, From the magazine, News, Northern Territory, Projects, Rehabilitation, Relining, Utility location

McRobert completes access chamber refurbishments in the Northern Territory

McRobert Contracting Services is an Australian-owned and operated industry leader in the refurbishment of underground assets and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipeline technology. Operating since 1988, this Perth-based company has more than 30 years and nine patents behind it. Read More

Staff Writer3 March 2022, 2:01 pm11 October 2022