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In this issue | UK | US | South India | Germany | France | China | Brazil | Australia | Colombia<br />
Under Brazil<br />
Oil and Gas<br />
CIPP<br />
Light at<br />
tunnel’s<br />
end<br />
October 2012<br />
Issue 17<br />
The official magazine of the ISTT
Sam Ariaratnam<br />
Istt Chairman<br />
<strong>International</strong> Society for<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology<br />
www.istt.com<br />
info@istt.com<br />
Chairman: Dr Samuel Ariaratnam<br />
Ariaratnam@asu.edu<br />
Vice-Chairman: Derek Choi<br />
derekchoi@balama.com<br />
Executive Director: John Hemphill<br />
hemphill@istt.com<br />
Membership Secretary: Kyoko Kondo<br />
kondo@istt.com<br />
Executive Sub Committee<br />
Jeff Pace: Australasia<br />
Sergio Palazzo: Brazil<br />
Gerda Hald: Denmark<br />
Enrico Boi: Italy<br />
Takehiro Toyoda: Japan<br />
Norman Howell: United Kingdom<br />
Dr Dec Downey (Past Chair): United Kingdom<br />
Executive Director, ISTT<br />
308 S. Lee Street<br />
Alexandria, VA 22314<br />
United States<br />
Tel: +1 (703) 299-8484<br />
Kyoko Kondo (Ms.)<br />
Membership Secretary ISTT<br />
3rd Nishimura Bldg.,<br />
2-11-18, Tomioka, Koto-ku,<br />
Tokyo 135-0047, Japan<br />
Tel: +81 (3) 5639 9970<br />
FAX: +81 (3) 5639 9975<br />
Registered Address:<br />
15 Belgrave Square<br />
LONDON, SW1X 8PS<br />
UK<br />
I hope that all of you in the Northern<br />
Hemisphere enjoyed the summer.<br />
It certainly went by quickly! For me,<br />
classes are back in full swing at Arizona<br />
State University. I am happy to report<br />
that a number of our Affiliated Societies<br />
ran events this past quarter.<br />
The third quarter began with a highly<br />
successful <strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia 2012 in<br />
Singapore from 2–4 July, held in the beautiful<br />
Marina Bay Sands Hotel. Co-located<br />
with the Singapore <strong>International</strong> Water<br />
Week (SIWW), trenchless technologies<br />
were exposed to thousands of water<br />
professionals from all over the world. In<br />
addition to over 40 trenchless exhibitors,<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia 2012 included 14 excellent<br />
technical papers from eight countries.<br />
Keynote addresses were delivered by<br />
Singapore PUB Assistant Chief Executive<br />
(Operations) Tan Yok Gin, and the<br />
Ministry of Energy, Green Technology<br />
and Water in Malaysia Director General<br />
Sewerage Services Mohammed Akhir.<br />
Thanks to Dr Dec Downey for taking<br />
the lead role in arranging an informative<br />
technical program.<br />
During the event, the Executive Sub-<br />
Committee (ESC) held a face-to-face<br />
meeting, as six of the nine ESC members<br />
were in attendance at <strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia<br />
2012. I must say that this was one of<br />
the more unusual meetings, as the first<br />
half was spent in a local ‘non-air-conditioned’<br />
restaurant, enjoying a traditional<br />
Singaporean breakfast. The second half<br />
of our meeting was held in the back of a<br />
uniquely-configured van driving back to the<br />
hotel for the conference opening.<br />
On a personal note, a highlight of the<br />
trip was that Dr Dec Downey, Derek Choi,<br />
John Hemphill and I had the pleasure<br />
of spending an afternoon aboard a<br />
70 ft yacht owned by of the Shijidongda<br />
Pipeline Crossing Company Chairman<br />
Wei RuLin. We were joined by Dec’s wife<br />
Jan and Jack and Eleanor Elliott from Pure<br />
Technologies Limited. It was a special and<br />
relaxing time out at sea, travelling around<br />
the various surrounding islands.<br />
John Hemphill and I visited the Colombian<br />
Institute for Subterranean Infrastructure<br />
Technologies and Techniques (CISTT) in<br />
Medellin, Colombia this past August. During<br />
our trip, we both had the opportunity<br />
to visit a microtunnelling project site,<br />
which was part of the North Interceptor<br />
Project for Empresas Publicas de Medellin<br />
(EPM). Both of us went down into the<br />
18 m shaft and had a close-up view<br />
of the 2.7 m diameter Herrenknecht<br />
microtunnelling machine. What a great<br />
experience! During our visit, John and<br />
I visited EPM’s headquarters and also<br />
met with several Colombian university<br />
professors to discuss ways for their<br />
respective educational institutions to get<br />
involved with the CISTT. Thank you to<br />
Juan Carlos Gutierrez and other members<br />
of CISTT for your hospitality.<br />
In September, I attended the 46 th Annual<br />
IPLOCA Convention in Istanbul, Turkey.<br />
IPLOCA is the <strong>International</strong> Pipe Line<br />
and Offshore Contractors Association.<br />
This Association has membership from<br />
the world’s leading contractors and<br />
stakeholders in the pipeline industry. It<br />
was a privilege to attend their event<br />
and meet up with this group as well as<br />
several members who are also members<br />
of various ISTT Affiliated Societies. My<br />
wife Kathy was able to join me and<br />
enjoyed visiting sites in Istanbul, meeting<br />
various spouses, and attending the<br />
excellent convention program. While in<br />
Turkey, Kathy and I also had a wonderful<br />
visit with Yasin Torun and members of<br />
the Turkish Society for Infrastructure and<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology (TSITT). They are<br />
working diligently conducting educational<br />
seminars and workshops in preparation<br />
for hosting the 2015 <strong>International</strong> No-Dig.<br />
We are just over a month away from the<br />
2012 <strong>International</strong> No-Dig Conference and<br />
Exhibition from 12–14 November in São<br />
Paolo, Brazil at the Expo Transamerica. It<br />
has been almost 18 months since we were<br />
in Berlin for the 2011 <strong>International</strong> No-Dig.<br />
It is amazing how fast time flies by!<br />
The Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia<br />
não Destrutiva (ABRATT) has been busy<br />
preparing the conference, which will<br />
feature a strong vendor exhibition and<br />
over 50 papers in the technical program. I<br />
would like to thank the 20-plus sponsoring<br />
companies. I am particularly excited<br />
because this will be the first <strong>International</strong><br />
No-Dig event ever held in South America.<br />
Many of the attendees will be doing preand<br />
post-conference tours to various<br />
parts of Brazil. ISTT Vice Chairman Derek<br />
Choi and I will visit the picturesque Foz do<br />
Iguazu near the Argentinean border prior<br />
to the conference. These are reported to<br />
be some of the largest and most beautiful<br />
waterfalls in the world!<br />
The month of October will be extremely<br />
busy with events planned by AATT, ASTT,<br />
CHKSTT, NASTT, UKSTT, IATT, IbSTT,<br />
and TSITT. I am really proud of all of our<br />
Affiliated Societies and look forward to<br />
continued support of ISTT in the various<br />
events. Vejo você em São Paulo!<br />
FROM the CHAIRMAN’s desk<br />
October 2012 - <strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
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REGULARS<br />
From the Chairman’s Desk 1<br />
Executive Director’s Report 6<br />
Upcoming Events 44<br />
About ISTT/Membership 58<br />
Affiliated Society Details 58<br />
Advertisers’ Index 60<br />
Editorial Schedule 60<br />
News<br />
World wrap 8<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> update 10<br />
Brazil<br />
Under Brazil 14<br />
projects<br />
Improvements in the pipeline for Shapinsay 20<br />
Ameli and Tula bring light to Hamburg 22<br />
HDD under the Havel River 24<br />
North Shore cables get an upgrade 27<br />
cIPP<br />
Saskatoon reaps the rewards of resin relining 28<br />
Working the night shift – pipe lining in Brussels 30<br />
A frozen cure – CIPP in Norway 32<br />
Weighing in on the best cure 34<br />
ISTT NEWS<br />
Sydney is calling 36<br />
Germany brings its best to São Paulo 38<br />
The great trenchless gold rush 40<br />
No-Dig future for South Africa 42<br />
Stoneleigh Park goes live 43<br />
ISTT makes a mark in Medellin 44<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia a hit 45<br />
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h e r r e n k n e c h t A G | u t i l i t y t u n n e l l i n G | t r A f f i c t u n n e l l i n G<br />
PA n A m A<br />
Issue 17 - October 2012<br />
OIL AND GAS<br />
Stitch-boring keeps it sweet 46<br />
Crossing the Ghats – the Dabhol to 48<br />
Bangalore Pipeline<br />
business development<br />
The importance of integration 50<br />
company news<br />
The myth, the fact, and<br />
the legend – sealing systems 52<br />
Tracking on 50 years 54<br />
Ultimate excavation power 56<br />
Great Southern Press appoints CEO 57<br />
PAnAmA city: SPlenDOr AnD GlOriA<br />
fOr A neW WASteWAter SyStem.<br />
The large-scale sewerage project is helping the growing metropolis move towards a bright<br />
future using high-tech made by Herrenknecht. As the first EPB Shield ever used in Panama,<br />
Gloria’s (Ø 3,000mm) tunnelling performance achieved peak rates of up to 146 lining segments<br />
per week. The drilling procedure directly below Panama City’s streets with an unusually extreme<br />
90-degree bend at a depth of up to 25 meters is attracting a great deal of attention<br />
in the media. This is how Gloria has been doing credit to its name since the beginning of the<br />
tunnel work on the sewage collector – especially since its first breakthrough on May 31, 2012.<br />
P A n A m A c i t y | P A n A m A<br />
In this issue | UK | US | South India | Germany | France | China | Brazil | Australia | Colombia<br />
Under Brazil<br />
Oil and Gas<br />
CIPP<br />
Light at<br />
tunnel’s<br />
end<br />
PROJEct data<br />
M-1494M, EPB Shield<br />
Drilling diameter. 3,000mm<br />
Installed power: 630kW<br />
Tunnel length: 8,067m<br />
Geology: volcanic rock,<br />
andesite/basalt<br />
cONtRactOR<br />
OSEL – Odebrecht<br />
Servicios No<br />
Exterior Ltd.<br />
October 2012<br />
Issue 17<br />
The official magazine of the ISTT<br />
The cover shows one of the Herrenknecht tunnel boring<br />
machines being used to excavate a tunnel system in Germany.<br />
For a full project overview turn to page 22.<br />
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Phone + 49 7824 302-0<br />
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executive director’s report<br />
October 2012 - <strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
John Hemphill<br />
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As I write this report at the beginning of<br />
September, I am struck by the enormous<br />
amount of trenchless activity that is<br />
happening around the globe. Individual<br />
Affiliated Societies are aggressively<br />
promoting trenchless construction<br />
methods in their regions of the world.<br />
During the last part of the year, more than<br />
a dozen Societies are hosting conferences<br />
and special events to promote and highlight<br />
the social, environmental and economic<br />
benefits of <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology.<br />
In September<br />
The Ukraine Society (UMATT) held its<br />
annual conference titled, Modern Methods<br />
of Construction and Maintenance of<br />
Utilities, in Odessa on 7–8 September.<br />
I have had the pleasure of participating<br />
in this conference in the past, and can<br />
tell you that the event always attracts a<br />
large number of participants who are very<br />
committed to trenchless solutions.<br />
A little over a week later, the<br />
Czech Society (CzSTT) held its 17 th<br />
Conference on <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology<br />
in Luhacovice on 16–17 September.<br />
I was fortunate to have participated in<br />
the 2011 conference in Melnik. CzSTT<br />
conferences are highly regarded and<br />
receive strong member support.<br />
The French Society (FSTT) hosts the<br />
first of two trenchless events in Rennes<br />
on 27 September. A second will be held<br />
in late November.<br />
Seven societies hold events in<br />
October<br />
The Turkey Society (TSITT) hosts its<br />
annual No-Dig Turkey 2012 Conference in<br />
Sanliurfa on 1–3 October. Both Chairman<br />
Dr Sam Ariaratnam and I will attend the<br />
conference. We look forward to visiting<br />
our friends in Turkey.<br />
The United Kingdom Society (UKSTT)<br />
will host No-Dig Live 2012 on 2–4 October<br />
in Coventry, England. No-Dig Live is a well<br />
established trenchless event in the UK<br />
that attracts a large audience.<br />
Also in early October, the Italian Society<br />
(IATT) is participating in a program<br />
promoting trenchless solutions titled,<br />
V Network Service Technology Days, to be<br />
held in Piacenza on 3–6 October, making<br />
a total of four ISTT societies holding<br />
events in the first week of October.<br />
Four more societies will be holding<br />
conferences and events during the<br />
last part of October. The Austria<br />
Society (AATT) will hold its 2012<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Symposium in Kitzbühel on<br />
16–17 October. This conference typically<br />
attracts 200-plus participants.<br />
The Iberian Society (IbSTT) will<br />
hold its 13th annual No-Dig Show in<br />
Granada on 18–19 October. The Society<br />
is also firming up plans to host the 2014<br />
<strong>International</strong> No-Dig in Madrid.<br />
The China Hong Kong Society<br />
(CHKSTT) is sponsoring a presentation<br />
on Environmental Audits as a design<br />
criterion for trenchless by Chairman<br />
Ariaratnam. The event will be held on<br />
19 October in Hong Kong.<br />
The last of the eight society<br />
conferences to be held in October is the<br />
Australasian Society (ASTT) <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Live 2012 conference and exhibition,<br />
which takes place in Melbourne on<br />
23–24 October.<br />
Three societies to hold events in<br />
late November<br />
In the middle of the month, the<br />
Scandinavian Society (SSTT) will<br />
co-sponsor VandTek to be held in Odense<br />
on 20–23 November, the French Society<br />
(FSTT) will host its second France Sans<br />
Tranchée Technologies of the year<br />
on 27–30 November in Lyon. Also in<br />
November, the Japan Society (JSTT) will<br />
hold its 23 rd Annual <strong>Trenchless</strong> Conference<br />
in Tokyo on 27 November.<br />
<strong>International</strong> No-Dig São Paulo<br />
Sandwiched between the October<br />
and late November conferences is the<br />
30 th Annual <strong>International</strong> No-Dig hosted<br />
by the Brazilian Society (ABRATT).<br />
The 2012 <strong>International</strong> No-Dig will take<br />
place in São Paulo on 12–14 November.<br />
Excitement is building for this event,<br />
which is the highlight of the year from an<br />
international perspective. No-Dig 2012<br />
is especially significant in that it will be<br />
the first <strong>International</strong> No-Dig to be held<br />
in South America. ABRATT has done a<br />
remarkable job in putting the conference<br />
together. They anticipate a large turnout<br />
and an event with lots of energy. I look<br />
forward to seeing you there.<br />
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World wrap<br />
Texas microtunnelling project underway<br />
The City of Austin has commenced the Euclid-Wilson Project, which will<br />
connect two separate drain sections using microtunnelling.<br />
To connect the drains a bore pit will be excavated and then a microtunnelling<br />
machine will tunnel underground in order to connect the two sections.<br />
The project will improve drainage and reduce flooding in Austin.<br />
TBM excavates Turkey’s tough ground<br />
In Central Turkey, a 10 m diameter tunnel boring machine<br />
was launched to assist the construction of the Kargi Kizilirmak<br />
Hydroelectric Project, consisting of an 11.8 km long headrace tunnel<br />
through a mountainside near the town of Osmancık.<br />
The Robbins tunnel boring machine has advanced over 400 m and<br />
the project, for Norwegian company Statkraft AS, is scheduled to go<br />
online by the end of 2013.<br />
NEWS<br />
Caroline eats her way under the city<br />
In Penwortham, 26 m below ground a<br />
tunnel boring machine, known as Caroline,<br />
is creating a 3.5 km long, 3.05 m wide<br />
tunnel that will travel towards Preston. It<br />
will take a further twelve months to create<br />
United Utilities’ centrepiece stormwater<br />
tunnel, which will eventually be fed by other<br />
tributaries thereby preventing wastewater<br />
flowing into the River Ribble.<br />
The £114 million project has already seen<br />
five miles of pipes and interceptor tunnels<br />
constructed across the city.<br />
TBM commences excavation<br />
in Mumbai<br />
In Mumbai, a 6.25 m diameter TBM<br />
commenced boring an 8.3 km water<br />
tunnel. To date, the machine has bored<br />
more than 320 m.<br />
The tunnel will provide the city’s<br />
approximately 14 million residents with<br />
a reliable water supply, even during<br />
seasonal monsoons that regularly<br />
contaminate Mumbai’s water resources.<br />
Company awarded two CIPP<br />
projects in Kuala Lumpur<br />
The Malaysian Government has<br />
awarded two contracts for the curedin-place<br />
pipe rehabilitation of pipelines<br />
in Kuala Lumpur which involve the<br />
rehabilitation of approximately 21 miles<br />
of 9–36 inch diameter pipelines located<br />
throughout residential and commercial<br />
areas within greater Kuala Lumpur.<br />
Work on the projects began in July 2012<br />
and will take approximately 18 months<br />
to complete.<br />
news<br />
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Mining in Mendoza<br />
A company has been awarded a $US8.3 million<br />
contract for the installation of over 13 miles of<br />
high-density PE lining and the construction of<br />
fittings at the Potasio Río Colorado mining project<br />
in Mendoza.<br />
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Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement<br />
complete<br />
