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International experts head down under

Thu, 25 August 2011 A number of international experts will be sharing their knowledge at No-Dig Down Under 2011, to be held 3-6 October in Brisbane, Australia, as part of an impressive technical program line-up.

ISTT news

Ian Vickridge retires

Call for abstracts

Tue, 21 June 2011 Members from the trenchless industry are being urged to submit abstracts for the Underground Infrastructure Research Conference and Trenchless Technology Road Show 2012, to be held 5-6 June 2012 in Niagara Falls, Canada.

No-Dig goes to South Africa

Tue, 24 May 2011 The Southern African Society for Trenchless Technology (SASTT) will be hosting No-Dig South Africa 2011, to be held in Pretoria from 23-24 August 2011.

A test of coating

Wisconsin-based company Michels recently took quality assurance one step further. Last winter, the company hosted a pipe coating research and development demonstration at their headquarters, in Brownsville, Wisconsin.

Akkerman donates GBM system to aid trenchless education

Mon, 21 March 2011 Akkerman has donated the use of a guided boring machine as its contribution to the NASTT 10th Annual Educational Fund Auction during the No-Dig 2011 Show in Washington, D.C, US, on 27–31 March 2011.

Pledge to encourage infrastructure research

Mon, 7 March 2011 Black & Veatch has pledged $US1 million of the company’s future earnings to support research and development in sustainable infrastructure across the university system in Kansas, US, over the next decade.

China visits the deep south

The Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) at the Louisiana Tech University recently hosted leaders from China’s largest pipeline engineering firm – China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau (CPP).

American research program is WERF the money

Tue, 26 October 2010 The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) of America has accepted proposals for its 2010 Unsolicited Research Program to advance science and technology addressing challenges facing wastewater and stormwater programs.

Thames Water’s investment plan launched online

Tue, 14 September 2010 An online map was recently launched to give an overview of Thames Water’s £5 billion planned work to upgrade its ageing water pipes, sewers and other facilities over the next five years.

Study finds positive results for plastic piping

Wed, 4 August 2010 Current generation materials for polyethylene potable water supply pipes are expected to have “excellent” longevity and performance, according a new report from Jana Laboratories commissioned by the Plastics Pipe Institute.

Delegates engineer themselves to Poland

Thu, 24 June 2010 Engineering 2010, an annual international conference, exhibition and technology show, was held in Tomaszowice, southern Poland, on 16–18 June.

Promoting trenchless safety

Cross Bore Safety Association promotes safe practices to protect from damage, injury and death caused by utility intersections.

Advanced pipeline systems inspection and monitoring developments

One of the keynote speakers at the Trenchless Technologies in Asia Pacific Hong Kong 2009 conference was Professor Lucio Soibelman from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. His talk introduced Carnegie’s Mellon Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Advanced Infrastructure Systems (AIS) Group vision and presented an overview of three AIS pipeline related research efforts.

Sweet home Chicago

Trenchless International magazine was in attendance at the NASTT’s 2010 No-Dig Conference and Exhibition. The event was held in Chicago from 2–7 May and celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the NASTT.

Under London

London was first settled by the Romans in 43 AD, and has been a major settlement for two thousand years. As a result, it was one of the first cities to develop an extensive system of underground infrastructure. Trenchless International takes a look into the history of this subterranean world, and trances the developments of the water and wastewater systems Londoners enjoy today.

Video: Trenchless industry forecast

Wed, 23 June 2010 Check out the latest video, bought to you by Trenchless International, featuring industry experts bringing you a glimpse of the future of the trenchless industry!

SASTT gets standardised

Wed, 23 June 2010 The South African Society for Trenchless Technology (SASTT) has developed a technical standard for sliplining pipes.

Underground mapping gets academic

Mon, 14 June 2010 Geospatial Holdings has been contracted to map over 10 km of underground pipelines for the University of Mississippi.

NASTT calls for No-Dig papers

Thu, 3 June 2010 Get ready to document your trenchless research or project experience, as the NASTT is now accepting abstracts for the 2011 No-Dig Show, to be held in Washington D. C. from 27–31 March.

Trenchless on tour

Mon, 10 May 2010 After touring Britain in 2009 and early 2010, the No-Dig Road Show concluded in Ireland just prior to Easter. With hundreds of attendees and more exhibitors than ever before, the event was a clear success.

Talking trenchless in the Middle East

Mon, 12 April 2010 Abu Dhabi has successfully hosted the sixth Trenchless Middle East event, confirming the annual exhibition and conference as a key feature in the calendar of the international trenchless industry.

Chemically restoring pipeline position

Current renewal methods for pipelines and culverts are very effective for pipe function decline and accident prevention, but offer little in the way of rehabilitating meandering and slacks of pipes. Continually expanding urbanisation means that restoring pipeline position using open cut methods has become less desirable, and as such has led to the development of new pipeline position restoration technologies, such as the chemical injection method.

The state of road gully sytems in Germany Part 2

Part one of this article (Trenchless International January 2010) introduced the approach to the survey on the state of the road gully systems in Germany, the data pool, as well as project-specific key figures in the first part of this publication. The second part of this article includes the results of questions concerning cleaning, inspection, leak tightness testing, requirements for rehabilitation and rehabilitation costs, as well as a summary of the results of the survey.

Colombian Society digs deep

A new Trenchless Technology Society has been established in Colombia. The Colombian Institute of Subterranean Infrastructure Technologies and Techniques will encourage the use of trenchless solutions in the vibrant capital Bogotá and throughout the South American country.