Trenchless Technology International

Echologics Non-Invasively Pinpoints Water Leak Underneath Large Chinese Bottling Plant
A global leader in the beverage industry had a bottling plant in Shanyang, China, that was losing approximately 150,000 liters of treated water per day through a leak in its water system.

Compact Drills Assist in Bringing Broadband to the Caribbean
Most people in North America picture the Caribbean as a place where picturesque islands with beautiful beaches are surrounded by sparkling blue waters.

High-Altitude hole through for Landmark Robbins TBM
After four years of extreme excavation through high cover and volcanic rock conditions, TBM tunneling at the Olmos Trans-Andean tunnel is complete.

• Capital Engineering Corp. Joins AECOM
• Robbins Opens New Subsidiary in South America
• Inaugural Water Summit to be Held January 2013
• Sekisui Chemical Aquires Austrian Pipe Rehabilitation Company

Pipe Ramming in Germany
The NEL, North European Natural Gas Pipeline from WinGas in Kassel, Germany, distributes the natural gas arriving from Russia to Germany and the rest of Northwest Europe.

16th DCA-Europe Congress in Usedom, Germany
The role of the directional horizontal drilling technique for energy supply was in the focus of the 16th annual Congress the Drilling Contractors Association (DCA-Europe) held Oct. 5-7 in Usedom, the island in the Baltic Sea.

Robbins EPBs Bore Final Meters in Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou, China, is one step closer to becoming a national crossroads for rail traffic with the breakthrough of two EPBs. The 6.3-m (20.7 ft) Robbins TBMs have set a Chinese EPB record in the process, excavating up to 720 m (2,362 ft) in one month.

• Turkish Society for Intrastructure & Trenchless Technolgy Holds Summit
• Rabmer Pipe Rehabilitation Now a Subsidiary of SEKISUI Chemical
• Sewer rehabilitation at IFAT ENTSORGA 2012: Markets Worth Billions in Public and private Pipes
• WASSER Berlin 2013 Focuses on the Middle East
• First No-Dig South Africa Conference Held

Lateral Thinking Solves Lateral Dilemma
Insituform Technologies Ltd (ITL) recently completed what turned out to be a particularly challenging project for client BarhaleWSP, a Yorkshire Water framework partner.

Pipe Bursting in Norway
In Trondheim — Norway’s third largest city — or to be more precise in Gamle Jonsvannsheien, a drinking water transport pipeline ND 600 made of cast iron had to be renewed over a total length of 900 m.

Guided Auger Boring Aids River Quality Improvement Work in Blackburn
Specialist trenchless contractor, Trenchless Solutions Ltd (TSL) recently undertook two grade-critical guided auger bore installations as a specialist subcontractor for client United Utilities (UU) as part of the Blackburn UID works, Audley Range and Queens Park Road project.

• ICUEE 2011 Enjoys Sunny Skies & New Equipment
• A New Era Begins at Insituform Technologies Ltd.
• Trenchless Solutions Launches New Website
• U-Mole Holds Open House
• I.S.T. Unveils World’s First Polyurethane CIPP System

A Single Source Solution for Utrecht’s Sewers
Utrecht, the fourth largest city of the Netherlands, counts about 312,000 inhabitants and is an important node regarding roads, rail- and waterways.

Robbins EPB Roars to Life in Azerbaijan
On Aug. 22, 2011, construction of Baku, Azerbaijan’s third metro line got a jump start with the launch of a Robbins EPB. The 6.3 m (20.7 ft) diameter TBM for contractor Azerkorpu is one of two EPB machines excavating parallel 3.5 km (2.2 mi) tunnels approximately 15 m (50 ft) apart.

Condition Assessment in the Far East
Off to my left, I could hear the faint crash of a wave into the rocky beach. It was autumn in Asia-Pacific. Sunny, a little humid, but much more comfortable than the 40-below temperatures we left behind in Edmonton.