The MMSR, involving the construction of<br />
approximately 2.3 km of new sewer in central<br />
Melbourne, is now complete.<br />
Most project work to construct the new sewer<br />
tunnel took place using a tunnel boring machine<br />
(TBM) housed 10 m below ground. The TBM<br />
was used to tunnel through a variety of ground<br />
conditions, excavating materials including Coode<br />
Island silt, Port Melbourne sand and basalt clay.<br />
The project cost an estimated $US225 million<br />
to complete.<br />
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Success story<br />
Singapore<br />
NEWS<br />
news<br />
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Singapore watermains to be assessed<br />
In Singapore, PUB, the nation’s national water agency, will be<br />
assessing the condition of water transmission mains by using acoustic<br />
pipe condition assessment services.<br />
Echologics was selected as contractor because its technology<br />
was able to meet PUB’s requirements to assess ageing transmission<br />
mains in its service area and provide information that can be used as<br />
part of its ongoing asset management strategy.<br />
The company will acoustically survey approximately 1.6 km of cast<br />
iron and steel water transmission mains, ranging from 500 mm–800 mm<br />
in diameter, in PUB’s service area to non-invasively detect leaks and<br />
measure the mains’ effective wall thickness.<br />
Glasgow city centre watermains upgrade<br />
Pipelining nightshift in Brussels<br />
Scottish Water is set to commence a major upgrade of the water<br />
pipe network in the Glasgow city centre by replacing 5 miles of ageing<br />
distribution mains to improve services.<br />
The £3.5 million upgrade will reduce the risk of bursts and the inconvenience<br />
to customers, road users and pedestrians caused by them.<br />
Many of the pipes that supply water to thousands of properties and<br />
customers in the city centre date back to the Victorian age and the area<br />
has suffered from a number of bursts and disruption to supply recently.<br />
The project is expected to be complete by mid-2013.<br />
In the Belgian capital of Brussels, KMG Pipe Technologies recently<br />
carried out an overnight sewer rehabilitation project using synthetic fibre<br />
pipelining materials.<br />
For the rehabilitation of the 169 m long oval profile 600/900 mm sewer, a<br />
Uniliner synthetic fibre liner was employed.<br />
The installation team inverted the liner using a 3.5 m high mobile winding<br />
tower. Once the liner was installed into the sewer, it was cured with steam<br />
injected into the liner by a truck-mounted steam generator.<br />
For a full project re-cap turn to page 30.<br />
New sewers in Tilehurst nearing completion<br />
A complex project to upsize sewers in Tilehurst, located outside of London, to<br />
cope with an additional 95 tonnes of sewage is nearly complete.<br />
Since January 2012, Thames Water contractor for the project, Optimise, have<br />
been installing new sewer pipes to upgrade the area’s network with an auger borer.<br />
Auger boring is being used to create the new path for the sewer pipe, minimising<br />
the number of open trenches required. This technique makes the installation<br />
process quicker and less disruptive.<br />
The £1 million project has seen bigger sewers laid in Hildens Drive, City Road,<br />
Longworth Avenue and Foxcombe Drive.<br />
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Achievement:<br />
Sewer extension to serve North Coast<br />
Area – Contract 3 was given priority<br />
status by the Public Utilities Board, the<br />
developers of land surrounding the<br />
Woodland North Coast Area. The aim<br />
of the project was to provide service<br />
to the Woodland North Coast Area<br />
and, due to the scheduled start of<br />
construction on a new factory, delays<br />
were simply not acceptable.<br />
The project, which involved installing<br />
1.1 km of sewage lines (1 m in diameter)<br />
and constructing seven manholes,<br />
needed to be completed in a mere six<br />
months.<br />
Project background<br />
Client<br />
Public Utilities Board<br />
Job site<br />
Singapore, Admiralty Road<br />
West<br />
Main contractor Swee Hong Engineering<br />
Construction Pte Ltd<br />
Total project length 1,100 m<br />
Geology<br />
Silt and gravel<br />
mts Perforator GmbH<br />
Am Heisterbusch 18a<br />
19246 Lüttow-Valluhn,<br />
Germany<br />
Using an mts800S2 jacking machine,<br />
upskinned to ID1000/ OD1350, the<br />
sewer lines were fully completed<br />
within three months, with a record of<br />
54 meters installed in a single 12-hour<br />
shift.<br />
With this equipment, it was possible<br />
to complete the project within the<br />
contractually agreed time period.<br />
Tel.: +49-38851-3270<br />
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Flashes of light at the end of the tunnel<br />
Excavation of a tunnel system for the X-ray Free-Electron Laser European<br />
Research Facility in metropolitan Hamburg was successfully completed in<br />
June 2012 after tunnelling the final shaft.<br />
For the project, two Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines (TBM) covered a<br />
total distance of 5.78 km between July 2010 and June 2012.<br />
Laser technology provided by the Gesellschaft für Vermessungstechnik<br />
kept the two TBMs on course over the route.<br />
As of 2015, electron and x-ray light will be flowing through the European<br />
XFEL research project tunnel system. For a full project re-cap turn to page 22.<br />
CIPP heads to Hollywood<br />
The City of Beverly Hills California has awarded a $US5 million<br />
contract for the rehabilitation of over 135,000 ft of small-diameter sewer<br />
pipelines using cured-in-place pipe CIPP method.<br />
Contractor Insituform Technologies will use CIPP to install 8 inch,<br />
10 inch and 12 inch diameter sewer pipelines throughout Beverly Hills.<br />
Specific locations include sewer pipelines along Rodeo Drive and<br />
Wilshire Boulevard.<br />
Insituform began work in September 2012 and expects to complete<br />
the project within twelve months.<br />
Wessex Water revamps Bournemouth sewer<br />
Wessex Water has commenced sewer renovations in Bournemouth, UK, to ensure they last for another 100 years.<br />
Wessex said the latest technology will see the sewers accessed through existing manholes and surveyed with the<br />
help of robots and CCTV equipment.<br />
Pipes will be rehabilitated with liners cured into place using water heated to 90 degrees centigrade. Work is expected<br />
to be completed in October 2012.<br />
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New water pipeline for Southeast India<br />
A new pipeline is being tunnelled under Southeast India to distribute<br />
clean drinking water from the Srisailam Dam on the River Krishna over a<br />
distance of approximately 100 km.<br />
For the project, the construction of the 18 km long Veligonda tunnel will<br />
be carried out by the Nuziveedu Swathi Coastal Consortium.<br />
Using a Herrenknecht Double Shield tunnel boring machine, the best<br />
rates of advance ever known in Indian tunnel building were achieved:<br />
525 m of drilled and secured tunnel in 29 days.<br />
Schipol Airport ready to take off following pipe rehab<br />
At Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, more than 12.8 km of concrete pipe<br />
beneath the airport’s airfield has been rehabilitated using pipe jacking and<br />
relining to minimise disruptions to air traffic.<br />
Heavily damaged pipes of between 300–1,600 mm in diameter, running<br />
beneath runways and taxiways, were prioritised.<br />
Hobas Relining Pipes were used for relining affected concrete culverts<br />
that crossed the runways and taxiways and Hobas Jacking Pipes<br />
were utilised where the pipe diameter had to be maintained and where<br />
trenching was not an option.<br />
Hobas SewerLine Pipes were installed beneath all paved areas where<br />
an open trench was not feasible.<br />
Can’t wait for the next edition of <strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong>?<br />
Get the latest news at www.trenchlessinternational.com/news<br />
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Under Brazil<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> interviewed Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia não Destrutiva Chairman Paulo<br />
Dequech about Brazil’s utilities, upcoming events, Affiliated Society, and projects.<br />
According to Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia não<br />
Destrutiva (ABRATT) Chairman Paulo Dequech, the majority<br />
of Brazil’s underground water and wastewater assets range<br />
between 80- and 40-years-old. Currently, the condition of<br />
Brazil’s water pipelines are very badly deteriorated, and consist<br />
of pipes made of cast iron, steel and from more recent<br />
installations, PVC. Wastewater pipelines are in a worse condition<br />
than water pipelines, and are comprised mostly of clay, concrete<br />
and cast-iron.<br />
The renewal of underground assets is becoming a high priority<br />
to the Brazil Government, particularly in major urban centres.<br />
Sabesp, for example, has its own assets renewal program<br />
supported by JICA from Japan. The company intends to replace<br />
all old water pipeline networks over the next three years.<br />
In progressing this project, the next step will be to rehabilitate the<br />
large watermain located in downtown São Paulo. The government<br />
also intends to start the rehabilitation of large diameter sewers as<br />
soon as appropriate funding is allocated.<br />
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Water and wastewater issues<br />
Mr Dequech says Brazil has highly experienced contractors and<br />
engineering companies, who have the material, man-power and<br />
technology to rehabilitate and upgrade Brazil’s infrastructure, but<br />
there is a lack of government funding in the areas of water and<br />
wastewater.<br />
Brazil’s upcoming projects<br />
The biggest sewer project currently underway in the region is the<br />
Tiete River Remediation Program in São Paulo. The project has so<br />
far utilised horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and microtunnelling,<br />
with both techniques proving highly successful in their installations.<br />
Mr Dequech says Brazil has large demands for upgrading sewer<br />
networks with thousands, perhaps even millions, of kilometres<br />
requiring installation throughout the country. He predicts that<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology will be required on the majority of jobs.<br />
Tietê River Remediation Program<br />
In the period from 1900 to 2010, São Paulo’s population<br />
grew to 10.65 million inhabitants. If the wider metropolitan<br />
area is included with its 38 municipal districts, São Paulo has a<br />
population of 19 million.<br />
This rapid increase in the city’s population gave rise to a number<br />
of infrastructure challenges, including traffic jams, floods, and<br />
problems with sewage treatment and water supply.<br />
Today, 85 per cent of houses are connected to the collection<br />
network in greater São Paulo. The total length of the sewage<br />
network is currently 44,600 km, including 490 treatment plants<br />
Project crew working on the Project Tietê.<br />
and 5.8 million house connections. The city’s sewage treatment<br />
capacity stands at 43,500 litres per second.<br />
In October 1990, Project Tietê was launched to improve the<br />
wastewater network and clean the highly polluted 1,000 km long<br />
Tietê River, which runs through São Paulo.<br />
The first phase of Project Tietê ran from 1992–1998, and<br />
included the construction of 1.5 km of collection networks and 315<br />
km of trunk collectors, which expanded the collection network to<br />
serve 250,000 families.<br />
Quick facts on the Tietê River Remediation<br />
Program<br />
Project Operator: Sabesp<br />
Total length of sewer: Approximately 90 km<br />
Length of HDD drive: 5 per cent of total sewer length<br />
Length of microtunnelling drive: 95 per cent of<br />
total length<br />
Fund Agency: World Bank (50-60 per cent) and<br />
Sabesp (50-40 per cent).<br />
The mts1500S4 in action on the Project Tietê.<br />
The second phase of Project Tietê, 2002–2008, saw the<br />
installation of 165 km of trunk collectors, 1,426 km of collection<br />
networks and the cleaning of the Pinheiros River.<br />
The third and final phase of the project started in 2009 and is set<br />
to be completed in 2015. This phase will involve the construction<br />
of 580 km of trunks, collectors and interceptors; 1,250 km of<br />
collection networks; 200,000 household sewage connections and<br />
three new treatment plants. The primary goals of this phase are to<br />
increase wastewater collection from 85 per cent to 87 per cent,<br />
and to raise sewerage treatment from 72 per cent to 84 per cent.<br />
The project is utilising a mts Perforator excavator in the third<br />
phase of the project.<br />
São Paulo’s water utility: Sabesp<br />
The predominant stakeholder for water management in São<br />
Palo is Sabesp, a mixed capital company responsible for water<br />
supply and sewage collection and treatment in 363 municipalities<br />
in the state. Sabesp is one of the largest<br />
sanitation companies in the world in terms<br />
of population covered.<br />
Sabesp was created in 1973 to implement<br />
the National Sanitation Plan (PLANASA) – a<br />
Brazilian Government program that financed capital investments<br />
and helped develop state water and sewage companies, using<br />
funds from the FGTS (Workers’ Severance Pay Fund). Since then,<br />
other publicly – or state-owned companies related to water supply<br />
and sewage collection and treatment in the state have been<br />
merged into Sabesp.<br />
In partnership with private companies, Sabesp also operates<br />
in four other municipalities, Mogi-Mirim, Castilho, Andradina and<br />
Mairinque, in addition to providing advisory services in Panama<br />
and Honduras. It also maintains partnerships with the state<br />
sanitation concessionaires in Alagoas and Espírito Santo.<br />
Currently, 27.6 million people are supplied with water and<br />
20.5 million with sewage collection.<br />
In addition to basic sanitation, Sabesp is also equipped to<br />
provide drainage, urban cleaning, solid waste handling and<br />
energy services.<br />
In order to ensure high-quality services, the company maintains<br />
a massive structure and has invested around $US4.433 billion<br />
over the last five years.<br />
Between 2012 and 2015, it plans to invest a further $US3.94 billion<br />
to ensure that it advances towards its commitment to provide water<br />
and sewage services to everyone in its operational area by 2018.<br />
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Brazil<br />
A wealth of investment opportunities await in Brazil<br />
Brazil is a democratic country with a solid<br />
economic position, strong reserves (more than<br />
$US119 billion), low inflation and a very attractive<br />
interest rate for investment.<br />
Eight indicators that Brazil is a promising region for<br />
future investment:<br />
1. $US1.1 trillion of GNP means that every<br />
investment plan means billions of dollars<br />
2. Infrastructure (transport only) will take 1 per cent<br />
of GNP per year till 2023<br />
3. Sewer investments, for a country that collects<br />
only 40 per cent and treats less than 20 per cent,<br />
means a lot of potential opportunities<br />
4. Sewer rehabilitation in state capitals require a<br />
huge investment of $US11.9 billion till 2023<br />
5. Fibre optic and broadband in Brazil means<br />
thousands of kilometres of buried cables<br />
6. Hundreds of thousands of kilometres of cast<br />
iron and asbestos cement pipelines still supply<br />
potable water in the old downtown of huge<br />
cities across Brazil<br />
7. Scheduled international events increase all<br />
prospects (Soccer 2014 and Olympic Games<br />
2016), and everybody knows what that means<br />
8. Billions of dollars worth of investments in<br />
energy projects, including plans by one of the<br />
world’s largest oil companies to build more<br />
than 7,000 km of oil and gas pipelines.<br />
Meet the Society: ABRATT<br />
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ABRATT was established in 1998, under<br />
leadership from Sergio Pallazzo, in order to<br />
promote, develop and organise <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology in Brazil. The founding group<br />
was comprised of engineers, contractors<br />
and technicians who worked with <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology.<br />
Mr Pallazzo has a lot of experience in the trenchless industry,<br />
and was familiar with US contacts from working with the ISTT.<br />
He was able to organise the Society’s establishment in accordance<br />
the format of existing international societies. ABRATT has been<br />
affiliated with the ISTT since 1999.<br />
BOOTH NO.<br />
Sergio Palazzo and ABRATT Chairman Paulo Dequech.<br />
Running ABRATT<br />
The board has remained essentially the same since its foundation.<br />
Mr Dequech has held the role of Chairman since year 2008. The<br />
board is completed by Helio Rosas, Liberal Ramos Filho and Sergio<br />
Pallazzo. All board members are contractors or equipment dealers<br />
in Brazil with more than 15 years’ experience.<br />
The Society does not have formal councillors established for areas<br />
or provinces of Brazil, but does have members in most important<br />
country regions, who are informally in charge of promoting the<br />
Society, as well as the use and benefits of using <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology at a local level.<br />
Hosting the 2012 ISTT No-Dig Conference<br />
In 2012, ABRATT has the honour of welcoming the ISTT to Brazil<br />
to host the prestigious international No-Dig event. The ISTT No-Dig<br />
2012 will be held 12–14 November at the Expo Transamérica<br />
Convention Center in São Paulo, Brazil.<br />
Brazil is the hub connecting South America to the wider world.<br />
