Winslow Infrastructure Tunnelling Division have successfully completed three significant microtunnelling projects for the GCDA.
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WSAA partners with US organisations
The Australian urban water industry has entered a partnership with leading United States drinking water and wastewater research bodies to co-operatively fund water related research projects and share knowledge and outcomes.
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Kembla’s continued renewal
Kembla Watertech's Water Renewal Division has continued to expand since the division was established eighteen months ago.
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100 years of life underground!
The Streets Opening Conference (SOC), an association of all major utilities concerned with underground services, designed to foster coordination of service providers' works and minimising the impacts caused by opening roads, was held in Sydney from 18-20 May.
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BTB: directional drilling all over Australia
Offering consulting and project management services for underground locations, including pit and pipe installations, BTB Australia has won a number of recent contracts around the country.
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Momentum consortium wins water contract
The Momentum consortium comprising Veolia Network Services, CLM Infrastructure and Bovis Lend Lease has been appointed to deliver the $A900 million Sydney Water Watermains Program.
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Coe Drilling successfully completes PNG river crossing
In early 2008, Ok Tedi Mining contracted Coe Drilling to undertake the Ok Tedi River crossing project, entailing the construction of a 500 m long DN 200 steel mine waste tailings pipeline beneath the Ok Tedi River to transport the mine waste to a newly constructed tailings dam on the west side of the river near Bige in Papua New Guinea.
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HOBAS GRP pipe for jacking in Epping
Yarra Valley Water's Epping Branch Sewer Stage 2 will include 900 metres of pipe jacking 1,000 mm diameter pipe through solid basalt, located in Melbourne Victoria.
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Use of Geophysical Techniques to Investigate River Crossing Alignments
An understanding of the river bottom profile and the ground conditions beneath it are essential to produce a good drill path design, as without this information being available there is an increased risk that problems will develop either during construction or operation of a pipeline.
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Kembla celebrates 15 years
Kembla Watertech, the company that introduced the Ex lining to Australia, is celebrating fifteen years as a specialist Trenchless Technology company.
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Conference program finalised
The technical program for the ASTT 8th National Exhibition and Conference offers a wide variety of topics in the field of Trenchless Technology, including the latest developments in projects, policy, technology and more.
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Contracting improved sewer services in NSW
John Holland, as part of the Priority Sewerage Program Alliance being delivered by Sydney Water in conjunction with MWH Australia, United Group Infrastructure and Manidis Roberts, has been awarded three contracts to deliver new water infrastructure in New South Wales. The projects involve a range of trenchless techniques.
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Contract strategies for the delivery of sewer rehabilitation projects
Sewer rehabilitation works are different. They contain unique challenges and risks that are not present in standard construction projects. As such, contract approaches that are used for standard construction activities often do not work when applied to sewer rehabilitation works. There is a need to develop contract strategies specifically for sewer rehabilitation works.
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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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Next generation CIPP lining system sets new benchmark
Insituform's next generation pipe lining system, iPlus Infusion, has arrived in Australia - the gap has finally been filled.
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SIWW opens in Singapore!
SM Jayakumar gave the opening speech at Singapore International Water Week 2009 stating that infrastructure and technology are two key components of sustainable urban water management.
The Sustainable Development Challenge
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The Sustainable Development Challenge
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Australia’s largest water recycling project nears completion
Late in October 2008, pumps were activated, valves were opened and pipelines were filled as purified recycled water flowed from Gibson Island and Luggage Point Advanced Water Treatment Plants at the mouth of the Brisbane River into 200 kilometres of large diameter pipeline. The pipeline was installed using HDD for the projects many road and river crossings.
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Pushing through in Perth
In an Australian first, Insituform's PolyFold pressure pipe rehabilitation system was recently used to rehabilitate a critical watermain for the Water Corporation in Perth, WA.
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Vacuum excavators make potholing a breeze
Contractors are increasingly being required to dig potholes in the ground that are neat, clean and will not damage existing utility cables. Vacuum excavators are delivering accurate, precise potholes that do not leave behind a mess.
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Rehab record for Interflow
Interflow, an Australian pipeline renewal contractor, recently installed the world's longest and largest continuous spirally wound pipe liner from a fixed winding machine as part of a sewer rehabilitation project in Sydney.
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HOBAS goes Global
HOBAS jacking pipe is returning to the Australian market! Because of the advantages it offers over traditional, rigid jacking materials, HOBAS jacking pipe has become the jacking pipe material of choice in Europe and North America.
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Danish mobile dewatering saves time, fuel and money
Sewer Equipment Company Australia (SECA) presents mobile dewatering technology from the Danish manufacturer
J. Hvidtved Larsen A/S (JHL)
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J. Hvidtved Larsen A/S (JHL)
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Delivering desalinated water to Sydney
The $A650 million water delivery infrastructure project, part of the Sydney's Desalination Project, aims to secure Sydney's water supply for future generations by constructing approximately 24 km of pipelines across Botany Bay, Australia.
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Glenelg to Adelaide: pipeline shoots ahead
Water management has become a hot topic around Australia; in South Australia thrust boring and pipe jacking are being used to ensure a sustainable water supply to Adelaide parklands.
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Bursting in Hastings
Recently East Coast Utilities took delivery of the Tracto-Technik Grundoburst 800G hydraulic pipe bursting machine to undertake some extensive replacement work for Hastings District Council in New Zealand.
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Pipe jacking record in Perth
A pipe jacking record has been set on the 4.9 kilometre extension of the Quinns Main Sewer, north of Perth.
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