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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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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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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Take charge of defective private laterals
Private laterals are often in a poor condition and can have a significant impact on the performance of a sewer system. Typically private laterals make up half of the sewer network and contribute on average 40 per cent of the total inflow and infiltration.
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Listening for leaks in Melbourne
Melbourne's water retailers are examining more than 7,000 km of water mains, using listening sticks and ground microphones to locate leaks, a program expected to save around 1.8 billion litres of water this year.
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SRWP tunnels provide water windfalls
The Southern Regional Water Pipeline (SRWP) project is a fundamental part of the Queensland Government's drought strategy initiative, involving ten microtunnels and extensive pigging.
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High pressure water cleaning tests on T seals and patch lining
Sydney Water, along with most other authorities throughout Australia, has for many years been carrying out extensive programs to rehabilitate their reticulation sewer assets using Trenchless Technology.
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Where to for telecommunications and the trenchless industry?
In the late 1990s the telecommunications industry facilitated a boom in directionally drilled installations. Public policy and industry developments could mean an increased use of Trenchless Technology in the future.
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Tunnelling Melbourne’s future
The Northern Sewerage Project (NSP) is an $A650 million essential infrastructure project that will improve the health of Melbourne's waterways and provide much needed additional capacity of the sewerage system for Melbourne's growing northern suburbs.
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Harker underground in Timaru
After completing a four hundred metre long, three metre diameter stormwater drive from Pillans Point Road in Otumoetai to the Tauranga Harbour estuary, a Harker team led by Leigh Bishop turned its attentions to the South Island of New Zealand.
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Improving the capital with CIPP
CIPP technology has protected Canberra landmarks such as the National Library and Lake Burley Griffin from contamination
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Protecting your assets
The trenchless sewer rehabilitation industry is well established in Australia and has grown from its origins in pipe rehabilitation to include rehabilitation of other parts of the sewer network, including methods for spot repairs, sealing of lateral connections and renewal of house service lines.
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Pipeline inspection goes digital
The digital sewer pipeline inspection survey system has been successfully demonstrated on a project completed for Helsinki Water.
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Flying high with Vacjet
Vacjet Custom Built Loaders and Jetters specialise in the design and manufacturer of high quality vacuum loaders, drain cleaning jetters and combination units.
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Vermeer: super sized with service to match
Vermeer Corporation has expanded its complete line of NAVIGATOR HDDs with the introduction of three maxi-sized drill rigs, designed specifically for large diameter pipe installations.
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