ABRATT has worked extensively promoting the event, and has been<br />
successful in attracting participants from all over the globe.<br />
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The Society at work in Brazil<br />
To promote trenchless techniques to key personnel, the Society<br />
works alongside universities, the Engineers Council, consulting and<br />
design associations, water and sanitation engineers associations,<br />
and contractors associations.<br />
It is also important to the Society to promote trenchless training.<br />
The Society has co-ordinated a two-day horizontal directional<br />
drilling course that will be developed and presented by technicians<br />
from Petrobras, National Oil and Gas Company, proceeding the<br />
ISTT No-Dig 2012. The course is targeted technicians, engineers<br />
and other professionals involved with directional drilling technology.<br />
The course will run 10–11 November 2012. Interested parties can<br />
register at www.nodigsaopaulo2012.com.br/en/course.php<br />
No-Dig 2012:<br />
Must see<br />
booths at the<br />
Exhibition<br />
The Exhibition Hall is always one of the highlights at the annual<br />
ISTT No-Dig. When visiting the No-Dig Sao Paulo exhibition, be sure<br />
to stop by the below booths:<br />
AABRAT/ISTT: Booth 14<br />
Meet key-members of ABRATT and the ISTT at Booth 14.<br />
Aarsleff: Booth 46<br />
Aarsleff undertakes civil engineering and infrastructure work<br />
and are specialists within no-dig pipe renewal and piling. Aarsleff<br />
executes trenchless renewal of underground pipe systems for sewer,<br />
wastewater and rainwater including main pipes, main and lateral<br />
connections and manholes.<br />
great strength, Duktus’ cast iron pipes are ideally suited for<br />
trenchless pipe laying.<br />
HammerHead: Booth 36<br />
HammerHead piercing, bursting and ramming products are used by<br />
contractors around the globe to install or replace fibre, communication,<br />
water, sewer and gas lines with minimal disruption to above ground<br />
landscapes, structures and traffic flow.<br />
Hermes: Booth 80<br />
Hermes Technology operates worldwide and has developed many<br />
technologies to provide quality and safer sewer lines. Rainer Hermes<br />
worked with the dry mortar manufacturer ERGELIT to develop the<br />
first sewer rehabilitation mortars Ergelit-KS1 and Ergelit-KS2 in<br />
1982. Today the company’s product range covers almost every area<br />
of sewer repair and renovation. The company has a great pool of<br />
talents – engineers, technicians and business economists, combined<br />
with a commitment to quality and continuous development.<br />
Herrenknecht: Booth 27<br />
Herrenknecht is a technology and market leader in the area of<br />
mechanised tunnelling systems. Herrenknecht delivers cutting-edge<br />
tunnel boring machines for all ground conditions and in all diameters<br />
– ranging from 0.10 to 19 m.<br />
iMPREG: Booth 21A<br />
iMPREG currently manufacture more than 150 miles of liner each<br />
year, distributing their products all over the world. Cured by steam<br />
or latest UV-Technology, the iMPREG Liners are a benchmark for<br />
strength, cost-efficiency and eco-friendliness. Made in Germany, the<br />
liner is manufactured fully quality controlled according DIN EN ISO<br />
9001. GRP provide a minimum of 50 years of service.<br />
Be sure to stop by the <strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> stand at No-Dig 2012, at booth 93.<br />
Brazil<br />
American Augers: Booth 47<br />
American Augurs is a manufacturer of underground technology<br />
equipment, including horizontal directional drills, earth boring machines<br />
and mud pump and cleaning systems. The company was the first HDD<br />
manufacturer to eliminate chain and introduce a rack and pinion<br />
carriage design, which is now the industry standard.<br />
Duktus: Booth 70<br />
Duktus develops, produces and markets high-grade systems for<br />
transporting water. The company is also a significant supplier of<br />
economical deep-foundation systems of ductile cast iron. Due to their<br />
Reduct: Booth 11A<br />
Reduct is dedicated to developing mapping technology for<br />
underground utility infrastructures because as-built data is becoming<br />
increasingly vital in the network management process. Reduct has<br />
developed the DuctRunner technology, an innovative modular<br />
mapping system. Today, a range of Pipeline Mapping Systems and<br />
Services are on offer that meet the market’s demand for accurate<br />
and efficient pipeline mapping.<br />
RELINEEUROPE: Booth 79<br />
As a system supplier for innovative trenchless pipe rehabilitation<br />
solutions, RELINEEUROPE supports companies throughout the<br />
world to successfully implement modern trenchless pipe rehabilitation<br />
technologies efficiently and profitably. The company’s core areas<br />
are the development, production and marketing of trenchless<br />
pipe rehabilitation technologies with UV light curing, and providing<br />
comprehensive services associated with the technology.<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> magazine: Booth 93<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong>, the official magazine of the ISTT, is a<br />
publication dedicated to reporting on the biggest projects, news and<br />
Society information to the worldwide trenchless industry. <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> Editor Kate Pemberton will be on-site, make sure you<br />
stop by the booth to discuss your company’s up-coming projects<br />
and news and receive an ‘I♥trenchless’ sticker.<br />
Looking for work in the global trenchless industry?<br />
The <strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> jobs board lists roles in all<br />
sectors of the industry across the globe. Find your next role at<br />
www.trenchlessinternational.com<br />
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SAERTEX: Booth 67<br />
SAERTEX is amongst the world's leading suppliers of glass fibre<br />
rovings. The high-tech rovings are used around the globe in the<br />
construction of wind farms, aircraft, in boat and shipbuilding as well<br />
as the automotive industry. The SAERTEX-LINER offers a unique<br />
roving structure as a convincing solution for sewer renovations.<br />
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Improvements in the<br />
pipeline for Shapinsay<br />
Scottish Water Solutions has constructed what is believed to be one of the longest water supply<br />
subsea pipelines in the UK in order to bring cleaner, fresher water to the small island of Shapinsay<br />
in Orkney, Scotland.<br />
The £3.1 million Scottish Water Solutions<br />
project has seen the directional drilling of a<br />
300 mm diameter hole under the seabed over<br />
a distance of 2 km. A new watermain has<br />
been pulled through the length of the bore,<br />
new mains are installed and a new pumping<br />
station has been constructed in Carness.<br />
The purpose of the project is to install a pipe<br />
under the seabed to bring water to the island<br />
of Shapinsay, connecting the community to a<br />
reservoir on the Orkney mainland.<br />
Drilling to the island<br />
George Leslie was the principal contractor<br />
for the project, with Stockton Drilling employed<br />
as its specialist drilling subcontractor.<br />
Stockton Drilling completed the 2 km<br />
drill between the islands of Orkney and<br />
Shapinsay.<br />
To enable this Stockton Drilling installed a<br />
180 mm diameter HPPE conduit pipe from<br />
mainland Orkney to Shapinsay Island using<br />
Stockton’s 250 tonne HDD rig to complete<br />
the 2 km drill.<br />
The Carness mains will connect into<br />
the existing distribution system and the<br />
Shapinsay main will connect to the existing<br />
service reservoir.<br />
The subsea pipeline spans from Carness<br />
Point on the outskirts of Kirkwall and ends at<br />
Balfour Castle grounds on Shapinsay.<br />
Construction Manger Malcolm Miller said<br />
“We are really pleased to have completed the<br />
subsea drilling part of this project as it was<br />
such a complex and specialised process.<br />
“The results have been successful and<br />
we are now well on the way to completing<br />
the project over the rest of the year and<br />
bringing fresher, clearer water to customers<br />
in Shapinsay.”<br />
Looking ahead<br />
A spokesperson for the project told<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> that contractors have<br />
now completed all new water distribution<br />
pipework connecting to the directional drill<br />
section under the sea, both on the island of<br />
Shapinsay and the mainland of Orkney.<br />
The pumping station that will pump the<br />
new supply to Shapinsay is now under<br />
construction and project completion is<br />
scheduled for early 2013.<br />
HDD rig set up on-site.<br />
Pipe ready to be pulled through.<br />
Call for papers now open<br />
Organisers:<br />
Sponsors: Gold: Bronze:<br />
Special Supporter national Societies of ISTT:<br />
in conjunction with<br />
The German Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology (GSTT) is accepting abstracts for the<br />
1 st <strong>International</strong> NO DIG BERLIN 2013, located at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds, 23–26 April 2013.<br />
Prospective authors are invited to submit a 300-word abstract (in English) outlining the scope of their paper<br />
and the principal benefits to the trenchless industry. The abstracts should be submitted to eichhorn@gstt.de<br />
by 4 January 2013. The 2013 No DIG BERLIN Conference Committee will review abstracts and notify the<br />
primary authors of acceptance in January. In order to attract an international audience the conference<br />
program will be presented in two languages (German/English).<br />
To ensure proper communication with the Primary Author, abstracts must contain<br />
the following information:<br />
<br />
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<br />
1 st <strong>International</strong> NO DIG BERLIN 2013<br />
Berlin Exhibition Grounds<br />
23 – 26 April 2013<br />
www.nodigberlin2013.com<br />
Submit your<br />
abstract before<br />
4 January 2013<br />
Title of Abstract/Paper<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Category/Section: e.g., New Construction, Horizontal Directional Drilling,<br />
Pipe Bursting, Microtunneling, Pipe Jacking, Rehabilitation, Cured-in-Place Lining, Sliplining,<br />
Foal and Form Lining, Coatings, Grouting, Research, Assessment, Asset Management, etc.<br />
Author’s Name<br />
Email Address<br />
Country<br />
Brief Description of Paper, i.e., Abstract in English of no more than 300 words (no image)<br />
Papers accepted for presentation at the 1 st NO DIG BERLIN 2013 will be published in the conference<br />
proceedings.<br />
Contact: Dagmar Eichhorn, eichhorn@gstt.de or Klaus Beyer, beyer@gstt.de<br />
Supportet by:<br />
Messe Berlin GmbH · Messedamm 22 · 14055 Berlin · Germany · www.messe-berlin.de · www.gstt.de<br />
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Australia<br />
New Zealand<br />
Austria Brazil Bulgaria Hong Kong Colombian China Czech<br />
Republic<br />
Finland France Spain<br />
Portugal<br />
Italy Japan Netherlands USA Poland<br />
Canada<br />
Mexico<br />
Russian<br />
Federation<br />
South<br />
Africa<br />
Turkey Ukraine United<br />
Kingdom
A crew member helps angle the TBM.<br />
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BOOTH NO.<br />
CEO at European XFEL GmbH Dr<br />
Massimo Altarelli said “Tunnelling is one of<br />
the most difficult areas of the construction.”<br />
Dr Helmut Dosch, Chairman of the<br />
Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY<br />
Board, head shareholder of the European<br />
XFEL GmbH said “Completion of tunnelling<br />
work on time has enabled us to achieve<br />
a key milestone for this unique research<br />
facility. And now there’s nothing to stop the<br />
installation of technical infrastructure and<br />
accelerator components.”<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.herrenknecht.com<br />
For more news, information<br />
and projects involving<br />
Tunnelling, visit:<br />
Ameli and Tula<br />
bring light to Hamburg<br />
TUNNELLING<br />
www.trenchlessinternational.com/resource<br />
Innovators in <strong>Trenchless</strong> since 1962<br />
One of the TBMs utilised to excavate a complex tunnel system network in Germany.<br />
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Excavation of a tunnel system for the X-ray Free-Electron Laser European Research Facility in<br />
metropolitan Hamburg, in Northern Germany, was successfully completed in June 2012 following a<br />
Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine, named Ameli, entering its last target shaft.<br />
For the project, two Herrenknecht<br />
tunnel boring machines (TBM) covered<br />
a total distance of 5.78 km between<br />
July 2010 and June 2012.<br />
Ameli and its TBM sister Tula had to<br />
be relocated several times for the eleven<br />
tunnel sections between the research<br />
centre DESY in Hamburg Bahrenfeld, and<br />
Schenefeld in the district of Pinneberg. Laser<br />
technology provided by the Gesellschaft für<br />
Vermessungstechnik kept the two TBMs on<br />
course over the route.<br />
As of 2015, electron and x-ray light will<br />
be flowing through the European X-ray<br />
Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) research project<br />
tunnel system.<br />
Steffen Benad from Herrenknecht said<br />
“Technically, the tunnel system is extremely<br />
complicated.”<br />
The European XFEL basically consists<br />
of underground structures and a ramified<br />
tunnel system. In the main tunnel,<br />
electrodes are accelerated to practically<br />
the speed of light. They are then brought<br />
to the point of transmitting highly intensive<br />
X-ray laser flashes with the aid of special<br />
magnetic fields in a tunnel fan. Through<br />
them absolutely new opportunities for<br />
research in the nano field are opened up<br />
for scientists and industrial users alike.<br />
In this way, atomic details of viruses and<br />
cells can be deciphered, 3-D recordings<br />
from the nano-cosmos made and chemical<br />
reactions filmed.<br />
Up to 27,000 ultra-short laser flashes<br />
per second will be generated in the x-ray<br />
range by XFEL with the aim of enabling,<br />
for example, the shooting of chemical<br />
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The two 500 and 560 t Mixshields with<br />
diameters of 6.16 m and 5.45 m were<br />
baptised Tula (tunnel for laser) and Ameli<br />
(Am Ende Licht – light at the end). They<br />
were used by Hochtief AG and Bilfinger<br />
Berger AG for excavating the complex<br />
tunnel system network.<br />
In order to keep them exactly on course<br />
in the 3.4 km plant, Herrenknecht used a<br />
laser-guided navigation system from VMT,<br />
subsidiary of Herrenknecht AG based in<br />
Bruchsal. By late July 2011, Tula had<br />
successfully completed its task for the more<br />
than 2 km long main tunnel and the two<br />
further 600 m long sections.<br />
The tube system network at the end<br />
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HDD under<br />
the Havel River<br />
By Lutz Rau<br />
SEE US AT<br />
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When crews in Germany installed a pipe 17 m below ground in a limited-size area with strict angle<br />
requirements, pipe-by-pipe assembly using Duktus DN700 ductile iron pipe allowed for high installation<br />
rates, despite project constraints.<br />
Berlin’s Havel River, measuring over<br />
a kilometre in width, supports a series of<br />
water wells on its banks. Berlin’s water<br />
supply company, Berliner Wasserbetriebe,<br />
pumps raw water from the Schildhorn Wells<br />
and treats it in the Tiefwerder Waterworks,<br />
producing drinkable water.<br />
For the past three years the wells have<br />
been under renovation. Open trench<br />
excavation was utilised to replace a 2 km<br />
section of raw water pipeline with ductile<br />
iron pipes.<br />
Fighting the slope<br />
In a sloping region of Charlottenburg,<br />
486 m of the pipeline runs approximately<br />
17 m below the high river bank.<br />
Because of this severe project constraint,<br />
open-trench installation was immediately<br />
dismissed, and the project proponent had<br />
to consider alternative means of renovating<br />
the ageing pipe.<br />
The existing pipes lay in relatively short<br />
lengths of 6 m, and had restrained joints<br />
with angular deflections. Horizontal direction<br />
drilling (HDD) was chosen as the preferred<br />
technique as it provided an elegant way of<br />
meeting these difficult requirements.<br />
Instruction by the pipe supplier’s applications engineering department.<br />
The installation crew quickly<br />
gained momentum with<br />
the drilling and installation<br />
process, and the 486 m long<br />
pipeline was assembled and<br />
pulled in in just 34 hours.<br />
Working with ductile iron<br />
An order was placed for 504 m of Duktus<br />
ductile iron pipes to EN 545 with TYTON<br />
push-in sockets with BLS/VRS-T restraint<br />
systems and associated fittings. This type<br />
of pipe is lined with cement mortar and has<br />
an outside zinc coating with a rugged outer<br />
cement mortar coating of EN 15 542. This<br />
coating can withstand very high mechanical<br />
and chemical stresses.<br />
The installation<br />
The existing bore was enlarged to<br />
850 mm, and then bored out to 1,100 mm.<br />
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The steel assembly ramp – a shrink-on sleeve and protective cone being fitted.<br />
The installation crew quickly gained<br />
momentum with the drilling and installation<br />
process, and the 486 m long pipeline was<br />
assembled and pulled in in just 34 hours. In<br />
this time frame the crews also managed to<br />
finish installing joint protection, which had<br />
been planned to take up to 60 hours.<br />
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Because of this severe<br />
project constraint, opentrench<br />
installation was<br />
immediately dismissed, and<br />
the project proponent had to<br />