• TT-UK Trains in Saudi Arabia
• Pure Technologies Adds Vetter as Project Manager
• Insituform Technologies Joint Venture Awarded $67.3M Project in Morocco
  
• China Water & Pipeline 2012
• Trenchless Asia 2012 to Co-locate with Singapore International Water Week
  

Oval Profile Sewer Rehabbed Near Entrance to Vienna
In Vienna, a 1,550-m mixed water sewer is currently being rehabilitated using light-curing GFRP pipe liners. The project entails many challenges.

Afghan SBU Flies Below Bagram Airfield
Many of today’s trenchless projects are in challenging conditions, but completing a crossing in a war zone adds a new wrinkle to the situation.

HDD in Estonia
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is an internationally-accepted underground construction technology — the most versatile of any trenchless procedure for placing utility pipe and cable in the ground.

• NO-DIG SOUTH AFRICA Held in August
• Joint Singapore Int’l Water Week, Black & Veatch Event IDs Water Pressures Industry Must Solve Together
• 2011 No-Dig India Set for December
  
• Insituform Technologies Inc. Awarded $20.7M Contract from Kuwait Oil Company
• RedZone Robotics Announces Acquisition of Cleanflow Systems
  

AXEO Brumath Completes Largest Pipe Lining Project in France to Date
Near the City of Lille in the north of France, 4 km of sewer drains were recently rehabilitated. For this purpose, UV-light curing pipe liners DN 600 to DN 1200 made by RELINEEUROPE where used.

SPR Spiral-Wound Pipe in Stendal, Germany
Following a series of successful applications, the SPR spiral-wound pipe liner has been used more and more since its market launch in Germany in 2008.

HDD Bore Through a Steep Slope in Germany
When traveling on a 400-m high bridge on a mountain known in German as "Sollstedter Hölle," which in English means “Sollstedt Hell,” Tracto-Technik marketing manager Günter Naujoks asked himself whether this name was going to prove to be a good omen given the job in hand?

• Insituform Acquires Fyfe Group With Option to Purchase Int’l Operations
• KA-TE Develops Portable Multifunction System for Robot Work in Sewer Rehabilitation
• New Vermeer Dealership in Sweden
  
• TRACTO-TECHNIK Launches New Web Site
  

Hagen’s Urban Drainage Council Wins a Construction Measure
You don’t win a construction measure everyday, but Bettina Linke from the Urban Drainage Council in Hagen, Germany, was the lucky winner of one.

Dark Lane Large Dimension Culvert Renovation Using Multi-Plate Corrugated Steel Liner
Insituform Technologies Ltd (ITL) was awarded the contract for a project involving the renovation of a large-dimension, ovoid-shaped culvert.

Using Multiple Guidance Systems to Complete a French Intersect
This HDD project was a 1,460-m crossing of the Grand Canal du Le Havre undertaken between 2008 and 2009.

Krakow Conference Is a Success
From June 15-17, the ninth International Conference, Exhibition and Technology Shows - TRENCHLESS ENGINEERING 2011, took place in the Tomaszowice Manor near Kraków, Poland.

• Fourth Singapore International Water Week Surges to New High
• Pure Technologies Announces Significant Asia Business Developments
• TRENCHLESS MIDDLE EAST 2011 Set for October
  
• Insituform Strengthens Middle East Presence with Two Acquisitions
  
• Pure Technologies Announces New Work in the United Arab Emirates
  

Application of Trenchless in Multilaterally Funded Urban Infrastructure Projects in India
Urban infrastructure projects, owing to their physical locations, are prone to the risk of time and cost overruns. Such overruns can be arrested with timely intervention of trenchless techniques.

ISTT Award 2011 Goes to Rehabilitation Project in Sofia, Bulgaria
At the 2011 International No-Dig show Stroitelna Mehanizatsia and SEKISUI SPR Europe (SSPRE) received the renowned No-Dig Award 2011 of the International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) for an outstanding rehabilitation project in Sofia, Bulgaria.

HDD Used in South Africa
ROLKON TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGIES is a small company in Durban, South Africa, and is affiliated to TTSA which is based in Johannesburg.

