Trenchless Technology International
Trenchless Technology International is the official publication of ISTT. We serve as the premier communications vehicle for the promotion and development of the global trenchless industry. So whether you are in the United States, Canada, Europe or China, we provide you with the latest information about the trenchless industry — indeed we are the No. 1 source of trenchless information in the world! For more information about ISTT, visit www.istt.com.
Trenchless Technology & Cold Climates
Mar 01, 2008
With the development of the various trenchless technologies over the past 30 years, many of the applications and product developments have occurred in the largely developed regions of Europe, North America and Japan. more >>
Trenchless Community Heads to IFAT 2008
Mar 01, 2008
The largest environmental tradeshow in the world — IFAT — will be held May 5-9 in Munich. The popular show will attract more than 2,500 exhibiting companies and 100,000 visitors will fill the New Munich Trade Fair Centre’s 192,000-sq m exhibit space, indoors and outdoors. more >>
Meet You in Moscow
Mar 01, 2008
The 26th International No-Dig Conference and Exhibition comes to Moscow June 3-6, making it the temporary Mecca of the trenchless world. more >>
Warren Environmental Inc.:
Jan 01, 2008
An Innovative Company Makes a Big Footprint in the Coatings World more >>
2007 ISTT Awards: Academic and Student Paper
Jan 01, 2008
The ISTT presents its 2007 Academic and Student Paper Awards. more >>
Getting to Know ISTT Chairman Dec Downy
Jan 01, 2008
Dec Downey became the new chairman of the International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT)in September 2007 at the International No-Dig Show in Rome. more >>
Reforming Infrastucture
Jan 01, 2008
Insituform Technologies Ltd. of the United Kingdom (ITL) has a world renowned reputation for CIPP lining. Something perhaps not so well known is that the company also has a 30-year history of high-quality glass reinforced-plastic (GRP) liner installations. more >>
DCA-Europe Holds 12th Annual Congress in Dresden
Jan 01, 2008
Are drilling lengths up to 10 km in one go operated by means of HDD feasible in future? more >>
Brazilian Conference to Focus on Trenchless
Jan 01, 2008
The first No-Dig Latin America Edition and third Brazilian Conference on Trenchless Technology will be held Feb. 13-15 at the Transamerica Hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil. more >>
HDD Course Held in the Netherlands
Jan 01, 2008
Two days of presentations at the GEODELFT Institute took place Nov. 7-8, 2007, in Delft, Netherlands. The GEODELFT Academy had organized the course, “Dealing with Challenges of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD).” more >>
Brisbane, Australia Seminar a Success
Jan 01, 2008
Another successful trenchless seminar took place in Brisbane, Australia, on Aug. 1. more >>
Expanding the Trenchless Audience
Nov 15, 2007
The Aarsleff Group uses a cartoon to teach the public about clean water and trenchless technologies. more >>
U.S.-China Collaboration Helps Spread the Reach of Trenchless Technology
Nov 12, 2007
Experts in trenchless technologies gather to discuss underground infrastructure issues in both the U.S. and China. more >>
ISTT Project of the Year
Nov 12, 2007
Brochier Ltd. is one of the Czech Republic’s leading users of trenchless technology. In 2006, the company participated in a public competitive tender for a project to rehabilitate the third feeder pipeline on the Ostrava Regional Drinking Water Supply network, with a proposal to use cement spraying. The company’s tender won the contract. more >>
ISTT Product of the Year
Nov 12, 2007
A new and innovative U.K. sewer sealing gel takes top honors as the ISTT Product of the Year. more >>
ISTT Update
Nov 12, 2007
As ROMA07 was the main event of the year in the ISTT calendar, the No-Dig Awards 2007 were presented at a Gala Dinner held at Restaurant Baba on Tuesday evening. more >>
Rome No-Dig
Nov 12, 2007
The Ergife Conference & Exhibition Centre with indoor and outdoor exhibit space was the venue for the event. The show encompassed a large regional audience with attendees exceeding 2,000. more >>
Grouted-in-Place Pipe Method Used to Reline German Sewer Lines
Sep 18, 2007
Nowadays sewer network owners and operators are faced with a huge number of different trenchless methods, materials and suppliers to seal and rehabilitate their pipes. more >>
Motorized Small Boring Units Power Through Rock on U.K. Pipeline
Sep 18, 2007