consider alternative means of<br />
renovating the ageing pipe.<br />
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North Shore<br />
cables get an upgrade<br />
ISTT No-Dig 2013 –<br />
save the date!<br />
The ISTT heads<br />
to Sydney, Australia,<br />
1–4 September 2013.<br />
See page 36.<br />
Crews are in the final stages of replacing more than 2 km of high voltage<br />
transmission cable to power 15,000 homes and businesses across Sydney's North Shore.<br />
The DN 700 ductile iron pipeline dipping into<br />
the drilling fluid.<br />
The enclosure in the assembly area.<br />
Around the World<br />
Around<br />
the CloCk<br />
Additionally, tractive force for the pull-in was<br />
below the allowable 165 t.<br />
Project completion<br />
The remaining drilling fluid between the<br />
ductile iron pipeline and the tunnel wall was<br />
replaced by a hydraulically curing cementbased<br />
suspension.<br />
With the easily assembled BLS/VRS-T<br />
system, pipe-by-pipe assembly proved to<br />
be an advantage in this case, and even<br />
in cramped conditions the angle of entry<br />
required was easy to set and still allowed<br />
high installation rates to be achieved.<br />
The existing 33,000 volt cables and<br />
wires were installed in the 1960s to<br />
connect the Crows Nest zone substation<br />
to a major supply point in Artarmon.<br />
Horizontal directional drilling specialists<br />
recently finished drilling two 600 mm-wide<br />
tunnels under the North Shore rail line<br />
in Artarmon as part of the ten month<br />
replacement project.<br />
The 150 m long tunnels between Ella<br />
Street and Naremburn Park in Artarmon<br />
will hold conduit pipes to carry six new<br />
132,000 volt cables.<br />
Ausgrid General Manager Transmission<br />
Brett Hooper said the next stage of work<br />
included pulling the new 132,000 volt<br />
cables through the conduits.<br />
“The existing cables have served the<br />
North Shore community well for half a<br />
century and are now approaching the time<br />
for replacement,” Mr Hooper said.<br />
“Substation technicians are also installing<br />
equipment in the recently completed new<br />
substation building adjoining the existing<br />
substation built in the 1930s.<br />
“The replacement of ageing electrical<br />
infrastructure across the North Shore<br />
will help meet the electricity needs of<br />
the area.”<br />
Temporary road surfaces along the<br />
cable route will be permanently restored<br />
once all work on the project is complete.<br />
Some of the upgrade works as part of<br />
the project.<br />
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Saskatoon reaps the<br />
rewards of resin relining<br />
IVIS, located in Alberta, is a company pioneering new developments in underground infrastructure<br />
solutions and pipe rehabilitation. IVIS recently embarked on a new project in Saskatchewan that placed<br />
the company at the forefront of the western Canadian relining industry.<br />
The project was initiated because<br />
the City of Saskatoon’s potable water line<br />
had experienced major failures, and was<br />
becoming an on-going issue for residents.<br />
It was evident the water line was in need of<br />
repairs, and the City decided cured-in-place<br />
pipe (CIPP) relining was an effective and lowcost<br />
solution. The non-invasive technique<br />
was selected because it would minimise<br />
disruption to residents. Additionally, because<br />
CIPP minimises the amount of excavation a<br />
repair jobsite requires, worksite hazards for<br />
installation crews are greatly reduced.<br />
Size matters<br />
The project required relining approximately<br />
3,500 m of different sized pipes in the<br />
city of Saskatoon, using CIPP technology.<br />
This included the use of epoxy resin and<br />
NordiTude liners.<br />
The most challenging part of the project<br />
was the distance between the wet-out<br />
shop and the project site. Resin-filled liner<br />
has a limited shelf-life; to avoid liner failure<br />
on-site crews had to work efficiently and<br />
complete all preliminary work before the<br />
liner arrived at the project site.<br />
Another issue the project faced was<br />
the small services, which ranged in size<br />
from three-quarters of an inch to one<br />
inch. Locating these service holes and<br />
reopening the connection in such a<br />
small pipe requires superior skill that<br />
few companies possess. Because of the<br />
immense size and challenging nature of<br />
this project, IVIS crews and management<br />
came together to develop an innovative<br />
solution.<br />
About IVIS<br />
The City of Saskatoon project expanded<br />
IVIS into new markets. New production<br />
strategies such as Just-In-Time and<br />
reorganising the work system helped IVIS<br />
expand its relining capabilities. IVIS is<br />
a growing company that is expanding<br />
its services throughout western Canada,<br />
utilising new technologies in underground<br />
infrastructure.<br />
NO-DIG DOWNUNDER<br />
CALL FOR PAPERS<br />
31 st ISTT No-Dig 1-4 September 2013<br />
Sydney Convention Centre | Sydney Australia<br />
No-Dig Down Under will take place in Sydney, Australia from 1–4 September 2013. The Conference and<br />
Exhibition will be the ISTT’s 31 st <strong>International</strong> No-Dig, and the ASTT’s 10 th No-Dig.<br />
The Call for Papers has opened for this prestigious event; submit your abstract to be considered by the<br />
ISTT Program Committee as a speaker in the technical program.<br />
JOIN US FOR THE OFFICIAL ISTT EVENT OF 2013<br />
TOPICS AND THEMES<br />
Abstracts may be submitted on any topic relevant<br />
to the industry, including installation, rehabilitation,<br />
replacement, inspection, and assessment of all<br />
underground infrastructure.<br />
Technical topics include:<br />
• New and emerging technology<br />
• Whole-of-project case studies<br />
• Pressure pipe rehabilitation<br />
• Presentations featuring input from clients,<br />
owners or utilities<br />
• Difficult environments<br />
• Major projects<br />
• New issues in design and engineering<br />
• Pipe materials<br />
• Local government and regional water authority<br />
projects<br />
• Tunnelling<br />
• Gas, communications and other non-water projects.<br />
Non-technical topics include<br />
DEADLINES<br />
30 November 2012 – Abstracts deadline<br />
1 February 2013 – Speakers notified<br />
5 April 2013 – Submit draft papers<br />
5 July 2013 – Speakers to submit final papers and<br />
speakers must register.<br />
To submit your abstract, follow the instructions at<br />
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Abstracts are to be:<br />
• In English<br />
• Relevant to the themes of the event<br />
• Accompanied with a biography on the presenter.<br />
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Submit your<br />
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• Industry skills shortage and training<br />
• Contracting strategies<br />
• Risk management<br />
• Projected capital works by utilities<br />
• Industry reform<br />
• Quality Assurance.
Working the night shift –<br />
pipe lining in Brussels<br />
In sewer rehabilitation projects, the available window of time for rehabilitation is often the deciding<br />
factor for which method or service provider is chosen. This was demonstrated by a project that<br />
was undertaken in January 2012 in Brussels, Belgium, by KMG Pipe Technologies, the construction<br />
company of SEKISUI Pipe Rehabilitation Europe.<br />
For the overnight rehabilitation of<br />
a 169 m long oval profile of 600/900 mm<br />
a Uniliner system synthetic fibre liner was<br />
employed.<br />
VIVAQUA, the environmental service<br />
provider undertaking the project, is one<br />
of Belgium’s largest suppliers of drinking<br />
water and responsible for operating,<br />
managing and maintaining the southern<br />
sewage disposal system in Brussels’<br />
metropolis. This includes holding<br />
responsibility for undertaking rehabilitation<br />
works on damaged sewers and sewage<br />
systems.<br />
VIVAQUA had to renew one of the<br />
main sections of the Brussels drainage<br />
system, which is located in the district of<br />
Saint-Agatha-Berchem. The concrete oval<br />
profile, running along the Gentsesteenweg<br />
road, had damages requiring rehabilitation<br />
along approximately 600 m of its length.<br />
Due to the state of deterioration of the<br />
pipe, cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining was<br />
chosen as the method of pipe renewal.<br />
winding tower. Once the liner was installed<br />
close-fit into the sewer, it was cured by<br />
means of steam injected into the liner by<br />
a truck-mounted generator. Thus, the liner<br />
could actually be cured in the calculated<br />
wall thickness during the Brussels nightshift<br />
– an impressive technical and organisational<br />
feat, which succeeded thanks to close<br />
consultation and smooth co-operation with<br />
the client and the Brussels traffic police.<br />
The police had one special task shortly<br />
before the liner was installed: they ordered<br />
the removal of a 7.5 t lorry, which was parked<br />
above the target shaft for the rehabilitation<br />
work, and supervised the towing away of<br />
the vehicle by the recovery service.<br />
Despite the unforeseen additional step<br />
which caused extra time pressure, the<br />
KMG PT Team was able to successfully<br />
conclude the project for all involved within<br />
the given time frame.<br />
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projects involving CIPP, visit:<br />
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‘Brussels steamed sausage’: Employees put the finishing touches to the hermetically sealed end of<br />
the Uniliner that projects from the shaft, before it is subjected to steam and cured within hours.<br />
For more information visit www.sekisui-spr.com<br />
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A change in plans<br />
Due to the on-site constraints that<br />
were discovered in the initial phases of<br />
the project, the originally planned method<br />
had to be changed. The drain lay directly<br />
beneath the main traffic artery of the<br />
Belgian capital. Additionally, immediately<br />
above the sewer runs tram tracks,<br />
which are used from early morning until<br />
late evening.<br />
Because of the tramline, the initial idea<br />
of rehabilitating the sewer with a synthetic<br />
fibre liner, using hot water curing, would<br />
not be feasible. The longest individual<br />
section of the 600/900 mm oval profile was<br />
169 m; attempting to cure a pipe of this<br />
length and width using hot water would<br />
have considerably exceeded the permitted<br />
time frame.<br />
Additionally, there were problems with<br />
the construction site facilities. The access<br />
shafts lay underneath the overhead tram<br />
line, so the heavy liner could not be<br />
lifted into the open shaft using a truckmounted<br />
crane.<br />
The 169 m long liner is drawn in via a mobile conveyor.<br />
The drain lay directly beneath the main traffic artery of the<br />
Belgian capital. Additionally, immediately above the sewer<br />
runs tram tracks, which are used from early morning until<br />
late evening.<br />
Another pressing restriction was the time<br />
frame, which was decided by the Brussels<br />
urban transport providers. Construction<br />
site equipment could only be in position<br />
on the route between the last tram of the<br />
day, at 10 pm and the first of the morning,<br />
after 5 am. As a precaution, the current in<br />
the overhead line was switched off during<br />
this time.<br />
A steaming idea<br />
In mid-January 2012 KMG PT in<br />
Belgium suggested the inversion SPR<br />
Europes Uniliner for the project. The liner<br />
is comprised of a synthetic fibre, with an<br />
interior wall thickness of 13.5 mm, and is<br />
cured with steam.<br />
With this technology, the installation team<br />
inverted the liner using a 3.5 m high, mobile<br />
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Aarsleff Pipe Technologies’ equipment on-site.<br />
A frozen cure – CIPP in Norway<br />
In 2011, Aarsleff Pipe Technologies devised a strategy to enter the Norwegian market, and by 2012<br />
the company had started on its first project for Oslo Water and Sewerage Works. The project involved<br />
cured-in-place pipe lining a 285 m long wastewater pipe and posed some challenges in the form of<br />
snow, a gas tank and a tight timeline.<br />
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Denmark-based Aarsleff Pipe<br />
Technologies has been supplying Norwegian<br />
contractors with material for many years. As<br />
part of the internationalising of Aarsleff Pipe<br />
Technologies, the company concluded a<br />
thorough analysis of the Norwegian market<br />
in mid-2011. The analysis showed that<br />
there was room for growth in the contracting<br />
sector. Aarsleff Pipe Technologies<br />
decided to intensify its efforts in Norway and<br />
developed a new and ambitious strategy to<br />
grow in this market as not only a supplier<br />
but also as a contractor.<br />
In January 2012, the company presented<br />
an economically competitive tender for<br />
a project for Oslo Water and Sewerage<br />
Works. The project comprised cured-inplace<br />
pipe (CIPP) lining of a 285 m long,<br />
800 mm wastewater pipe in Oslo, Norway.<br />
In addition to the installation of a CIPP lining,<br />
the project also comprised establishment<br />
of bypass pumping and closure of three<br />
1,500 mm manholes. The bypass pumping<br />
was to have a capacity of 600 l/s. Aarsleff<br />
Pipe Technologies successfully won the bid.<br />
And suddenly there was a gas tank<br />
“Without a doubt, the biggest challenge<br />
of the project was the schedule,” said<br />
<strong>International</strong> Project Manager of Aarsleff Pipe<br />
Technologies Michael Villefrance. “There<br />
were only seven weeks from the award of<br />
the tender and the date of completion. So we<br />
were very busy from day one.”<br />
One week after the contract was awarded,<br />
measurements were carried out for the CIPP<br />
lining. There was approximately 50 cm of<br />
snow covering the ground, making it a<br />
challenge to locate the manhole covers.<br />
The manufacturing of the customised liner<br />
would take place in Aarsleff Pipe Technologies’<br />
factory in Denmark. To avoid establishing<br />
water-bypass hose bridges over a busy street<br />
in Oslo, a bypass was created by pulling hoses<br />
through a 2,400 mm stormwater pipe running<br />
parallel to the damaged wastewater pipe.<br />
Shortly after the planning meeting, the<br />
company was made aware of a large gas<br />
tank close to the manhole that was planned<br />
for installation of the CIPP lining. According<br />
to the gas tank owner, a Shell petrol station,<br />
the tank had to be emptied before works<br />
could start. The costs of emptying the tank<br />
were considerable. Fortunately, Oslo Water<br />
and Sewerage Works decided to cover the<br />
costs, and work continued as planned.<br />
“The gas tank is a good example that<br />
no project is alike and that we should<br />
constantly adapt to the challenges that<br />
appear when we are working internationally,”<br />
Mr Villefrance said.<br />
Ahead of schedule<br />
Exactly four weeks after the start-up<br />
meeting, the staff and equipment arrived<br />
directly from another job in the Netherlands.<br />
The project team consisted of two Danes<br />
and two Norwegians. The first three days<br />
were primarily spent on establishing the<br />
bypass pumping and cleaning the damaged<br />
pipe to prepare it for lining.<br />
Early morning 3 March 2012, 24 hours<br />
after the liner was packed in the company’s<br />
Denmark factory, it arrived at the construction<br />
site on a truck covered in frost blankets,<br />
with the liner packed in ice. It is important<br />
that the liner is kept cool so that the curing<br />
process does not start before planned.<br />
The installation of the CIPP lining went<br />
according to plan. It took approximately<br />
ten hours to invert the liner, which was<br />
285 m long, into the damaged wastewater<br />
pipe. Over the next 48 hours, the liner was<br />
cured via the hot water method. First, the<br />
water is heated to the right temperature;<br />
then the temperature is maintained, and<br />
finally a complicated controlled cooling is<br />
carried out.<br />
“The final result was so good that the<br />
local Norwegian contractor, who carried<br />
out the subsequent CCTV inspection, highly<br />
praised our work,” said Mr Villefrance.<br />
When the installation was carried out,<br />
and both equipment and staff had left for<br />
new projects, a local contractor closed the<br />
three 1,500 mm manholes. A week before<br />
deadline, the client was notified about<br />
completion of the work.<br />
Chief Engineer of Oslo Water and<br />
Sewerage Works Kåre Dyrkorn said “We<br />
constantly focus on renewing, updating<br />
and future-proofing the sewer system in<br />
Oslo Municipality.<br />
“It is important to us that our suppliers<br />
constantly develop and apply the<br />
most efficient methods for the benefit<br />
of the citizens, the economy and the<br />
environment. Our collaboration with<br />
Aarsleff Pipe Technologies went well. The<br />
climate of co-operation was very positive,<br />
but of course, it was influenced by the<br />
short project period. We already know<br />
Aarsleff Pipe Technologies from various<br />
international co-operation organisations<br />
and industrial organisations, which also<br />
had a positive effect on our collaboration,<br />
without a doubt.”<br />
Documented durability<br />
Aarsleff Pipe Technologies specialises in<br />
No-Dig renewal of pipelines. We have renewal<br />
methods for large as well as small projects.<br />
Quality and continuous testing are part of the<br />
everyday life, ensuring a product with up to a<br />
100-year documented lifetime.<br />
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Weighing in<br />
on the best cure<br />
Speed of installation was the<br />