• Singapore International Water Week 2011 Set for July 4-8
• Insituform Technologies Announces New Joint Venture in Saudi Arabia
• Herrenknecht Drills Used in China Project
  
• SAERTEX multiCom GmbH Expands Production Capacities
  

Berlin International No-Dig Is a Success
The 29th International No Dig Show was held May 2-5 in Berlin, Gera at the massive Berlin Exhibition grounds. The show was held in conjunction with Wasser Berlin (Berlin Water) International Show.

Large-Scale Project: Economical Wastewater Solution for the Kirchberg / Hunsrück Association of Municipalities
Alongside sewage from 20 municipalities of the Kirchberg Association of Municipalities, the large sewage-treatment plant located in the Hunsrück region of Germany also processes the wastewater and effluent containing de-icer from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.

Utility Tunneling - Longer, Deeper, More Curvaceous
Utility Tunnelling, comprising both pipe jacking and microtunnelling, develops into the prevailing construction method at global level for drains and sewers in metropolises. This popularity growth is accompanied by the need for ever-more demanding projects.

• No-Dig South Africa 2011 Set for August
• High Attendance for 2011 Wasser Berlin International
• United Pipeline Receives Expanded Contract in Western Australia
  
• Herrenknecht Group Announces Purchase of Schäfer & Urbach
  
• Habau and KHE Group Announce Sale of Pipeline Contractor Nacap
  

Manila, Philippines, Leak Detection Program Uses Tethered In-Line Leak Detection System
Pure Technologies, under a past contract through wholly owned subsidiary Pressure Pipe Inspection Co. (PPIC), recently conducted a leak detection program for the Maynilad Water Service in Manila, Philippines.

Planning of Sewer Rehabilitation in Minden and Roesrath, Germany
Last October, the main sewer in the Westphalian City of Minden, Germany, was comprehensively repaired at a length of 190 m (approximately 650 ft), including leaking joints, shards and originally improperly connected laterals.

Robbins EPB scores New Record in Zhengzhou Swift TBM makes its Mark in Soft Ground
In Zhengzhou, China, soft ground tunneling has made a speedy entrance. The metro’s first TBM, one of two 6.3-m (20.7-ft) diameter Robbins EPBs for Zhengzhou’s Line 1, achieved a project record of 720 m (2,362 ft) in one month.

• The SASTT Award of Excellence for 2010: The Plumstead sewer rehabilitation, Phase 1 By Michael King, SASTT
• Kroon Promoted to Corrpro Companies President
• WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL 2011: Russia Forum Will Discuss Future Demands on Water Supply & Wastewater Disposal
  
• Insituform Technologies Announces New Joint Ventures with Wasco Energy
  
• McElroy Adds Two New International Distributors
  
• 2011 No-Dig Down Under Registration Is Now Open
  

Perforator Guided Auger System Aids in Flood Alleviation in Lancashire
As part of new flood alleviation scheme being undertaken by United Utilities in Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom, through its main contractor VJ Donegans Civil Engineering Ltd, a new 24-m long drainage pipe needed to be installed beneath Gorse Street.

Turkish Municipalities Show Interest for Trenchless Technology
Joint events between Turkish Society for Infrastructure and Trenchless Technology (TSITT) and Turkish municipalities are rapidly increasing in the area of trenchless technology.

Robbins Double Shield Completes Marathon Mileage
A veteran Robbins Double Shield completed one of the world’s longest single-drive TBM tunnels, at 25.4 km (15.8 mi), on Nov. 14, 2010.

• Hands-On Technology in Berlin
• Jacobs Associates Expands into Auckland, New Zealand
• Black & Veatch Selected for Singapore’s Changi Water Reclamation Plant Expansion
  
• Water Convention 2011 Advance Program Is Available
  

VMT Guidance System Aids Pipejack Record for the Southern Hemisphere
McConnell Dowell Corp. Ltd. recently announced the successful completion of the Pringle Hill Pipejack, which forms part of the construction work on the Northern Pipeline Interconnector project being undertaken by the Northern Network Alliance (NNA) in South East Queensland, Australia. The NNA consists of LinkWater Projects, McConnell Dowell, Abigroup and KBR.