One of the U.K.’s largest pipeline projects is getting a boost from some high-powered tunneling machines. The Milford Haven Gas Connection Project — a 300-km long behemoth stretching across South Wales, United Kingdom — will require more than 110 crossings located under roads, major rivers and environmentally sensitive areas. more >>
Brisbane Water Relishes Proactive Role in Trenchless Technology
Sep 01, 2006
How have trenchless technologies advanced in this part of the world since Perth was the first city in Australia to host No-Dig? more >>
Swage Lining with Static Bursting Equipment in Berlin
Sep 01, 2006
Contractor Ludwig Pfeiffer Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH & Co. KG was recently contracted by the Berlin Waterworks, Berlin, Germany, to rehabilitate a sanitary sewer pressure pipe in the City of Berlin, using the swage line method. more >>
The Dynamics of the Hire/Buy Market
Sep 01, 2006
For more than 20 years the trenchless industry worldwide has grown from an embryonic, limited application family of technologies to a globally-recognized alternative to open trench works, where circumstances permit. more >>
September 2006: Trenchless International News
Sep 01, 2006
* No-Dig Engineering Live Enjoys Success in Poland * Trenchless Methods to Be Used on Singapore Sewers * CONEXPO Asia 2007 Dates Announced * South Africa Is Home to New Multiquip Dealers * China to Spend $125 Billion to Improve Water Facilities, Combat Pollution * Halliburton Awarded $60 Million Contract for Directional Drilling * New Technical Director, Int’l Marketing Manager Named at Tracto-Technik more >>
SABAS Ltd.
Jul 01, 2006
The folks at SABAS Ltd. say the company is a product of the old adage: Necessity is the mother of all invention. more >>
Pipe Relining with Glass-Fiber Reinforced Plastic Liners
Jul 01, 2006
Brandenburger Schlauchliner, based in Landau, Germany, has set a new standard in the renovation of walkable, large diameter sewer with GFRP technology. more >>
Keeping a South African
Jul 01, 2006
During 2001, management at the NATREF facility identified that the refinery’s Blowdown Sewer, in the main pipe rack in the main process area, had severe structural defects over a length of approximately 190 m. more >>
July 2006: Trenchless International News
Jul 01, 2006
* Brawoliner Passes Infiltration Test * Fourth Year for May Gurney UKSTT Trenchless Awards * CH2M Hill Board Meets in Singapore * Inaugural CONEXPO Asia a Success * Railhead Announces Sales Agreement * Black & Veatch Energy Names Director of Sales, Southeast Asia * No-Dig India Set for December * Renovation of Sewers to Bishops Palace in the U.K. more >>
Digital Control Inc. Focuses International Attention on Service
May 01, 2006
The international market has always played an integral role in Digital Control Inc.’s strategic plans with regard to selling and distributing its locating systems and accessories. more >>
Trenchless Acceptance Opens New Doors for Plowing Technology
May 01, 2006
In the ISTT Update in the January/February 2006 issue of Trenchless Technology International, ISTT executive secretary John Castle reported on an Executive Sub Committee (ESC) meeting held Sept. 15, 2005, at which a decision was made to accept plowing technology, also known as cable plow or mole plow technology, as a trenchless technique. more >>
Antiquated Sewers Get a Modern Makeover in Iowa
May 01, 2006
To minimize disruption to the bustling Iowa state capital, Visu-Sewer used trenchless cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) technology. more >>
May 2006: Trenchless International News
May 01, 2006
* North American No-Dig Show Visits Nashville * TRENCHLESS ASIA 2006 Proves Successful in Shanghai * Subsite Locating Equipment Now Available in China * Turkish Infrastructure Conference * Set for September * UKSTT Holds Annual Awards * Cempipe Arrives in North America * Multiquip Adds Shanghai Office more >>
Meet Menno
Mar 01, 2006
Menno Henneveld became the new chairman of the International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) in September 2005 at the Rotterdam No-Dig conference. more >>
Guided Auger Boring in Africa
Mar 01, 2006
Pilot pipe jacking is accepted worldwide as a method for trenchless construction of sewers. more >>
Giant Caspian Pipelines Completed With HDD Technology
Mar 01, 2006
In summer 2005, the taps were turned on in the BTC oil pipeline running from the Caspian Sea at Baku, Azerbaijan, through Tbilisi, Georgia, to the Mediterranean Sea at Ceyhan, Turkey. more >>
March 2006: Trenchless International News
Mar 01, 2006