focus of a project rehabilitating mixed<br />
water channels in the Rethmar district of<br />
Sehnde, Lower Saxony. The damaged<br />
pipelines lay under the town’s main artery,<br />
the busy B65 motorway. Rehabilitation of<br />
the pipe via open construction methods<br />
would have resulted in considerable traffic<br />
re-routing. Proponent Sehnde Municipal<br />
Utilities issued an invitation to tender<br />
that specified rehabilitation via trenchless<br />
relining.<br />
The job required renewal of 911 m of<br />
mixed water channel in the dimensions of<br />
DN250 to DN1,200. Rohrsanierung Jensen<br />
from Bordesholm was awarded the tender<br />
due to the company’s extensive experience<br />
in pipe rehabilitation. In May 2012, the<br />
channel was rehabilitated in ten sections<br />
under the direction of Andreas Josef.<br />
Challenges coming thick and fast<br />
The biggest challenge of the project was<br />
rehabilitating a section of DN1,200 circular<br />
profile pipe, measuring 205 m. This long<br />
section ran directly under the motorway,<br />
which meant multiple installation pits were<br />
out of the question and the entire section<br />
would have to be relined from a single<br />
installation point.<br />
Based on the existing pipeline damage,<br />
structural engineers calculated the composite<br />
wall thickness required as 12.1 mm. In order<br />
to install a pipe liner with this wall thickness<br />
in a reasonable time, it was initially decided<br />
the only viable curing method could be<br />
‘combination curing’, which works by using<br />
a combination of UV light curing and thermal<br />
curing. However, the disadvantage of this<br />
technology is the time-consuming process;<br />
in order to prevent premature curing of the<br />
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Reline Europe details a project that took place in Sehnde, Germany, in which Rohrsanierung Jensen<br />
installed a 205 m, 20 tonne Alphaliner1500 with UV curing, completing one of the heaviest cured pipe<br />
installations to-date in record time.<br />
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resin, the liner material must be transported<br />
and stored in cool containers. Additionally,<br />
on the construction site a considerable<br />
amount of additional work is required<br />
compared with pure UV light curing.<br />
Rohrsanierung Jensen Managing Director<br />
Stefan Jensen decided on a different strategy,<br />
deciding to use an Alphaliner1500, a newly<br />
developed GFRP liner from manufacturer<br />
RELINEEUROPE. This pipe liner is characterised<br />
by a highly developed, high<br />
level transparency glass resin complex.<br />
In combination with UV curing technology,<br />
Alphaliner1500 with wall thicknesses<br />
exceeding 10 mm can be quickly cured<br />
using pure light.<br />
The liner arrives on-site<br />
On 2 May, the 205 m liner was delivered<br />
to the construction site at 10 am.<br />
The transport case, which measured 6<br />
m long and 2.5 m in height and width,<br />
weighed almost 20 tonnes. A heavy-duty<br />
crane unloaded the liner from the lorry to<br />
the manhole. Four hours later, the pipe<br />
liner was inserted into the channel on a<br />
sliding foil with the help of a conveyor belt,<br />
and the packers were positioned on both<br />
ends of the liner.<br />
Mr Jensen said “For the curing process, we<br />
used the light source that RELINEEUROPE<br />
developed especially for rehabilitating large<br />
profiles, which has a curing performance of<br />
12 x 1,000 watts.”<br />
Mr Jensen invested in this highperformance<br />
curing technology back in<br />
2011. He explains that the technology has<br />
already proven itself on many construction<br />
sites when it comes to quickly curing liners<br />
with large wall thicknesses.<br />
Speedy completion<br />
The liner had been positioned and<br />
calibrated using compressed air within one<br />
hour, allowing a team specialised in the<br />
installation of large liners to start the curing<br />
process at 3 pm.<br />
A curing speed of around 50 cm per<br />
minute was achieved with the powerful<br />
UV light source. The curing process was<br />
completed at 10 pm after around seven<br />
hours of work. At 3 am, the specialists<br />
had completed the milling out of the<br />
supply lines and the rehabilitation of the<br />
connections. In the morning, commuters<br />
driving to work were able to go through<br />
Sehnde without experiencing any traffic<br />
congestion. Sehnde Municipal Utilities’<br />
Claudia Pechtheiden–Meier, who<br />
monitored the project as the contracting<br />
body’s construction manager, was<br />
also satisfied. Rohrsanierung Jensen<br />
completed the project at a record speed<br />
and well within the allocated time frame.<br />
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The pipe rehabilitation team uses a conveyor belt for feeding into the manhole.<br />
“This globally unique curing performance<br />
enables a considerably faster and more<br />
reliable installation of pipe liners, even<br />
when rehabilitating large cross-sections<br />
with high static loads," says Mr Jensen.<br />
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Mr Jensen said the benefits of light curing<br />
with the Alphaliner1500, are “therefore<br />
transferrable on a one-to-one basis for the<br />
rehabilitation of large profiles.”<br />
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CIPP<br />
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The Alphaliner1500, which weighs 20 tonnes, during the loading process at RELINEEUROPE's premises.<br />
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The ASTT's 2011 No-Dig Exhibition Hall.<br />
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Abstract submission categories<br />
Successful applicants will be requested<br />
to make a 20 minute oral presentation<br />
during the free paper session of the scientific<br />
program. The 20 minute presentation will<br />
be followed by 10 minutes of questions and<br />
answers (total of 30 minutes).<br />
Delegates at the ASTT's 2011 No-Dig<br />
enjoying the evening River Cruise.<br />
Sydney is calling<br />
The ISTT has opened the Call for Papers for No-Dig 2013, which is being held from 1–4 September,<br />
in Sydney, Australia.<br />
Conditions<br />
It is a condition of submission that the<br />
presenting author of the abstract must pay<br />
to register for the conference by 5 July<br />
2013. Registration payments not received<br />
by this date will result in presenters being<br />
withdrawn from the program. Please also<br />
note that accepted authors will be required<br />
to submit a full paper (maximum eight pages)<br />
for publication.<br />
All abstracts and full papers will be<br />
published for distribution to delegates at<br />
the conference and may subsequently<br />
be published separately. Authors will<br />
be required to assign copyright to the<br />
ISTT/ASTT.<br />
To submit<br />
Abstracts can be submitted via the event<br />
website www.nodigdownunder/speakers<br />
or email conference@gs-press.com.au<br />
Please call Great Southern Press on<br />
+61 3 9248 5178 for further information.<br />
Deadlines<br />
30 November 2012 Abstracts deadline<br />
1 February 2013 Speakers notified<br />
5 April 2013 Submit draft papers<br />
5 July 2013 Speakers to submit<br />
final papers & speakers must register<br />
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Call for Papers now open<br />
Authors are invited to submit abstracts<br />
for presentations to be considered by the<br />
Program Technical Committee, composed<br />
of ISTT and ASTT representatives.<br />
The conference will feature plenary and<br />
streamed sessions and all papers will be considered<br />
on the basis of technical merit, interest<br />
to the industry and relevance to the event.<br />
Submission guidelines<br />
You must submit a speaker biography<br />
(80 words) and an abstract. Figures, tables,<br />
diagrams and illustrations as part of your<br />
abstract are optional. Abstracts must be<br />
in English and must have relevance to the<br />
themes of the event.<br />
Authors will be advised of the status of<br />
their abstracts by 1 February 2013, at which<br />
time they will be requested to provide a<br />
full paper. Full papers will be published in<br />
conjunction with the conference and should<br />
be no longer than eight pages. The full<br />
papers must be submitted by 5 April 2013.<br />
Topics and themes<br />
Abstracts may be submitted on any<br />
topic relevant to <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology<br />
including new installations, rehabilitation,<br />
replacement, inspection, and assessment of<br />
all underground utilities including water and<br />
wastewater, communications and energy.<br />
Topics of particular interest include:<br />
• New and emerging technology<br />
• Whole-of-project case studies<br />
• Pressure pipe rehabilitation<br />
• Presentations that include input from<br />
clients, owners or utilities<br />
• Difficult environments<br />
• New issues in design and engineering<br />
• Pipe materials<br />
• Tunnelling<br />
• Gas, communications and other nonwater<br />
projects.<br />
Preference will be given to original material<br />
that has not previously been published or<br />
presented. However, abstracts previously<br />
presented at local or regional meetings,<br />
or events in other industries with a limited<br />
audience cross-over, will be considered.<br />
ISTT NEWS<br />
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Germany brings<br />
its best to São Paulo<br />
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At the 30 th ISTT <strong>International</strong> No-Dig, being held in São Paulo, Brazil, 15 individual companies will be<br />
exhibiting as part of the German Pavillion.<br />
Under the theme ‘Made in Germany’,<br />
the 15 exhibitors will provide visitors with<br />
an excellent insight into the development<br />
of new trenchless installation and<br />
rehabilitation techniques being developed<br />
out of Germany.<br />
Delegates at No-Dig 2012 São<br />
Paulo are invited to come along to the<br />
German Pavilion, located in Pavilion F of<br />
Transamérica Convention Centre, to learn<br />
about the exciting technologies on display.<br />
The German Pavilion has been specially<br />
designed by architect Christian Wollitz. In<br />
addition to the individual company booths,<br />
a communication and informational lounge<br />
area will provide delegates with a space to<br />
relax and discuss some of the innovative<br />
technology on show.<br />
The German exhibitors, the Federal<br />
Ministry of Economics and Technology,<br />
Artist impression of the German Pavilion at<br />
No-Dig 2012 Sao Paulo.<br />
the Association of the German Trade<br />
Fair Industry and the German Society for<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology, welcome visitors<br />
to the German Pavilion at No-Dig 2012<br />
São Paulo.<br />
Exhibitors in the German<br />
Pavilion include:<br />
BKP Berolina Polyester 75<br />
Duktus Rohrsysteme 70<br />
Gebr. Röders AG 69<br />
Gollwitzer GmbH 77<br />
Hächler AG Umwelttechnik 76<br />
Hermes Technologie GmbH & Co 80<br />
IMS Robotics GmbH 74B<br />
Messe Berlin GmbH 68<br />
mts Perforator 82<br />
Pfeiffer GmbH 81<br />
RELINEEUROPE Liner GmbH & Co 79<br />
SAERTEX multiCom GmbH 67<br />
Schauenburg MAB GmbH 71<br />
SWP Systems GmbH 72<br />
Wiedemann & Reichhardt GmbH 78<br />
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The<br />
great trenchless<br />
GolD Rush!<br />
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From 3–7 March 2013, the NASTT’s 2013 No-Dig Show will hit the Sacramento Convention<br />
Center in Sacramento, California. Here are the top ten reasons to attend:<br />
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The show returns to the<br />
west coast! Sacramento,<br />
California is calling your<br />
name!<br />
You will network and interact<br />
with more than 1,500<br />
trenchless professionals,<br />
educators and experts all in<br />
one place.<br />
For as little as $US30,<br />
meet more than 150<br />
vendors offering the latest<br />
technology and products.<br />
Knowledge is power!<br />
NASTT’s No-Dig Technical<br />
Program will feature more<br />
than 150 high-quality, peerreviewed,<br />
non-commercial<br />
papers.<br />
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For a small additional cost,<br />
take advantage of pre- and<br />
post-conference courses<br />
on trenchless applications,<br />
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including: new installation<br />
methods, pipe bursting,<br />
HDD, sewer laterals<br />
rehabilitation and CIPP.<br />
Be entertained and wellfed<br />
at the Opening Kick-off<br />
Breakfast and Closing<br />
Luncheon, included with full<br />
conference registration.<br />
Earn CEU/PDH credit!<br />
NASTT, in conjunction with<br />
Louisiana Tech University, will<br />
award one CEU or ten PDHs<br />
for every ten hours of 5-track<br />
technical paper participation.<br />
Give back to the industry and<br />
enjoy networking at NASTT’s<br />
12 th Annual Educational<br />
Auction and Reception.<br />
Don’t delay! Register today at www.nodigshow.com/registration<br />
One ticket will buy appetisers<br />
and drinks, a delicious<br />
five course meal and live<br />
entertainment at the NASTT<br />
Gala Awards Dinner. Attend<br />
and honour the best and<br />
the brightest of the North<br />
American trenchless industry.<br />
There are three<br />
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2) Renew your<br />
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or become a new member<br />
to receive a membership<br />
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3) Government employees<br />
receive special rates<br />
on NASTT pre- and postconference<br />
courses.<br />
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No-Dig future for South Africa<br />
Stoneleigh Park goes live<br />
by Mike King<br />
In August 2011 SASTT held its inaugural No-Dig South Africa conference and exhibition, which was a<br />
resounding success with the SASTT board agreeing to commence planning the second event.<br />
No-Dig Live UK 2012 returned to Stoneleigh Park for the 11 th live demonstrations event contributing to<br />
another successful biennial series for the United Kingdom Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology.<br />
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The only regret the SASTT holds<br />
about the event is that they announced the<br />
exhibition opportunities too late. At the 2011<br />
event, the SASTT discovered that many<br />
parties expressed interest in exhibiting but<br />
found out about the opportunity too late.<br />
In early 2012, the SASTT asked for<br />
proposals from event organisers for a No-Dig<br />
South Africa (SA) 2013. Only one detailed<br />
proposal was received, which was from the<br />
UK-based Westrade Fairs, who organised<br />
the No-Dig SA 2011.<br />
A 2013 co-located event?<br />
Around this time, the SASTT also learned<br />
of an event called Bauma Africa – a trade<br />
fair that will take place in Johannesburg in<br />
September 2013. The Bauma Africa fair is<br />
a similar event to the SASTT No-Dig, but<br />
aimed at the sub-Saharan Africa region,<br />
and is targeted at attendees working in<br />
construction machinery, building materials,<br />
mining machines, construction vehicles<br />
and equipment. Bauma is well known for<br />
its annual international trade fairs, which<br />
are held globally in locations such as in<br />
Munich, Germany.<br />
It was suggested to the board of SASTT<br />
that co-locating the No-Dig with Bauma Africa<br />
could have positive benefits for trenchless<br />
exhibitors in getting many more feet through<br />
the door and attracting visitors other than<br />
municipal engineers, such as those in mining<br />
and other industries. The board engaged in<br />
extensive internal discussions and consulted<br />
the sponsors of No-Dig SA 2011; Westrade<br />
Fairs; and Bauma, to explore this opportunity.<br />
Objectives identified by the board<br />
identified for No-Dig SA:<br />
There were many objectives that were<br />
identified by the board for a No-Dig SA<br />
event, which included:<br />
• An interesting, well-attended conference<br />
with international (ISTT) speakers (possibly<br />
making it into an ISTT masterclass program)<br />
• An exhibition that attracts exhibitors and<br />
attendees (other than just conference<br />
delegates)<br />
• A conference and exhibition that meets<br />
SASTT’s mission to promote the use of<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology<br />
• An event that satisfies the SASTT's<br />
members.<br />
Resolution<br />
In the end, the board concluded that<br />
SASTT would concentrate on holding a<br />
No-Dig SA in 2014 as its own conference<br />
and exhibition. This allows SASTT members<br />
to take advantage of exhibiting at Bauma<br />
Africa in 2013, and avoids competing for<br />
exhibitors in 2013.<br />
The SASTT will continue with its plan to<br />
hold No-Dig conferences and exhibitions<br />
every two years with an objective to host<br />
an <strong>International</strong> No-Dig in the near future.<br />
SASTT also hopes to hold a <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Pavilion within the Bauma exhibition at<br />
some point in the future.<br />
However, SASTT wishes to encourage<br />
its members to support Bauma<br />
Africa at the Gallagher Convention<br />
Centre in Johannesburg from<br />
18–21 September 2013. Visit Bauma’s<br />
website at www.bauma-africa.com for more<br />
information.<br />
SASTT Photo of the Year competition 2012<br />
The SASTT is calling on all amateur and<br />
professional photographers!<br />
SASTT challenges you to capture the prizewinning<br />
SASTT Photo of the Year.<br />
The award winning picture will be judged<br />
according to its ability to:<br />
• Capture public interest and awareness<br />
• Display interesting <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology<br />