Company Profile: ITS Trenchless Takes on Challenging Projects
ITS Trenchless provides a broad range of world’s best practice technologies for the installation and renovation of pipelines and structures in Australia.

Robbins Rallies at Malaysian Water Tunnel
The second in a trio of 5.2-m diameter Robbins Main Beam TBMs commenced boring on Dec. 30, 2010 near Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur.

• Benjamin Media & Westrade Group Tabbed to Sell Exhibit Space for 2012 Brazilian No-Dig Show
• Pipeline Security Conference to be Held in May
• ARCADIS Secure Multi-Million Dollar Water Contract in Oman
  
• Pure Technologies Announces 12-Month Contract Extension
  
• IronPlanet Expands Operations to the Middle East
  

DCA’s Annual Congress in The Hague
The proximity of the venue The Hague to the North Sea had obviously an effect on the content of the 15th annual congress of the Drilling Contractors Association-Europe (DCA-Europe). Many items of the agenda bore relations to water.

DN 1800 Microtunneling to Protect the River Seine
In France until the start of 2010, GRP pipes have been applied in microtunneling projects for diameters up to DN 1600.

Advances in Latin America Wastewater Infrastructure
Latin America has recently emerged as a new powerhouse for the use of wastewater treatment technology. The countries of Latin America were delayed in employing the new advances of the wastewater market due to other infrastructure priorities.

• Pipeline Security Conference to be Held in May
  
• No-Dig International Conference & Exhibition Heads Down Under in 2013
  
• WASSER Berlin International Set for May
  
• Ariaratnam Heads ISTT
  
• Insituform Expands Operations in India with US $5.6 Million Contract in Uttar Pradesh
  
• MWH Expands in Peru

Gas Transmission Line Installed in India Using HDD
When a project is selected as the “Job of the Year” you know it was a unique situation that required some serious ingenuity.

German Standard DWA-A 125E: Pipe Jacking and Related Techniques
After the publication of the new Standard DWA-A 125 by the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) in 2008 an English translation is now available, which provides an extensive set of rules for English-speaking countries.

Competency Standards for a Changing Business Environment
A quick look at the utility and buried service industry, even to the uninitiated, shows that there is a significant and fairly wide-ranging mandatory requirement for training, minimum competency levels and approved certification of operators/installers/contractors, particularly where health and safety issues are concerned.

• IPLOCA Meets in Venice
• International No-Dig Meets in Singapore
• Obituaries: Len Liotti
• Obituaries: David Paterson
• Water Today’s Water Expo 2011 Set for March
• ITT Corp., Black & Veatch and Water For People Bring Student Water Projects to Life in Ghana

HOBAS Pipes as Auxiliary Static Support and Drainage System for the new Intra-Urban Train Tunnel
How would you connect two train stations under a densely populated city where you are neither allowed to disturb inhabitants nor to disrupt traffic and you cannot move the historic buildings “standing in the way?”

The Solution for Limiting the Bore Depth: GRD
GRD slanted bores for geothermal energy production are often the only alternative to vertical bores. One of the reasons is that authorities only grant bores to be carried out in bore depths up to the first groundwater level, maximally up to 35 m (Bore depth limitation).

Jurassic Coast First for Onsite & Aqualiner
The world renowned Jurassic Coast, which covers some 95 miles of stunning coastline from East Devon to Dorset along the English south coast, is renowned as the first place in the world where fossils were found in the rocks which are now known to record around 185 million years of the Earth’s history and also therefore as the birth place of palaeontology.

• 2010 International No-Dig Show in Singapore
• Largest CCFRPM HOBAS Pipe Installed in Poland
• Perma-Liner Industries Anounces European Ditributor
• CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2011 Set for March in Las Vegas
• Pure Technologies Wins US$2.4M Mexican Contract to Monitor Pipeline

Pilot Tube Microtunneling Used to Install Sanitary Sewer in Bogotá, Colombia
In August 2007, the trenchless technology for laying sewers with small diameters by pilot pipe drillings had successfully found its way into Colombia’s capital city of Bogotá in the quarter of Fontibón in the context of the project “Construccion del Allcantarillado Pluvial des Fontibón Oriental Fase II.”

