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Global News

Vermeer rig set to become flexible friend

Vermeer recently announced the launch of a new drill rig claimed to be the first to drill vertically and horizontally at angles between 18-90 degrees.

TT launches Burstform in Middle East

Tracto-Technik (TT) presented its Burstform product to the Middle East at the first Underground Infrastructure Middle East Conference in Bahrain in January.

Ferro Monk scores in utility evaluation scheme

UK-based wastewater asset and pipeline-rehab specialist Ferro Monk Systems has dome well in an audit and assessment scheme focussing on risk-critical and other issues.

Frank Canon honoured

Frank Canon of Baroid has become the fifth recipient of the Northeast Trenchless Association’s Founders’ Award.

TA Drilling in new dealership tie-up

TA Drilling, the Sussex, UK-based drilling tools and components supplier, has been appointed exclusive dealer for SNDC in the UK and Ireland.

Brierley buys Lyman Henn

US-based Brierley Associates has acquired Lyman Henn, the water/wastewater pipelines and structures specialist.

SAK gains new safety Lynchpin

Jack Lynch, a certified safety manager in the US National Association of Safety Professionals, has joined SAK Construction as safety director.

McElroy inputs 'build and price'

McElroy has updated its website to allow consumers to build and price fusion machines and pipelining accessories.

New web program shows the way

Egeplast, has launched Web Calculator, a web-based program designed to cut the guesswork out of selecting procedures for laying plastic pipelines

Thompson pumps up aid

Florida-based Thompson Pump has come to the aid of Haiti by donating money and supplies
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Features

HDD overcomes Ottawa canal

Jonathan Knoyle reports on a tricky rubble-strewn HDD installation under a frozen canal in Ottawa, Canada

CIPP to sewer rescue

CIPP was used to renovate a dilapidated pitch-fibre sewer pipe beneath the factory floor of a heavy engineering facility in northeast England

A stab in the right direction

US-based Jim Schill of Tracto-Technik offers maintenance advice on piercing tools for optimum performance and looks at some recent applications

Air-hammer HDD combo breaks through Texan shale

A steerable air-hammer application used in conjunction with an HDD rig to complete a pilot bore has proved a success in Texas

Exhibitors gear up for Bauma

Carly Lovejoy looks at some of the products that will be showcased at Bauma 2010

Smarter than dirt

Piercing tools offer fast and precise boring through tough soil for services installation. Here we look at a few recent projects in the US
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