Thu, 17 May 2012
On Queensland's Gold Coast, utilities and infrastructure company UEA is using Trenchless Technology to assist in the construction of the Rapid Transit Light Rail System, which will travel along the Gold Coast Highway.
For the project UEA used a guided boring machine to drill a laser guided pilot hole to install 550 mm diameter steel enveloper pipe for watermain crossings, achieving a tolerance of approximately 10 mm.
UEA said this microtunnelling method can be used for installations up to 600 mm diameter and up to 80 m in length, installing steel, concrete or HOBAS pipe on line and grade.
Once the steel enveloper pipe was installed, DICL pipe was then inserted using an auger boring machine to jack the pipe through, after which the annulus was filled with an approved grout mix.
Also in news at UEA, Rick Wilson has be...
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Mon, 14 May 2012
With less than one month to go until the ASTT Roadshow 2012 hits New Zealand shores, now is the time to
register.
Mon, 14 May 2012
Watercare is constructing a public water and wastewater system in Kumeu-Huapai and Riverhead in Auckland, New Zealand, using horizontal directional drilling for sections of the project.
Thu, 10 May 2012
Recently released tenders across Australia include the supply of HDPE pipe for a sewer trunk main, design works for water pipelines, and the construction of watermains and sewer mains.
Thu, 10 May 2012
An $A800,000 research project trial will allow Sydney Water to focus on leak management by testing innovative leak detection techniques in Sydney’s 3,000 km of large pipes.
Fri, 4 May 2012
Dates for the 2012 ASTT New South Wales Branch Council meetings have been announced.
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