HOBAS Jacking Pipes to Enlarge Doetinchem’s Sewer Main
Despite the extremely frosty temperatures (-15° C) during construction works at the beginning of 2010, the municipality Doetinchem in the Netherlands was able to complete the extension of its overloaded sewer main with HOBAS CC-GRP Jacking Pipes.

Fully Managing & Using Sewer Capacity Minimizes Flood Risk
For the past decade, the world has been arguing over the development and effects of global warming and its influence on the weather.

• bC India 2011 Is Taking Shape
• Insituform Technologies Ltd. Announces Management, Facility Changes
• Pure Technologies Ltd. Finalizes Aqua Environmental Purchase
• Booking Levels High for WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL 2011
• ICON Equipment Launches ICON Tunnel Systems Division

HDD & Fiber-Optics in the Caribbean
Most people in North America picture the Caribbean as a place where picturesque islands with beautiful beaches are surrounded by sparkling blue waters.

Shaft-in-Shaft Rehabilitation & Shaft Renovation in Germany
Around 1 million out of the approximately 10 million shafts incorporated in Germany’s sewer network need rehabilitation.

Trelleborg’s New Epoxies Enhance Site Performance on Dyno-Rod Operations in the United Kingdom
U.K. drainage specialist contractor Dyno-Rod is the first to test the benefits and improved on-site performance of Trelleborg’s latest epoxy resin range for CIPP installations.

• CONEXPO Russia at CTT 2011 Exhibit Space Sales Now Open
  
• Trenchless Live 2010 – Bringing Trenchless Technology to Life
• Trenchless Technology Center Hosts Leaders from China’s Largest Pipeline Engineering Firm
• Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. Announces Joint Venture for Venezuela
• Achilles & CHAS Success for Ferro Mon

HDD in Nigeria Last Leg of Extensive Pipeline Project Secured Using HDD Technology
Chris Frisch and Darwin Wiebe and their HDD team went a long way from home to complete a difficult horizontal directional drilling project, using all of their collective knowledge about directional drilling in the process.

2010 Trenchless Technology Roundtable
The trenchless technology industry is a dynamic market. Each year new technologies are developed that expand its reach and changing market conditions change the way they are used.

Manor Farm Harvests Geothermal Heat
Manor Farm is situated on some of the most fertile planes in rural Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. It is located on the edge of the beautiful village of Eyeworth and was constructed in 1865.

Ferro Monk Completes Motorway Project
Ferro Monk Systems, one of the United Kingdom’s leading sewer and pipeline rehabilitation specialists, has recently completed work on Phase 1 of a project on the M180 motorway.

• Int’l No-Dig & Wasser Berlin Int’l Join Forces in 2011
• Record Number of Exhibitors Slated for IFAT ENTSORGA 2010
• Pure Technologies, PPIC Acquisition Finalized
• New MTS Dino 4 Sold to JFM Plant Hire
• CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 Tops 2 Million Net Square Feet in Exhibit Sales
• Insituform Division Awarded $6 Million in Contracts to Install the Tite Liner System in South American Mine

Durable Lateral Connections to a Relined Pipe
Every year the sanitary and Sewer Department of the City of Solingen, Germany, relines approximately 5 km of its sewer grid.

Demo Success Launches MTS Vacuum Excavation in Ireland
U Mole (part of the Groundforce division of Vp plc) recently undertook a week of demonstration projects involving the use of an MTS DINO 3 Vacuum Excavation system in Northern Ireland.

A Major Pipe Bursting Task in Geneva
It was a mammoth task for the PIASIO Company, a sister company of COLAS SWITZERLAND, had ahead of it in Geneva Meyrin.

