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Wednesday 10 March 2010

NEWS

Two 6.4 m (21.0 ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBMs were launched in winter 2009-2010 beneath Chongqing, China--a mega-city of over 35 million people. The two machines are excavating twin 12 km (7.5 mi) long tunnels for Line 6 of the Chongqing ... [read more]

The city is using a cost-effective technology that replaces century-old sewer lines, with no excavation required, Roger Bird writes. OTTAWA — It was an environmental and traffic nightmare waiting to happen, on the heels of a sanitation night... [read more]

TT-UK attended the Highways & Utilities Innovations Day held at Longbridge, Warwickshire on 10th February 2010. The event, organised in partnership with West Midlands HAUC, Severn Trent Water and Enterprise, ensured that the day was pac... [read more]

egeplast HexelOne high pressure pipes made of polyethylene
08.03.2010 - The egeplast HexelOne® Raised Pressure system has now been certified as a complete system by the TÜV SÜD for use where there are increased operating pressures. The new egeplast HexelOne® pipe is a self-reinforced high pressure ... [read more]

Yes, You Can Shift an Old Tree
05.03.2010 - Quite often, there is an alternative to the power saw if trees are standing in the way of an inevitable building project. Shifting large trees offers a wealth of interesting advantages, not only from an ecological point of view. (Klaus Schröder... [read more]

Inspection Chambers Economically Rehabilitated
05.03.2010 - In the course of sewer rehabilitation in Erding, the house connections and inspection chambers belonging to the properties are systematically inspected and rehabilitated. The association for sewage treatment Erdinger Moos (AZV) as the ordering party ... [read more]

Sliplining Fits Proactive Approach to Pipe Repair
04.03.2010 - By acting before a problem became an emergency, planners in Hamilton Township, NJ, took a proactive approach to rehabilitating an existing sanitary sewer pipeline showing signs of deterioration in its crown. The 72" diameter reinforced concrete ... [read more]

Geospatial Holdings, Inc. Featured in TIME Magazine
02.03.2010 - Geospatial Holdings, Inc., a developer and producer of technologies and services for managing underground pipeline assets, is featured in an article in the March 8 edition of TIME magazine. The article, written by Coeli Carr, describes the critical c... [read more]

Powered Reaming Head: GBM Owners Must-Have Upsizing Tool
02.03.2010 - Akkerman Inc. recently unveiled the Powered Reaming Head (PRH) upsizing kit for its Guided Boring Machine (GBM) system. This robust GBM accessory allows owners to bore multiple pipe diameters with just one set of 11” OD (279 mm) thrust casings ... [read more]

New green robot aids carbon footprint reduction in rehabilitation works
25.02.2010 - JS Kanalrobotik GmbH of Rheinstetten, Germany, in association with its newly appointed UK and Ireland distributor, CJ Kelly Associates, recently introduced to the pipeline rehabilitation market the latest advance in robot technology. The new JS Kanal... [read more]

PolyU-Industry raises trenchless standard for underground pipeline
24.02.2010 - Working in collaboration with the industry and utility companies, civil engineering experts of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have made great strides in expediting the use of "trenchless" technology for installing underground ... [read more]

GRUNDOBURST a stornaway success
23.02.2010 - A Grundoburst 400G supplied by TT-UK to leading Outer Hebrides contractor Duncan Mackay & Sons, has recently completed some demanding pipe bursting work in Dock Road and South Beach Street in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. S... [read more]

Bahrain presents Master Plan for Sanitary Engineering
22.02.2010 - The National Master Plan for Bahrain was developed during 2008/09 within the framework of the project “Consultancy Services for the Development of a National Master Plan for the Sanitary Engineering Services of the Kingdom of Bahrain” tha... [read more]

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