* TROLINING Gains New Partner for North America * New U.K. Dealership Announced by Brewis Direct Ltd. * IFAT China 2006 Set for June * AEM Committee Urges New European Safety Standard for HDD * Pan Terra Awarded Project in Calgary * MWH Acquires Australia-based Liquid Earth * Precarn Pledges $500,000 to Help Canada’s Water System * Collex Pty Ltd. Delivers Upgrade to Sydney Water Corp. * Trenchless Events in Brazil * UIMC Explores Underground Utility Issues more >>
Shanghai Makes Its Mark in renchless
Jan 01, 2006
Over the next few years, the eyes of the world will be firmly fixed inside China’s borders — in particular, there are two events that country officials point to as keys to its economic future. more >>
Using Underground Construction Space
Jan 01, 2006
Looking below the surface of the earth opens up new horizons. That is where there is room for the urban planning and transport routes for tomorrow. more >>
January 2006: Trenchless International News
Jan 01, 2006
* DCA Annual Congress in Münster, Germany * No-Dig Engineering Live a Success in Poland * Wasser Berlin 2006 Slated for April * 30 Years of TERRA AG * China Builds GPS Infrastructure Networks with Trimble Technology * CONEXPO Asia 2006 Set for Beijing more >>
Hächler AG Umwelttechnik Provides Lateral Success
Nov 01, 2005
In a few months, the Hächler Group will be marking its 60th anniversary in business. Since opening its doors in 1946, the Swiss-based corporation has evolved into more than a building contractor. more >>
Manhole Frame Regulation- The Technique Has Come of Age
Nov 01, 2005
Until 25 years ago, technical knowledge in Germany was such that installing manhole frames or regulating frames, that have dropped, slipped or tilted, meant bedding them on a layer of concrete. more >>
Crossing the Elbe River in Germany Results in Record Project
Nov 01, 2005
A recent horizontal directional drilling crossing under the Elbe River in Germany resulted in what is believed to be a world-record crossing by German contractor LMR Drilling, Oldenburg, Germany, as part of a project to install an ethylene pipeline to two chemical plants. more >>
Naylor Industries Plc. U.K.-Based Clay Pipe Manufacturer Continues Success After 115 Years
Sep 01, 2005
Naylor Industries Plc. is a family-run business that has successfully navigated through more than a century of change, innovation and expansion. more >>
Trenchless Technology in India
Sep 01, 2005
The rapid growth of urban population coupled with the reducing subsurface, as well as ground spaces for laying utilities, are the base catalysts for the application of trenchless techniques in India and other nations of South Asia. more >>
Visser & Smit Hanab’s Diversity Provides Key to Success
Jul 01, 2005
Visser & Smit Hanab bv has a long and storied history in the underground pipeline construction industry in the Netherlands. more >>
Microtunneling in New Zealand Present Challenges
Jul 01, 2005
Harker Underground Construction was established in 1986...Today, Harker has six tunnel boring machines, five of them built by its sister company, Tunneling Technologies, which was set up in 2001 with the specific purpose of building TBMs and underground equipment. more >>
Brandenburger Liner GmbH Makes Its Mark Underground
May 01, 2005
When Brandenburger Group was asked to collaborate on improving an existing cured-in-place liner for a sewer rehabilitation contractor in 1990, who knew it would lead to such a successful business venture for the long-established, German composite manufacturing company? more >>
Microtunneling to Exacting Standards in Holland
May 01, 2005
Awater station in Nieuwegein, Holland, transports pre-treated surface water via dual pipelines to the dune purification plant of the Gemeente Amsterdam Waterleiding Bedrijf (City of Amsterdam Water Co.) in Vogelenzang and the PWN Waterleidingbedrijf Noord Holland in Heemskerk. more >>
IDS Takes GPR Technology to the Top
Mar 01, 2005
In May 2004, ground-penetrating radar (GPR) was taken to new heights literally. more >>
Trenchless Methods Finding Success in South Africa
Mar 01, 2005
Nobody needs to tell South Africans how to put a hole in the ground as the country has the deepest mines in the world and some of the largest networks: diamonds, gold and platinum. more >>
Relining Project in Turkey Proves Successful
Mar 01, 2005
The Trolining process for no-dig pipe renovation has proven successful for decades. Lately, the grouted-in-place pipe (GIPP) method can also be successfully applied, as shown on a recent project in the City of Eregli, Turkey, for a pressure pipeline that required relining a 690-m, steel pipe with a diameter of 1,800 mm. more >>