• International No-Dig 2010 Exhibition Expands to Accommodate Demand
• Transport Minister to open NO-DIG LIVE 2010
• ITT Corp. Acquires Canberra pumps do Brasil
• Schlumberger Inaugurates Saudi Arabian Offices
• Global Water Intelligence Opens Its Asian Office During Singapore Int’l Water Week
• Insituform Announces Opening of Asia Pacific Regional Headquarters in Singapore

Long HDD Bore for the Garzweiler Mines
Once again the bore team around Helmut Schürmann and Michael Foltin from the bore company REVOR from Roßbach-Wied, Germany, were confronted with what was not an everyday task.

Working in Manhole Shafts & in Sewers Demands Extra Care with Safety Issues
Working in shafts and sewers has always been dangerous, since they are affected by dirt, noise, humidity and in some cases sewer gases.

Pipebursting System with Rotational Assist in Scottish Rail Culvert Replacement
The West Highland Line (WHL) is the main railway line between Glasgow and Oban on the west coast of Scotland, the line runs alongside Loch Lomond up to Crianlarich then on to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig.

• Digga Australia Acquires Universal Augers Australia
• Veolia Water Acquires Several United Utilities Activities in Europe
• Plastic Pipes XV Conference Slated for September in Canada
• Sell-out Success at Singapapore International Water Week
• UKSTT Annual Dinner a Success
• Schlumberger Opens Al-Khafji Oilfield Services base in Saudi Arabia
• ITT Corp. to Purchase Godwin Pumpsa

A Hint of Gizeh in Lennestadt
Anyone travelling to Gizeh will – not surprisingly – see pyramids. But when travelling to Lennestadt, Germany, in the Sauerland region, nobody would expect it and is therefore truly impressed when they are standing in front of the pyramids. The energetic concept is just as surprising.

DigiSewer Pipeline Measurement System Undertakes Major Survey work in Finland
Pipeline inspection systems such as CCTV are most commonly used to find defects and assess conditions in existing pipelines that have been in service sometimes for many decades.

Bauma 2010 Marks a Turnaround for the Industry
Visitor quality good at the 2010 Bauma show in Munich despite fewer visitors from overseas as a result of the temporary closure of European airspace due to the volcano eruption in Iceland. Show organizers report record exhibition space and a record number of exhibitors.

Construction of New Supply Lines in Venice
The narrow lanes and numerous bridges in the lagoon city of Venice presented the entire construction team with a real challenge when building pipelines to supply water and extinguish fires.

• HOBAS Opens Top-Level Research Center
• Sekisui SPR and Brandenburger: Sales Cooperation
• Ballyogan Landfill Culvert Rehab Wins UKSTT Acclaim
• 2010 No-Dig Show a Success in Schaumburg, Ill.

HDD Success in Poland
This pipe laying job had to been done using trenchless technology because the exhibition entrance had to be crossed and not disturbed.

Trenchless Installation of a New House Connection Canal
The wastewater connection of a family in Wildeshausen, Germany, indicated some fractional damages, causing it to block regularly and then constantly needing to be rinsed free.

U Mole Pipe Coil Trailers Used as Part of JCB’s Open House
U Mole (a division of Vp plc, operating within Groundforce) was recently invited to provide support equipment to an Open Day being held Nov. 11-12, 2009 at the World Headquarters of the JCB organization.

• No-Dig Loses One of its Pioneering Figures – Donald Frank Rees 1918-2010
• TRENCHLESS MIDDLE EAST 2010 a Success in Abu Dhabi
• Innovations for a Better Environment
• Kuwait Pipeline Technology Conference and Exhibition Set for October
• NO-DIG Road Show Concludes Successful Season
• Süd-Chemie Donates Drinking Water Purification Facility to Haiti
• TerraMacs Ltd. Adds to Its Global List of Distributors

Rebirth Ace System - The Latest Reconstruction Driving Method to Upgrade & Reinstall Utility Pipes
Currently, Japan has about 400,000 km of sewer pipes in its vast underground utility system. Approximately 10,000 km, or 2.5 percent, of these have exceeded the expected 50-year lifespan of underground pipes.

Revolutionizing Electro Fusion & Its Information Interface - Electro-Services Ltd. is excited to announce the launch of its new Electro-Fusion Control Box, the MultiFuse+
Completely manufactured in-house by Electro-Services Ltd., the new robust, reliable and cost effective unit is set to truly revolutionize Health & Safety, Joint Integrity, Information availability and Machine Security, in a way that has never before been seen in the Electro- Fusion industry.