• Highlight the advantages and benefits of <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology.<br />
Each photo entered must include a caption and a maximum 20-word<br />
description, date and location of the photo and name of the individual<br />
or company to be credited.<br />
To find out how to enter, visit www.sastt.org.za<br />
Hosted by the United Kingdom Society<br />
for <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology (UKSTT), the<br />
event featured an exciting mix of live<br />
demonstrations, new product launches<br />
as well as a comprehensive display of<br />
everything No-Dig. This is the UK’s only<br />
event dedicated to showcasing <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology. It was a major networking<br />
event where engineers gathered together<br />
to see the latest industry developments<br />
and provided an opportunity to meet the<br />
experts who can discuss the technology<br />
and applications to individual projects.<br />
Starting the day with a free seminar<br />
The daily Breakfast Briefing Program<br />
comprised a variety of topics to appeal to a<br />
wide-range of industry sectors. Attendance<br />
at these early morning seminars was free of<br />
charge and the program commenced with<br />
welcoming refreshments at 8 am before visitors<br />
settled down to participate in the debate of the<br />
day. The briefings concluded at 10 am, when<br />
the exhibition opened, thereby maximising<br />
visitors’ attendance at the show. Attendees<br />
were able to obtain continuing professional<br />
development credits for attendance at the<br />
associated breakfast seminars.<br />
Day one focused on records and plant<br />
location, with particular reference to the<br />
importance to trenchless utilisation and<br />
safety. Day two was hosted by the UK<br />
Onshore Pipeline Operators’ Association<br />
(UKOPA). This interactive session<br />
provided attendees with an insight into the<br />
collaboration of UKOPA members to reduce<br />
damage to onshore pipelines. Day three<br />
provided a debate on the hot topic of<br />
leakage management and included pipe<br />
condition assessment, internal pipe repairs<br />
and the life expectancy of pipes, considering<br />
the use of minimum disruption techniques.<br />
Don’t miss the 12 th No-Dig Live event, to<br />
be held in 2014.<br />
UKSTT annual dinner and awards<br />
ceremony<br />
The UKSTT’s 19 th annual dinner and<br />
awards ceremony is confirmed to be taking<br />
place on 26 April 2013 at the Holiday Inn,<br />
Birmingham – make sure to save the date.<br />
The UKSTT’s annual awards promote<br />
excellence in <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology. The<br />
evening, which includes a first class meal<br />
at a quality venue, is a time to recognise<br />
the outstanding contributions made by<br />
organisations and individuals in promoting<br />
and developing <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology<br />
throughout 2012. The awards are open to<br />
UK companies that have carried out work<br />
worldwide, as well as overseas companies<br />
that have undertaken work in the UK.<br />
The awards themselves are open to all<br />
aspects of trenchless activities. Entries should<br />
fall into one of the following categories:<br />
• Renovation – large (>£250k) and small<br />
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Members of the CISTT,<br />
ISTT and Medellin<br />
Convention Bureau.<br />
ISTT makes a mark in Medellin<br />
In August 2012 the city of Medellin, Colombia, received two notable visitors from the ISTT – Chairman<br />
Dr Samuel Ariaratnam and Executive Director John Hemphill – who were assessing the city as a host<br />
for the No-Dig 2017 event.<br />
The main purpose of the visit was to view<br />
the city and assess the possible host candidacy<br />
of Medellin for the <strong>International</strong> No-Dig 2017.<br />
For this purpose, the Medellin Convention<br />
Bureau and Proexport offices invited the ISTT<br />
executives to inspect the possible facilities<br />
and general infrastructure of the city in order<br />
to make an assessment on its potential for<br />
hosting an <strong>International</strong> No-Dig event.<br />
The ISTT executives visited the Plaza<br />
Mayor Convention Center, the Northern<br />
Interceptor Project, a microtunnelling project<br />
currently under construction, and diverse<br />
hotels and touristic centres in the city.<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
They also had meetings with Empresas<br />
Publicas de Medellin (EPM) staff. EPM<br />
has been a Colombian Institute for<br />
Subterranean Infrastructure Technologies<br />
and Techniques (CISTT) platinum<br />
sponsor since 2009. CISTT Chairman<br />
Luis Maldonado also participated in this<br />
meeting, along with CISTT Executive<br />
Director Arlex Toro and CISTT <strong>International</strong><br />
Representative Juan Carlos Gutierrez,<br />
among others.<br />
One of the last meetings of the visit<br />
was with representatives from the School<br />
of Engineering of Antioquia and EAFIT<br />
University. The university representatives<br />
asked the visitors about information and<br />
ideas for participating in trenchless and<br />
underground infrastructure events and<br />
education.<br />
CISTT gives special thanks to Daniela<br />
Maturana and Paola Piza, Medellin<br />
Convention Bureau executives, for assisting<br />
and hosting the important ISTT visitors. The<br />
Medellin Convention Bureau, PROEXPORT,<br />
ICTIS, and EPM, will be attending the ISTT<br />
No-Dig São Paulo 2012, and the No-Dig<br />
Sydney 2013 to promote the candidacy of<br />
Medellin for the 2017 <strong>International</strong> No Dig.<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia a hit<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia 2012 was held in Singapore from 2–4 July 2012, in conjunction with Singapore<br />
<strong>International</strong> Water Week, drawing impressive attendance numbers from over 104 countries.<br />
The conference program was<br />
organised by immediate Past Chairman<br />
of the ISTT Dec Downey. The program<br />
featured presentations on a number of new<br />
technologies, as well as many case studies<br />
to illustrate the challenges and solutions of<br />
trenchless works around the world.<br />
The conference was opened by Professor<br />
Sam Ariaratnam, Chairman of the ISTT.<br />
Keynote presentations followed by Tan Yok<br />
Gin, Assistant Chief Executive (Operations)<br />
of Singapore’s Public Utilities Board and<br />
Mohammed Akhir Mohd Jiwa, Director General<br />
Sewerage Services, Ministry of Energy, Green<br />
Technology and Water, Malaysia.<br />
The <strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia exhibition featured<br />
more than 50 companies from ten countries<br />
and included country pavilions from<br />
Singapore and Germany. Platinum sponsor<br />
of the event was Vermeer Asia Pacific and<br />
Gold Sponsor was Digital Control Inc (DCI).<br />
The combined attendance was recorded at<br />
more than 18,500 visitors from 104 countries.<br />
Show Director Paul Harwood said “The<br />
decision to hold <strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia alongside<br />
Singapore <strong>International</strong> Water Week proved<br />
to be extremely successful, with exhibitors<br />
reporting excellent enquiries from visitors<br />
looking for trenchless solutions.<br />
“The core attendance of visitors who<br />
signed up to attend <strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia<br />
was supplemented by a high number of<br />
attendees who crossed over from SIWW<br />
exhibition, thus expanding the visitor<br />
profile to include an influential audience<br />
of international water industry experts and<br />
policy makers from around the world.”<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> Editor Kate<br />
Pemberton attended the event with<br />
Australasian Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (ASTT) Chairman Trevor<br />
Gosatti and Secretary Jeff Pace. At the<br />
event, the ASTT representatives with ISTT<br />
Executive Director John Hemphill signed<br />
the event contract for the 31 st <strong>International</strong><br />
No-Dig 2013, Sydney.<br />
The ASTT also met with Affiliated<br />
Societies at <strong>Trenchless</strong> Asia to discuss<br />
what will be on offer at No-Dig Down<br />
Under 2013.<br />
Singapore Public Utilities Board Assistant Chief<br />
Executive (Operations) Tan Yok Gin presenting<br />
his Keynote Address.<br />
ASTT Chairman Trevor Gosatti and Secretary<br />
Jeff Pace signing the 31 st <strong>International</strong> No-Dig<br />
2013, Sydney, contract with John Hemphill.<br />
No-Dig Live 2012<br />
2–4 October 2012 Coventry, UK<br />
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CHSTT Environmental Audits<br />
19 October 2012 Hong Kong<br />
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1–4 September 2013 Sydney, Australia<br />
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16–17 October 2012 Kitzbühel Austria<br />
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23–24 October 2012 Melbourne, Australia<br />
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36 Physically verifying utilities<br />
not only eliminates the risk of<br />
disturbing other services but<br />
also gives the crews an entry<br />
pit to use that does not impact<br />
the property.<br />
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Nicknamed ‘HammerHead Ned’ for his<br />
proficiency with the HammerHead mole,<br />
Ned Oxenrider locates other service lines to<br />
calculate shot-depth.<br />
Stitch-boring keeps it sweet<br />
By Joe Bradfield, Ellenbecker Communications<br />
In 1905 Milton Hershey founded a model community in Derry Township, Pennsylvania, US, to demonstrate<br />
an ideal corporation-community relationship. Setting aside its namesake’s chocolate legacy, the<br />
community could still earn its nickname as ‘Sweetest Place on Earth’, for Hershey pride was reflected in<br />
the architecture and landscaping of the renowned attractions of Hersheypark, Hershey Gardens, Hershey<br />
High School and the factory itself, as well as all the exquisite lawns of its upscale residences.<br />
When natural gas recently became<br />
a sustainable, low-cost energy alternative<br />
in the township, it triggered a boom in<br />
commercial and residential conversions. UGI<br />
Energy Services contracted Miller Pipeline<br />
to begin installation of 11,000 distribution<br />
lines in September 2011. The contracted<br />
area included Hershey, yet never threatened<br />
its premium landscapes. Hershey serves<br />
as a prime example of the benefits of the<br />
installation technique called stitch-boring.<br />
Ideal trenchless alternative<br />
Miller Pipeline is one of the country’s largest<br />
natural gas distribution, transmission pipeline<br />
and utility construction companies. Its crews<br />
are highly skilled stitch-borers. Miller Pipeline’s<br />
Ned Oxenrider, who has been doing it now<br />
for over 30 years, oversees 18 stitch-boring<br />
crews on the UGI contract. He noted several<br />
benefits to stitch-boring. According to<br />
Mr Oxenrider, since the process doesn’t<br />
require cutting the ground, it is the fastest<br />
technique with the lowest cost of operation.<br />
He says one of the greatest time and cost<br />
savings stitch-boring holds over other<br />
techniques is from eliminating restoration.<br />
“When you can’t use stitch-boring, you<br />
have to open a foot-wide trench the full<br />
length of the lawn from the house to<br />
the street,” Mr Oxenrider said. “And it’s<br />
usually not just the lawn. They typically<br />
have shrubs, gardens and trees. Going<br />
under them we don’t disrupt anything.<br />
Homeowners appreciate that.”<br />
Pneumatic piercing tool<br />
Those unfamiliar with stitch-boring may<br />
find the term slightly misleading. The use of<br />
a HammerHead Mole, fundamental to Miller<br />
Pipeline’s stitch-boring, does not remove<br />
material as a true boring technique does,<br />
such as auguring or horizontal drilling. It<br />
displaces material, compressing it to the<br />
sides as the mole progresses. Sometimes<br />
referred to by installation crews with<br />
nicknames such as ‘gopher’ and ‘missile,’<br />
the mole model used by Mr Oxenrider’s<br />
crews is a 4 ft long self-advancing pneumatic<br />
piercing tool that operates on 35 cfm of<br />
compressed air at 110 psi.<br />
Utilities installation contractors usually<br />
select a mole to accommodate the lines<br />
they are installing in diameters ranging<br />
from 2 to 5.75 inches. HammerHead<br />
trenchless equipment offers 24 mole models<br />
in this range to maximise production in<br />
the customer’s ground conditions. All of<br />
Mr Oxenrider’s three-man stitch-boring<br />
crews on this contract carry a 3 inch diameter<br />
mole to create bores for 2 inch high-density<br />
polyethylene (HDPE) gas line. After making a<br />
shot, the line is pushed through the bore by<br />
hand or attached to the mole’s air hose and<br />
pulled through. In the toughest conditions it<br />
will be attached directly to the mole and shot<br />
back through the bore.<br />
One of the typical jobs in Hershey involved<br />
shooting six bores for two side-by-side<br />
residences from the main distribution line in<br />
the street. The crew sent its 3 inch Active<br />
Head Mole in a series of 30 ft shots from a<br />
launch access in the street to a target pit at<br />
the houses.<br />
They began by cutting a 3-by-5-ft opening<br />
where the utilities company had marked<br />
water and electrical locations in the street.<br />
Physically verifying utilities not only eliminates<br />
the risk of disturbing other services but also<br />
gives the crews an entry pit to use that does<br />
not impact the property. Once utilities were<br />
located, the crew determined the placement<br />
and depth for launching the mole.<br />
The six shots were completed and the<br />
lines set in place for both houses in a single<br />
eight-hour shift.<br />
Accurate shots<br />
Mr Oxenrider said that most of the skill<br />
for accurately shooting a mole develops<br />
from common sense. “You don’t pick it up<br />
in a day, of course. But you think about<br />
the length of the shot, how soft or hard the<br />
ground is, where virgin soil is, what might be<br />
under the road surface. You adjust.”<br />
The slender geometry of the mole’s design<br />
accounts for its precision. HammerHead’s<br />
US Regional Sales Manager for the Northeast<br />
and Midwest Mark McMillion said “A piercing<br />
tool follows the path of least resistance.<br />
However, deflecting a tool off course isn’t<br />
as simple as that sounds. Think of driving<br />
a fencepost four feet into the ground. Now<br />
imagine how hard it is to deflect that post<br />
laterally. As with any project, local soil<br />
conditions need to be considered before<br />
the bore process begins as different soil<br />
conditions call for different plans of action.”<br />
Mr Oxenrider agreed. “You get a feel for<br />
it,” he said. “In soft soil it will want to go up.<br />
In harder soils it tends to stay down more<br />
consistently.”<br />
As for direction, Mr Oxenrider said crews<br />
feel the vibration in their feet and learn to<br />
judge what the mole is encountering on its<br />
path, whether it is working its way around a<br />
rock, or an obstacle has completely stopped<br />
its progress.<br />
The crews will also ‘tape’ a shot before<br />
shooting it. With the head of the mole lying<br />
at the target access, the operator wraps<br />
electrical tape around the air hose where it<br />
lies at the launch pit. If the crew doesn’t see<br />
the mole’s head at the exit pit when the tape<br />
gets to the entry wall, the operator stops it.<br />
To begin installing a new residential gas line, the crew digs a 3-by-5-ft hole on the curb line of the street as<br />
marked by the utility company. Physically identifying the utilities this way prevents risk of disruption to those<br />
services, serves as an entry point for the mole, and determines the depth and direction of the shoot.<br />
The unseen mole must be lying either under<br />
the target pit or just to the side of it. Crew<br />
members will simply dig the pit deeper or<br />
wider to locate it. This precaution against<br />
overrunning the exit pit eliminates any risk<br />
of damage to foundations, sewer lines or<br />
other non-targets.<br />
This process allows for better accuracy.<br />
Mr Oxenrider said he has plenty of stories<br />
to tell of people who were astonished by<br />
what he could do with a mole, asking,<br />
“How the heck did you make ‘that’ shot?”<br />
One in particular was a 60 ft shot down a<br />
45 degree slope. Mr Oxenrider said “I’m not<br />
saying it was pretty, but I hit the mark.”<br />
When asked how difficult a shot can a<br />
person make with a Mole, Mr Oxenrider said<br />
“All depends on how brave you are”.<br />
Elegant simplicity<br />
Mr McMillion said HammerHead provides<br />
mole training for customers, but it doesn’t<br />
require much. “Inexperienced users get the<br />
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As for servicing, Mr Oxenrider does all<br />
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“They’re really simple,” he said. “I’ll do one<br />
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HammerHead suggests a 50-hour service<br />
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keeping logs, they simply service them when<br />
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Crossing the Ghats – the<br />
Dabhol to Bangalore Pipeline<br />
Through the mountainous, swampy, and forested slopes of the Western Ghats winds the Dabhol to<br />
Bangalore Gas Pipeline – an important project set to deliver much-needed gas and power to the states<br />
of Maharashtra and Karnataka in India. The major project included 27 river crossings, eight of which<br />
utilised horizontal directional drilling.<br />
The approximately 1,000 km pipeline,<br />
which is being implemented by GAIL<br />
(India) Ltd, will be part of an integrated<br />
