TW June 2012
Quake city uses trenchless repairs
Christchurch, New Zealand, is carrying out repairs to its 100yr-old ovoid-shaped brick sewers which suffered extensive damage in the catastrophic earthquake of February 2011 Full story...Jacksonville sees first microtunnelling job
More than 3,353m of force main utility pipe has been installed – some using microtunnelling – on behalf of Jacksonville Electrical Authority (JEA) at the Royal Lakes Housing community in the city Full story...New Trics for TA Drilling
TA Drilling (Sales) has been appointed the UK and Ireland distributor for US-based Tric Tools, manufacturer of lateral pipe bursting systems Full story...CATT conference in the bag
The Centre for the Advancement of Trenchless Technologies (CATT) will host the Underground Infrastructure Research (UIR) International Conference on June 5-6 Full story...US-based ASTM developing manhole standard
US-based standards organisation ASTM is currently developing a new standard on single-sized cured-in-place manhole liners Full story...No-dig to tackle Wiltshire water main
UK-based utility Wessex Water has announced the start of work to replace an ageing water main in Corsham, Wiltshire, using a variety of trenchless techniques Full story...
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Quake city uses trenchless repairs
Christchurch, New Zealand, is carrying out repairs to its 100yr-old ovoid-shaped brick sewers which suffered extensive damage in the catastrophic earthquake of February 2011 Full story...
Jacksonville sees first microtunnelling job
More than 3,353m of force main utility pipe has been installed – some using microtunnelling – on behalf of Jacksonville Electrical Authority (JEA) at the Royal Lakes Housing community in the city Full story...New Trics for TA Drilling
TA Drilling (Sales) has been appointed the UK and Ireland distributor for US-based Tric Tools, manufacturer of lateral pipe bursting systems Full story...CATT conference in the bag
The Centre for the Advancement of Trenchless Technologies (CATT) will host the Underground Infrastructure Research (UIR) International Conference on June 5-6 Full story...US-based ASTM developing manhole standard
US-based standards organisation ASTM is currently developing a new standard on single-sized cured-in-place manhole liners Full story...No-dig to tackle Wiltshire water main
UK-based utility Wessex Water has announced the start of work to replace an ageing water main in Corsham, Wiltshire, using a variety of trenchless techniques Full story...Features
Turtle coup
Abrasive rock formations, plus the constraints of an impending turtle breeding season made the HDD installation of an undersea outfall a tricky operation. By Dave Warner Full story...
Spiral lining premiere
ITS Trenchless recently completed its first Australian installation of Tunneline to structurally repair an ageing steel culvert Full story...A roadmap for no-dig education
Niranjan Swarup of IndSTT argues the need for structured training to fill gaps in Indian expertise Full story...State of the used rig market
Bob Martin looks at how HDD rig sales have been affected by the downturn. Part 2 of his analysis will follow in next month’s issue Full story...On the level
Directional drilling has brought a new option for installing on-grade sewer lines Full story...Ramming the point home
Under difficult climatic and logistical conditions, air-powered pipe ramming equipment was used to install two culverts under a main-line rail track in Iowa, US Full story...Developing a CCTV capability
The Canadian city of St Albert is carrying out comprehensive CCTV inspections of its entire sewer network to allow prioritisation of repair and rehabilitation work. Dan Willems, Dave Krywiak, Dan Rites and Todd Wyman explain Full story...Issue: TW June 2012
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