Robbins Main Beams Burrow under Low Cover
Two 6.4-m (21-ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBMs were launched in winter 2009-2010 beneath Chongqing, China--a mega-city of more than 35 million people.

• Tracto-Technik Participates in 2010 TRENCHLESS Middle East Conference
• Egeplast System Is TÜV-Certified for High-Pressure Applications
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University Develops the First Underground Sensing System for the Construction of Utility Pipes
• PPIC Partners with U.K. Company for Pipeline Assessment Tool
• Insituform Receives Contracts to Rehab Wastewater Pipelines in Singapore

Horizontal Directional Drilling Activities in India
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) activities have received a great thrust due to several government policies conducive to infrastructure growth.

Trenchless Options Keeps Production Rolling at Komatsu UK
Investigations of the foul sewer system at Komatsu UK Ltd in Birtley, Chester-le- Street, County Durham, United Kingdom, the company’s European manufacturing plant for the production of crawler hydraulic excavators for its European market, showed that the existing Pitch Fibre pipe network was in serious need of renovation or replacement.

HDD-Task to Let "Green" Power Flow Under a River - Extension of Rhine power plant in Iffezheim
From 2009 through 2012, work will be carried out on the Rhine power plant Iffezheim (RKI) to be extended with a fifth turbine.

• Outstanding Support for International No-Dig 2010 Singapore
• Cost Comparison at the Touch of a Button
• Insituform Technologies Inc. Expands Asian Operation Through Acquisition of Singapore Licensee
• Major Manufacturers Commit to CONEXPO Russia at CTT

Let There Be Light! - Directional Drilling Project in Germany Illuminates Statues & Trenchless Benefits
While the development of smaller more compact directional drilling units was in many ways something that the U.S. and North American market experienced for last mile applications, the use of these compact rigs has gone global.

Liner Strength Prevents Storm Pollution
CIPP lining manufacturers and companies have, almost since the technology was invented, laid claim to just how strong their liner materials are once installed.

Onsite Assembly Fits Up with Robbins EPB - Build of Mexico’s Largest TBM Completed in Eight Weeks
In January 2010, Mexico City officials celebrated the completion of the country’s largest ever TBM with a cutterhead turning ceremony.

• RELINEEUROPE AG and KA-TE PMO AG Agree on a Sales Cooperation
• WEF International Pavilion Program 2010 Provides
• ECWATECH 2010 Nears
• PPIC Secures Contract in the Philippines

Breaking New Ground - New Method Extends Possibilities of Pilot Tube Method
Despite the fast-paced development of the technology of pilot tube microtunneling in the past 10 years, these techniques can only be used in displaceable grounds.

Planning BAUMA Begins - The Largest Trade Fair in the World Will Be Even Bigger in 2010
Actually, if you’re starting right now to plan for BAUMA, you’re a little late. October is cutting it close to secure a hotel room in Munich for the world’s biggest trade fair, focused on the world of equipment.

Large-Scale Pipe Bursting in the Brazilian City of Campinas
Campinas, also known as the Brazilian Silicon Valley, is one of the largest cities in Brazil with more than 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area. In some districts the city’s water authority SANASA was facing ongoing drinking water loss in caused by leaks in the 30 year old pipeline network.

Sticking Across the United Kingdom
Leading sewer and pipeline rehabilitation specialist Ferro Monk Systems, part of the renowned Clugston Group of companies, has recently completed a number of major projects with its revolutionary spray applied environmentally friendly 100 percent epoxy resin coating system Ultracoat.

• Euroresins Europe Holding Is Exclusive Distributor of Saertex
• More Than 200 Attend Ditch Witch Barcelona Customer Event
• VIETWATER 2010 - Vietnam's No. 1 Water & Wastewater Industry Show
• TT Asia Pacific: Best booth at Trenchless Australasia 2009
• New Technology Excites U.S. Water Engineer

Drilling for Clean Energy in Switzerland - Lake Zurich will provide water for air conditioning and heat pumps to cool and heat buildings
A horizontal directional drilling (HDD) project in Zurich, Switzerland, has enabled the city to launch an ingenious energy-saving project.