national gas grid for the country, and will<br />
enable development of city gas distribution<br />
projects by catering to a large number of<br />
cities and towns.<br />
The pipeline will transport up to<br />
16 MMcm/d of regasified LNG from Dabhol<br />
in a southerly direction through the states of<br />
Maharashtara, Karnataka, and Goa, before<br />
terminating in Bangalore.<br />
The trunkline consists of 250 km of<br />
36 inch diameter pipe, and 497 km of 30 inch<br />
diameter pipe, with two spur lines – a 71 km,<br />
18 inch line to Bangalore, and a 175 km,<br />
24 inch diameter line to Goa.<br />
Construction of the pipeline has been<br />
divided into ten spreads. In October 2010,<br />
Punj Lloyd was contracted to execute<br />
seven spreads, comprising 824 km of the<br />
pipeline’s total length – Spreads A and B in<br />
Maharashtra, and Spreads C, E, F, G, and<br />
H in Karnataka.<br />
In June 2012 Punj Lloyd was in the process<br />
of constructing 824 km of the pipeline through<br />
both Maharashtra and Karnataka: 746 km of<br />
the trunkline from Dabhol to Bangalore, and<br />
78 km of the Goa spur line. The remainder of<br />
the pipeline is being constructed by KazStroy<br />
Service and the Advance Stimul Consortium.<br />
In addition to the pipeline construction, Punj<br />
Lloyd’s scope of work includes construction/<br />
installation of:<br />
• 24 valve stations<br />
• Seven intermediate pigging stations<br />
• One dispatch terminal<br />
• One receiving terminal<br />
• SCADA<br />
• Telecommunications<br />
• Leak detection<br />
• A fire and gas system<br />
• A gas management system<br />
• A solar power system.<br />
Punj Lloyd Dabhol to Bangalore Pipeline<br />
Project Manager M. P. Ranawat says that<br />
pipelines do not often use solar power,<br />
and that this system – which provides<br />
back-up power to the control buildings – is<br />
unique to the Dabhol to Bangalore Pipeline.<br />
The design, engineering, installation,<br />
and commissioning of the solar power<br />
system was done in-house through the<br />
company’s renewable arm, Punj Lloyd<br />
Delta Renewables.<br />
“The stand-alone solar power<br />
system will meet the power demand of<br />
instrumentation/telecom equipment and an<br />
electrical lighting load of 1,000 watt-peak,<br />
while charging through the grid,” says Punj<br />
Lloyd Delta Renewables Chief Executive<br />
Officer Dr Tariq Alam.<br />
Crossing with trenchless<br />
The pipeline route included 27 river<br />
crossings, of which eight were horizontal<br />
directionally drilled (HDD). The longest HDD<br />
bore is 1,600 m at Ghatprabha River crossing.<br />
“Four HDD crews, 21 auger boring crews,<br />
and ten river crossing crews have been<br />
mobilised for completion of the crossings<br />
alone,” says Mr Ranawat. “The route<br />
included 57 railway and national highway<br />
crossings, 237 major road crossings, and<br />
276 other water body crossings.”<br />
Toughing it out in the mountains<br />
of Maharashtra<br />
The pipeline route presented both<br />
engineering and construction challenges,<br />
with 200 km of the pipeline passing through<br />
the difficult terrain of the Western Ghats in<br />
Maharashtra.<br />
The Western Ghats is a mountain range<br />
that runs along the western coast of India and<br />
covers 160,000 sq km. Mr Ranawat says that<br />
the Western Ghats forms a complex network<br />
of river systems that drain almost 40 per cent<br />
of India, and is a sensitive biodiversity area<br />
with hundreds of threatened species of<br />
plants, mammals, birds, and amphibians.<br />
“This area consists of mountainous, rocky,<br />
and swampy stretches, as well as dense forest,<br />
with slopes ranging from 35–60 degrees.<br />
The hilly portion – crisscrossed by several<br />
small roads, tracks, and streams at short<br />
intervals – increased the number of crossings<br />
and tie-in joints. The undulating terrain<br />
also called for a large number of pipe bends<br />
– almost 60 per cent of the total number of<br />
pipes in Spreads A and B.”<br />
Mr Ranawat says the toughest section of<br />
the pipeline route, and the biggest challenge<br />
to its construction, falls in Spread B, which<br />
includes the Amba Ghat, located along the<br />
Western Ghat crestline in Shahuwadi Taluk<br />
at an elevation of about 709 m above mean<br />
sea level.<br />
“The region is covered by tall evergreen<br />
forest and receives annual rainfall of over<br />
5 m over a four-month period,” says<br />
Mr Ranawat.<br />
In addition to the Amba Ghat crossing,<br />
Mr Ranawat says that the Maharashtra<br />
section of the pipeline route traverses ten<br />
hilly regions in the Ratnagiri and Kolhapur<br />
districts. The pipeline also passes through<br />
the Deccan Plateau of the Western Ghat<br />
hills, cultivated fields, and hard, rocky terrain<br />
in the Karnataka section.<br />
“As most of the pipeline route in<br />
Maharashtra passes through difficult terrain,<br />
where approach roads were non-existent,<br />
Punj Lloyd had to construct and maintain<br />
the approach roads,” says Mr Ranawat.<br />
“Special sledges and heavy towing<br />
equipment – including excavators,<br />
sidebooms, high-capacity bulldozers, and<br />
tractors – were used for transportation,<br />
hauling, and stringing pipes and bends in<br />
the Ghat areas.”<br />
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In addition to the Amba Ghat crossing, Mr Ranawat says that<br />
the Maharashtra section of the pipeline route traverses ten hilly<br />
regions in the Ratnagiri and Kolhapur districts.<br />
Punj Lloyd’s pipeline plan of attack<br />
Punj Lloyd formulated a unique execution plan to overcome the<br />
challenges of the Dabhol to Bangalore Pipeline including:<br />
• Configuration of work in seven independent spreads<br />
• Establishment of a total of seven camps, one camp in each spread<br />
• Establishment of two co-ordination offices – one in the state of<br />
Maharashtra and one in the state of Karnataka<br />
• Close monitoring of construction through video conferencing<br />
• Increased number of mini crew in tough and undulating terrain, to<br />
ensure that the required productivity is achieved<br />
• Pipe shifting by bulldozers and excavators with sledges on steep<br />
slopes, with the assistance of pontoons and boats across rivers<br />
• Construction and maintenance of approach roads, bridges,<br />
culverts and logging roads<br />
• Huge mobilisation of resources to meet the target completion date<br />
• Mobilisation of 14 semi-automatic and eight automatic mainline welding<br />
crews, along with 45 tie-in crews for completion of the project.<br />
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information that is relevant and timely.<br />
A well-produced magazine can also go a<br />
long way in communicating the work your<br />
company is doing. With varying content<br />
from news to views and in-depth analysis,<br />
magazines show the tangible benefits and<br />
outcomes of your work and its importance.<br />
4. Branding<br />
Your brand should be a platform all on its<br />
own and the importance of consistent and<br />
effective branding cannot be underestimated.<br />
Spend time creating branding that<br />
effectively captures your company and back<br />
it up with information that sends a clear<br />
message about your values and aims.<br />
Key messages are vital for articulating<br />
who, what and why your company exists.<br />
Branding should be simple and easily<br />
recognisable, with clear statements<br />
representing the company in a consistent<br />
yet compelling way.<br />
5. Have a theme<br />
Having a central theme for your next<br />
campaign, and applying it across all the<br />
mediums you plan to employ, will ensure<br />
that your message will have the strongest<br />
effect on your target audience.<br />
Your print advertisements should match<br />
your online presence, as well as your social<br />
media movements.<br />
Remember, consistency is the key to<br />
effective integration, and using mediums<br />
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The myth, the fact, and<br />
the legend – sealing systems<br />
By LMKTechnologies Director of Marketing Kristina Kiest<br />
Infiltration found at a service connection may have more than one source; where one source<br />
is water that infiltrates through lateral pipe defects and another is water that tracks behind<br />
mainline linings and re-enters the collection system at service connections.<br />
In order to correct these deficiencies, a considerable amount<br />
of research and development has been initiated to produce a<br />
truly engineered mechanical end seal which is simple to install, is<br />
effectively secured to the inside of the pipe, and has a significant<br />
sealing surface and a low profile that maximises the cross section<br />
of the pipe opening.<br />
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Over the course of time, people have bought into stories that are believed to be true, only later to be found<br />
that the story is nothing more than a myth. A classic example of one such modern myth is the belief that<br />
cured-in-place pipe will not only restore the structural integrity of the pipe, but that it will also eliminate<br />
inflow and infiltration by bonding the liner to the host pipe preventing future leakage in a collection system.<br />
It is important to understand the purpose and the longterm<br />
goals for sealing a collection system. In any given collection<br />
system, inflow and infiltration (I&I) can cause havoc for valid reasons.<br />
However, there are circumstances where installing a new cured-inplace<br />
pipe alone is not enough to prevent I&I – this is particularly the<br />
case for greasy sewers and in sewers where hydrostatic loading is<br />
present. The standard industry practice for cleaning a sewer pipe in<br />
preparation for cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining often involves nothing<br />
more than hydraulic jetting to remove any debris in the pipe. The<br />
residual fats, oils, and grease (FOG) present on the walls of a host<br />
pipe are in no way diminished due to high pressure hydro cleaning.<br />
Sealed with a gasket<br />
These problems have not gone unnoticed, and over the years<br />
there have been numerous attempts to correct these issues without<br />
notable success. The attempted remedies range from methods of<br />
injecting a chemical grout post-lining, to packing of cementitious<br />
material at the liner/manhole interface, to the insertion of expanding<br />
end seals positioned in the pipe prior to lining.<br />
The concept of a compression gasket to form an engineered seal<br />
is an accepted industry practice used for years in the installation<br />
and joining of sewer pipes. Even though the engineering society<br />
understands that the best long-term solution is an engineered<br />
gasket seal, one must select the proper gasket, which is designed<br />
for CIPP applications.<br />
The use of a hydrophilic rope or belt shaped material commonly<br />
used in a cold-concrete-joint is not suitable for CIPP renewal works.<br />
Those who have attempted to use this type of seal will appreciate<br />
the challenges of effectively securing a penannular or non-monolithic<br />
gasket to the inside of a pipe. Some of the problems that occur with<br />
this method are that gluing anything into a wet and greasy sewer<br />
Effects of I&I on a collection system<br />
• Requires additional energy which equates to<br />
additional tax dollars spent<br />
• Overtaxing of the collection system whereby<br />
reducing capacity<br />
• Sewer overflows that pollute our environment<br />
and adversely affects clean water<br />
Inset Insignia T Liner.<br />
pipe is a challenge in itself. If the gasket falls over during insertion of<br />
the liner, the result is a large bump at the invert of the pipe; or the<br />
contractor simply doesn’t install the problematic gasket as required.<br />
Even if one were to assume the gasket could remain in-place as the<br />
liner is inserted, the ends of the gasket would have to abut or overlap.<br />
The belt type gasket creates a significant opportunity for separation<br />
or a gap in the gasket resulting in continued leakage where hydraulic<br />
loading is present. Furthermore, these belt shaped gaskets are<br />
fairly narrow, producing an insignificant sealing surface. They are<br />
also quite bulky in thickness, reducing the cross section of the pipe<br />
which may hinder the insertion of robotic cutters, maintenance and<br />
lateral connection lining equipment.<br />
A total system seal<br />
Those who invested in the research and development of LMK’s<br />
Insignia Hydrophilic Sealing System could not stop supporting<br />
the research project until it proved to conclude a total system seal<br />
that is compatible with all mainline CIPP systems – regardless if<br />
the mainline liner is pulled into place or inverted into place. To<br />
achieve the objective of a total sealed system, the team had to first<br />
identify additional locations for continued leakage post mainline<br />
CIPP rehabilitation. Identifying this source was quite simple, as<br />
the trenchless industry has widely accepted that a vast majority of<br />
infiltration is derived from service lateral pipes.<br />
Infiltration found at a service connection may have more than<br />
one source; where one source is water that infiltrates through<br />
lateral pipe defects and another is water that tracks behind<br />
mainline linings and re-enters the collection system at service<br />
connections.<br />
The renewal of lateral pipes and the main/lateral connection is<br />
typically performed by pressing a resin saturated mainline member<br />
against the interior of a mainline CIPP as a resin saturated liner<br />
tube is inverted into the lateral pipe. Most commonly, the lateral<br />
pipe is renewed to the property line. The challenge is how to form<br />
a long-lasting seal between the lateral CIPP and the mainline CIPP.<br />
Long-term bonding to the interior surface of a mainline CIPP is<br />
problematic for a few practical reasons:<br />
1. CIPP includes inner coatings made of materials that are<br />
incompatible for long-term thermoset bonding<br />
2. CIPP liners are lubricated with mineral oil, vegetable oil, cooking<br />
grease and similar lubricants to reduce friction during inversion<br />
– these materials are well-known release agents that actually<br />
prevent bonding<br />
3. Thermal expansion/contraction of plastic CIPP<br />
4. If water is present, it is a relentless force working against any<br />
bonded connection.<br />
The solution for obtaining a long-term seal starts by applying<br />
common engineering principles. The science of a compression<br />
gasket seal is where two structural materials are joined and during<br />
the joining process, the gasket is compressed resulting in a flexible<br />
seal that has been proven to be extremely effective in sealing pipes<br />
for many years in the pipeline industry.<br />
In the case of CIPP applications, the design team applied these<br />
same engineering principles. The research project concluded with<br />
a final solution for a mainline and service lateral collection system<br />
seal consisting of a high-strength, low-profile, short, full-hoop<br />
CIPP outfitted with a flange or hat-shaped, hydrophilic neoprene<br />
rubber gasket and a single-piece lateral liner tube assembly.<br />
The full-hoop mainline member provides a structural bridge<br />
as an opposing force from the swelling gasket occurs forming a<br />
compression seal that is comparable to that of new pipe. An added<br />
benefit of this sealing method is compatibility with all mainline CIPP<br />
lining systems and the peace of mind that an engineered structural<br />
An assortment of hydrophilics.<br />
mainline member combined with an engineered seal can be<br />
designed and stamped by professional engineers providing a true<br />
service life, and not simply relying on ‘let’s hope it sticks.’<br />
TM<br />
Insignia<br />
Hydrophilic systems<br />
Insignia TM provides a<br />
total sealed system.<br />
It doesn't just reduce<br />
innltration- Insignia TM<br />
eliminates it.<br />
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representative about<br />
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Tracking on 50 years<br />
Tracto-Technik started their success story in a small rented garage, which is still standing today, in the<br />
village of Lennestadt – Saalhausen, located in Germany. It all began on 14 November 1962 when four<br />
employees started to build pulling devices.<br />
This equipment pulled drill rods<br />
and trench sheeting out of the ground and<br />
KRUPP Bautechnik, in Essen, was the main<br />
customer in those days.<br />
Today, Tracto-Technik has over 500<br />
reliable employees world-wide, 85 of which<br />
have been employees since the beginning<br />
of their apprenticeships.<br />
The company founder’s son and current<br />
company Director Wolfgang Schmidt Paul<br />
Schmidt said “My father was an optimistic<br />
person and looked at things from the angle<br />
that ‘whoever puts his head in the sand<br />
cannot discover anything new’. In other<br />
words, when he believed he could find a<br />
solution he grabbed hold of every problem<br />
by the scruff of the neck.<br />
“Most of his results brought us forward<br />
very quickly. Our innovative strength grew<br />
through him.”<br />
Tracto-Technik was still in its early years,<br />
but learned quickly. The young company<br />
gained recognition with its competence in<br />
innovation.<br />
With the first products carried by the<br />
company called Tractodrill and TractoMat,<br />
the company name was determined. The<br />
Tractomat won ‘The Blue Band’ – a coveted<br />
award in Brussels – and the machine is still<br />
used today for the pulling of guard railing<br />
rods adjacent to roads.<br />
Inventive track record<br />
A short time later Tracto-Technik was<br />
working on a project requiring a hydraulically<br />
driven ramming device by Krupp. The<br />
professional knowledge in the hydraulic<br />
