Herrenknecht has added fully a fully electric rig to its HDD portfolio.
IMS Robotics Group to establish IMS Robotics Australia
German Group to partner with local trenchless experts to develop the markets in Australasia.
TRACTO reveals new drill at Bauma
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) manufacturer TRACTO has launched the company’s newest machine at one of the world’s largest construction events.
Innovative vertical liner installed for the first time
Vertiliner® XR, a new maintenance hole rehabilitation solution developed for deeper installs and higher static demands, has been installed for the first time.
5ELEM, NordiTube expand globally
Leading Chinese manufacturer 5ELEM has become the main shareholder in NordiTube Technologies, strengthening a partnership whose presence will be felt globally in the trenchless industry.
Leading relining product selected for important European pipeline rehabilitation
SAERTEX-LINER® H₂O, which has been successfully installed more than 100 times around the world, will be used to reline an important 2.4 km pipeline in Poland.
SAERTEX-LINER H₂O Proves itself again in the rehabilitation of 2.4 km Potable Water Pipeline in Poland
With firm confidence in the innovative technology from over 100 successful installation projects worldwide, SAERTEX-LINER® H₂O has been selected again for the rehabilitation of a 2.4 km long water supply pipeline in Bełchatów, Poland.
Trenchless in Valencia: More than 500m of SAERTEX-LINER H2O potable water UV liner installed
With the successful installation of SAERTEX-LINER H2O, the potable water supply for over 1.6 million people in Valencia, Spain, was secured in the late summer of 2020.
ISTT to hold lateral sewer repair webinar
Entitled Repair of lateral sewers and lateral connections – comparison of techniques and quality assurance and presented by Dr Iain Naismith and Serdar Ulutaş, the webinar will highlight the lessons learned from 1:1 scale evaluation of the performance of technologies available for the repair of lateral sewers, particularly the use of patch repairs, and repair of lateral connections.
100 HDD Viking Link begins
Balfour Beatty was awarded a £90 million ($161.2 million) contract in 2020 to deliver the onshore works for the Viking Link Interconnector Project for a National Grid and Energinet joint venture (JV).
WATCH: TBM cutterhead transported to HS2
The TBMs were manufactured by Herrenknecht in Germany and arrived in the UK at the end of 2020 where they have now been assembled.
HS2 awards TBM contracts
Herrenknecht are constructing the two tunnel boring machines (TBMs), which are scheduled to be delivered onsite in the UK by the end of 2021.
The London tunnels for HS2 are twin bored, and will be 13 miles (20.9 km) each way, with a combined total of 26 miles (41.8 km).
The program of tunnelling between central London and the M25 will be undertaken by SCS JV; overall, there will be 10 TBMs purchased to construct the 64 miles (103 km) of tunnelling along the HS2 route between the West Midlands and London.
“As the construction partner responsible for the majority of tunnels on the HS2 project, our contract for the first two TBMs is a major milestone for us,” said STRABAG JV Managing Director James Richardson.
“This partnership with Herrenknecht has brought together leading expertise in both our organisations and together we are constructing some of the most advanced TBMs in the world to efficiently drive the tunnels under London.”
Once underground, the TBMs will run for 22 months nonstop.
For more information visit the HS2 website.
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