New Trenchless Equipment Unveiled at ICUEE 2009
The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) attracted more than 16,500 registered attendees — making it the second largest in show history despite a down economy, especially in construction-related markets, according to show organizers.

Trio of Robbins TBMs will Team at Pahang-Selangor - 19-inch Disc Cutters to dig Malaysia’s Largest Infrastructure Project
Since the 1980s, Malaysia’s capitol Kuala Lumpur and surrounding areas have experienced rapid economic growth. The area sources most of its water from a network of local rivers, and is forecast to run short of supply in the near future.

• RELINEEUROPE AG Opens for Business
• Drill Firm Looks to Green Solution in Pipeline
• Zenath Wins Contract For Emaar's Prestigious UAQ Marina Project
• Middle Eastern Economies in Urgent Need for Underground Infrastructure Master Planning

Pipe Lining of an Accessible Oval Profile with Light-Curing Reaction Resin Systems in Bremen, Germany
Sewer rehabilitation: The rehabilitation of sewage pipes using pipe lining with light-curing reaction resin systems penetrates into new dimensions of use.

Proven Reliability Brings Jet Rod Back for More — 23 Years On
Nick Leatherland, owner of Swindon-based and family run drainage systems specialist Jet Rod

Submarine Cables Expand Communication Infrastructures - HDD used to install lines under Strait of Singapore
In the last 10 years, emerging Internet technologies like voice- and video-over-IP and broadband access have driven exponential growth in bandwidth requirements.

• Spain Says "Bienvenida" to Nu Flow
• International NO-DIG Berlin Set for May 2-5, 2011
• Trelleborg epros Is Renamed Trelleborg Pipe Seals Duisburg GmbH
• Balfour Beatty to Acquire Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Doosan Infracore Portable Power Launches a Chinese Language Web Site to Serve China

Revving Up Rajasthan - Robbins SBUs Advance Long-Standing Projects in India
Disc cutter technology is still far from the standard method in India, where many contractors utilize hand mining for all hard rock trenchless crossings.

E.ON Hanse Connects Helgoland to the Power Network
Up to now, power was supplied to Helgoland via Diesel power engines, which were starting to age and their disturbance-free operation starting to become insecure.

One of World’s Earliest Sewers in Rome Upgraded Using Microtunneling
Roman engineers built the Cloaca Maxima, the city’s main drain system late in the sixth century BC. Water from the baths, latrines as well as runoff was collected via the wastewater system and discharged directly into the Tiber River.

• Insituform Awarded US$27.0 Million Contract to Repair Wastewater and Stormwater Pipes for Sydney, Australia
• ICUEE 2009 Is Here!
• Aqualiner Receives NSF 61 Certification for Rehab Product
• Pure Technologies Ltd. Acquires Jason Consultants
• DCA-Europe’s 14th Annual Congress Set for Oct. 7-9 in France
• TRENCHLESS ABU DHABI 2010
• NO-DIG Moscow
• Pemex Awards United Pipeline de Mexico $12.4 Million Pipeline Project

Swagelining in Germany - Long-Section Repairs Using SIMONA PE 100 Pipes and the Close-Fit Method
The following article examines new developments in the field of repair of large-diameter pipes.

Pipebursting Aids Concrete Sewer Pipe Replacement in the United Kingdom
U Mole (a division of Vp plc, operating under the Groundforce banner) recently supplied a new Hammerhead HydroBurst HB80 pipe bursting system to Perco Engineering Services Ltd

• GSTT Brings International No-Dig 2011 to Berlin
• Gulf Waste Management Conference Slated for January 2010
• Industrea Wins New China Contracts
• Brazilian Pipe Rehab Company Joins O-Tek
• Prime-Drilling Supplies Drills to Saudi Arabian Company
• Condux International, Tesmec Spa, Enter Joint Venture