field was obtained by Paul Schmidt and his<br />
colleagues at an evening school in Siegen.<br />
Afterwards they searched in vain for a<br />
machine for the handling of hydraulic tubes.<br />
This included cutting lengths, deburring,<br />
bending and the pre-assembly of cutter<br />
rings. In the end Paul Schmidt looked at this<br />
casually and said “If there is no such thing,<br />
then we will invent the machine”.<br />
That was the birth of Tubomat, which<br />
soon gained the interest of the screwing<br />
manufacturers. Up until the beginning of<br />
the 1980s the distributor was the company<br />
Kracht from Werdohl, after which Tracto-<br />
Technik took over the distribution.<br />
It was 40 years after the arrival of the first<br />
Tubomat that the industry around the pipe<br />
forming technology was developed and<br />
produced safe solutions all around the tube<br />
Efficient geothermal energy extraction with the GRD method.<br />
The management team at Tracto-Technik: Meinolf Rameil, Wolfgang Schmidt and Timotheus Hofmeister.<br />
package. This includes innovative machines<br />
and precise measuring technologies, as well<br />
as intelligent software solutions.<br />
The latest development highlight is a fully<br />
electric right-left pipe bending machine fitted<br />
with 15 servo-axials, which can produce<br />
highly complex pipe figures within seconds.<br />
Hammering through innovation<br />
Five years after the establishment of the<br />
company, they moved into a newly-built<br />
factory located in Saalhausen.<br />
In 1970, a freshly-laid tarmac road<br />
in front of the Schmidt’s house had to<br />
be disrupted a mere few days after its<br />
installation to install a water pipeline.<br />
This gave Paul Schmidt another clever<br />
idea and the soil displacement hammer<br />
Grundomat was born.<br />
As a market leader the Grundomat soil<br />
displacement hammers are also ‘global<br />
players’, as they are used on a daily basis<br />
all around the world.<br />
Steering to success<br />
The development of steered bore<br />
technology has been especially fascinating.<br />
The tasks and requirements were diverse,<br />
and meeting project specifications has led<br />
to the level of technology available today.<br />
Beerman from Hörstel-Riesenbeck is<br />
currently working with 20 Grundodrill bore<br />
rigs. Owner Ewald Beerman said “Due to<br />
our collective experiences we have gained<br />
from each other over the years, we hold<br />
Tracto-Technik in high esteem, especially<br />
as they are always ready to listen to the<br />
challenges of the market, their innovative<br />
performances, as well as their reliability.”<br />
The latest product is a bore rig for the<br />
installation of house connections, which<br />
is applied out of a ‘keyhole’ diameter of<br />
only 65 cm.<br />
A further focus is the underground<br />
renewal of pipes with the Grundoburst<br />
technology. Service and sewage pipes<br />
in need of sanitation are replaced in the<br />
same bore path by pipes of the same<br />
size, or larger pipes with the relevant<br />
hydraulic power, and providing a new<br />
effective service life for decades. The chief<br />
aspect is a patented QuickLock bursting<br />
rod, which is not screwed, but is simply<br />
latched into place.<br />
The production was constantly adapted<br />
to meet the requirements with the modern<br />
CNC manufacturing technology.<br />
Expanding to a global presence<br />
In the 1980s the company started<br />
to accelerate and spread out all over<br />
the globe, first of all in England, then in<br />
France, USA and Australia. The Tracto-<br />
Technik export department and the sister<br />
companies take care of and support more<br />
than 60 partners all over the world.<br />
In Germany the service in all regions<br />
is covered by the plants and the many<br />
subsidiaries.<br />
With the increased popularity of the<br />
internet at the turn of the century, it became<br />
a powerful instrument for increasing the<br />
publicity and the development of national<br />
and international networks.<br />
Continuity and stability have always<br />
been benchmarks in the company’s policy.<br />
Company Directors Timotheus Hofmeister<br />
and Meinolf Rameil said “Our aim is for<br />
endurable and profitable growth. To do so<br />
we need products in line with the market<br />
and a powerful distribution force with a<br />
clear strategic alignment. We can only<br />
achieve this as a team.”<br />
The company has clear eco-political<br />
targets, as well as environmentally friendly<br />
machine technology and numerous<br />
ecological projects. One step towards<br />
this can be seen in the nature protection<br />
board’s implementation of trenchless<br />
pipe installation method into its general<br />
directives.<br />
One of the future challenges Tracto-<br />
Technik sees is a modern and safe<br />
supply and disposal in the energy and<br />
communication field, where technologies<br />
and methods of the trenchless pipe<br />
installation can contribute substantially.<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.tracto-technik.de or email<br />
export@tracto-technik.de<br />
Company founder Paul Schmidt.<br />
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Ultimate excavation power<br />
Vac-Tron Equipment has introduced a line of chassis-mounted hydro/air excavators that boast the most<br />
powerful air compressor in its class. The ATV Series can be mounted on a Vac-Tron chassis or on the<br />
customer’s own chassis.<br />
The ATV Series is for any job requiring<br />
non-destructive vacuum excavation.<br />
With 300 cubic feet per minute (cfm)<br />
at a 225 psi air compressor, hydraulic<br />
boom with a 6 inch vacuum hose, and<br />
2,400 vacuum cfm it is designed to quickly<br />
loosen tough soils without damaging underground<br />
structures.<br />
Applications include: locating<br />
underground utilities, setting power poles,<br />
installing utility lines (pulling dart or mouse<br />
through conduit), installing short horizontal<br />
Hydro and Dry Excavation<br />
IN ONE<br />
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These easily manuverable,<br />
low-profile units combine air<br />
(dry) and water (hydro) vacuum<br />
together in one unit that returns<br />
dry spoils to the hole.<br />
• Compressed air system<br />
powered by main engine<br />
• Pressurized Tanks<br />
• Hydraulic full-open/locked<br />
rear doors (controlled<br />
remotely for operator safety)<br />
• Industry leading filtration<br />
Many wet/dry uses:<br />
Call 011-352-728-2222 (Int’l)<br />
or visit www.vactron.com.<br />
• Physically locate utilities more<br />
safely using vacuum<br />
• Remove Directional drilling<br />
mud/slurry<br />
• Clean up non-hazardous<br />
road spills<br />
• Pull Dart or mouse through<br />
conduit<br />
• Clean out storm drains, manholes,<br />
meter boxes and car wash pits<br />
Options: Six-way hydraulic boom • Remote debris trap • Truck bed or<br />
skid mounted<br />
A side view of the ATV 1850.<br />
bores, and soft-digging trenches. Features<br />
available on the ATV Series also include<br />
a waterproof and lockable control panel,<br />
a low-noise engine, and a 2,000 psi at<br />
15 gallons per minute of water pump/jetter.<br />
“We’re thrilled to bring the new ATV<br />
Series to our customers,” said Vice<br />
President of Sales at Vac-Tron Equipment<br />
Brian Showley. “With unmatched hydro/air<br />
excavation power, the ATV Series really is<br />
the ultimate excavator.”<br />
The ATV Series is backed by a twoyear<br />
factory warranty and has additional<br />
specifications, including downloadable<br />
specifications sheets, which are available<br />
on the Vac-Tron website.<br />
Vac-Tron Equipment offers a full line of<br />
industrial vacuums excavation equipment<br />
which can also be used for directional<br />
drilling slurry removal, industrial clean-up,<br />
waste clean-up, lift-station clean-up,<br />
manhole clean-out, culvert clean-out,<br />
lateral and storm drain clean-out, and<br />
power pole installation.<br />
For more information, please<br />
visit www.vactron.com<br />
For more news, information<br />
and projects involving<br />
Vacuum Excavating, visit:<br />
VACUUM EXCAVATING<br />
www.trenchlessinternational.com/resource<br />
Great Southern Press<br />
appoints CEO<br />
Great Southern Press, publisher of <strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> and <strong>Trenchless</strong> Australasia magazines, is<br />
delighted to announce Zelda Tupicoff as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, replacing Managing<br />
Director Chris Bland.<br />
Zelda Tupicoff, Chief Executive Officer,<br />
Great Southern Press.<br />
In the role, Zelda will oversee the<br />
running and strategic growth of Great<br />
Southern Press as it approaches<br />
50 employees across four global offices.<br />
Zelda has been with the company<br />
for over five years and has served in a<br />
variety of roles, most recently as Business<br />
Development Manager. In this role, Zelda<br />
played a pivotal role in the launch of<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> <strong>International</strong> magazine.<br />
“Great Southern Press prides itself on its<br />
ability to connect industries in print through<br />
our magazines, online through our news<br />
websites and e-newsletters, and in-person<br />
through our events. One of the most exciting<br />
events the company is looking forward to is<br />
working with the ISTT and ASTT to host the<br />
ISTT No-Dig 2013 in Australia,” says Zelda.<br />
“Australia has hosted two previous ISTT<br />
No-Digs before, and this is sure to be the<br />
biggest one yet. These events are crucial in<br />
promoting the benefits and use of <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology. Great Southern Press is proud to<br />
have played a part in fostering the trenchless<br />
industry through our involvement in these<br />
events and constant media promotion and<br />
coverage of the industry to government and<br />
the industry at large.”<br />
Centre of excellence...<br />
www.no-dig.dk e-mail. no-dig@no-dig.dk YouTube channel: ulrich2761<br />
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About ISTT/Membership<br />
Web: www.fstt.org<br />
Web: www.nastt.org<br />
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Visit<br />
www.istt.com<br />
for further<br />
information.<br />
Affiliated Society Details<br />
Austrian Association for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (AATT)<br />
Osterreichische Vereinigung fur grabenloses<br />
Bauen und Instandhalten von Leitungen<br />
(OGL)<br />
Schubertring 14A–1015 Wien<br />
Austria<br />
Phone: +43 1 513 15 88/26<br />
Fax: +43 1 513 15 88/25<br />
Email: boccioli@oegl.at<br />
Web: www.oegl.at<br />
Brazil Association for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (ABRATT)<br />
Al. Olga, 422 cj. 126, Barra Funda – CEP<br />
0155-040, Sao Paulo – SP<br />
Brazil<br />
Phone : +55 (11) 3822 2084<br />
Fax: +55 (11) 3822 2084<br />
Email: secretaria@abratt.org.br<br />
Web: www.abratt.org.br<br />
Australasian Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (ASTT)<br />
18 Frinton Place, Greenwood, WA 6024<br />
Australia<br />
Phone: +61 (0)8 9420 2826<br />
Fax: +61 (0)8 9343 5420<br />
Email: jeffpace@astt.com.au<br />
Web: www.astt.com.au<br />
The ISTT is the umbrella organisation for trenchless technologists in over<br />
30 countries of the world. In 30 countries, groups of trenchless technologists<br />
have their own national groups that are affiliated, while the remainder are<br />
registered directly with the ISTT.<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology covers the repair, maintenance, upgrade and new<br />
installation of underground utility services using equipment and techniques<br />
which avoid or considerably reduce the need for excavation. The ISTT promotes<br />
research, training and the more extensive use of <strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology through<br />
publications, co-operation with other NGOs, an annual international conference<br />
and an interactive website.<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology is recognised as an environmentally sustainable<br />
technology and is particularly suited for use in densely populated urban areas<br />
by reducing disruption to people’s daily lives, social costs (traffic congestion,<br />
damage to road surfaces and buildings, air quality), noise and dust. <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
technologies also have a considerably reduced carbon footprint compared to<br />
trenching in most situations.<br />
Bulgarian Association for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (BATT)<br />
Koprinka Lake Village, Kazanlak, 6100<br />
Bulgaria<br />
Phone: +359 2 4901381<br />
Fax: +359 431 63776<br />
Email: info@batt-bg.org<br />
Web: www.batt-bg.org<br />
China Hong Kong Society for<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology (CHKSTT)<br />
10/F Hing Lung Commercial Building,<br />
68–74 Bonham Strand East<br />
Hong Kong<br />
Fax: +852 81487764<br />
Email: info@chkstt.org<br />
Web: www.chkstt.org<br />
Colombia Institute for Subterranean<br />
Infrastructure Technologies and<br />
Techniques (CISTT)<br />
Calle 70 A No. 20-36, Bogotá<br />
Colombia<br />
Phone: +571 211 05 97<br />
Fax: +571 210 49 85<br />
Email: juan.gutierrez@epm.com.co<br />
China Society of Geology – <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology Committee (CSTT)<br />
Room 151, 26 Baiwanzhuang Street,<br />
Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, P R<br />
China<br />
Phone: +86-10-6899 2605<br />
Fax: +86-10-6899 2605<br />
Web: www.cstt.org<br />
China Taipei Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (CTSTT)<br />
3F, No.92, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd.,<br />
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100<br />
Taiwan<br />
Phone: +886 2 2362 0939<br />
Fax: +886 2 8369 5171<br />
Email: hann@twd.gov.tw<br />
Czech Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (CzSTT)<br />
Bezova 1658/1, 147 14 Praha 4<br />
Czech Republic<br />
Phone: +420 244 062 722<br />
Fax: +420 244 062 722<br />
Email: office@czstt.cz<br />
Web: www.czstt.cz<br />
Finnish Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (FiSTT)<br />
Pl 493, 00101 Helsinki<br />
Finland<br />
Phone: +358 10 409 5951<br />
Fax: +358 10 332 6603<br />
Email: info@fistt.net<br />
Web: www.fistt.net<br />
French Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (FSTT)<br />
4 rue des Beaumonts, F-94120 Fontenay<br />
Sous Bois<br />
France<br />
Phone: +33 1 53 99 90 20<br />
Fax: +33 1 53 99 90 29<br />
Email: fstt@fstt.org<br />
German Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (GSTT)<br />
Messedamm 22, D-14055 Berlin<br />
Germany<br />
Phone: +49 30 3038 2143<br />
Fax: +49 30 3038 2079<br />
Email: beyer@gstt.de<br />
Web: www.gstt.de<br />
Italian Association of <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (IATT)<br />
Via Ruggero Fiore, 41, 00136 Rome<br />
Italy<br />
Phone: +39 06 39721997<br />
Fax:+39 06 91254325<br />
Email: iatt@iatt.info<br />
Web: www.iatt.it<br />
Iberian Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (IbSTT)<br />
C/ Josefa Valcarcel, 8 – 3a PTLA., 28027<br />
Madrid<br />
Spain<br />
Phone: +34 91 418 23 44<br />
Fax: +34 91 418 23 41<br />
Email: ibstt@ibstt.org<br />
Web: www.ibstt.org<br />
Japan Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (JSTT)<br />
3rd Nishimura BLDG., 2-11-18 Tomioka,<br />
Koto-ku, TOKYO 135-0047<br />
Japan<br />
Phone: +81 3 5639 9970<br />
Fax: +81 3 5639 9975<br />
Email: office@jstt.jp<br />
Web: www.jstt.jp<br />
Lithuanian Association of <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (LIATT)<br />
V.Gerulaicio str. 1, LT-08200 Vilnius<br />
Lithuania<br />
Phone: +370 5 2622621<br />
Fax: +370 5 2617507<br />
Email: arturas.abromavicius@sweco.lt<br />
Web: www.lbta.eu<br />
North American Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (NASTT)<br />
1655 North Fort Myer Drive Ste 700,<br />
Arlington, Virginia 22209<br />
USA<br />
Phone: +1 703 351 5252 (US)<br />
OR +1 613 424 3036 (Canada)<br />
Fax: +1 613 424 3037 (also Membership)<br />
Email: info@nastt.org<br />
Netherlands Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (NSTT)<br />
Postbus 483, 2700 AL Zoetermeer<br />
The Netherlands<br />
Phone: +31 (0)79 3252265<br />
Fax: +31 (0)79 3252294<br />
Email: info@nstt.nl<br />
Web: www.nstt.nl<br />
Polish Foundation for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (PFTT)<br />
AL. 1000 - Lecia P.P. 7, Budynek A/4.37<br />
25-314 Kielce<br />
Poland<br />
Phone: +48 41 3424 450 (600328459)<br />
Email: akulicz@tu.kielce.pl<br />
Web: www.pftt.pl<br />
Romanian Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (RoSTT)<br />
2 Drumul Mare, Comuna Clinceni, jud. Ilfov,<br />
077060<br />
Romania<br />
Email: gabriela.banu@rostt.ro<br />
or dan.ulian-szekely@rostt.ro<br />
Web: www.rostt.ro<br />
Russian Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (RSTT)<br />
Moscow area, Odintsovskii region, Marfino,<br />
99, 143025,<br />
Russian Federation<br />
Phone: +7 (495) 771 71 00<br />
Fax: +7 (495) 771 71 00<br />
Email: np-robt@mail.ru, robt@co.ru<br />
www.robt.ru<br />
Southern African Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (SASTT)<br />
PO Box 13048, Clubview 0014<br />
South Africa<br />
Phone: +27 (12) 567 4026<br />
Fax: +27 (12) 567 4026<br />
Email: director@sastt.org.za<br />
Web: www.sastt.org.za<br />
South European Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (SESTT)<br />
Industry zone A47, 4208 Šenčur<br />
SLOVENIA<br />
Email: gregor.janc@sanikom.si<br />
Scandinavian Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (SSTT)<br />
Box 7072, S-174 07 Stockholm<br />
Sweden<br />
Phone: +46 8 522 122 90<br />
Fax: + 46 8 522 122 02<br />
Email: lennart.berglund@stockholmvatten.se<br />
Web: www.sstt-skandinavien.com<br />
Singapore Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (SgSTT)<br />
80 Toh Guan Road East, WaterHub 608575<br />
Singapore<br />
Phone: +65 9712 4054<br />
Email: imail@sgstt.org.sg<br />
Web: www.sgstt.org.sg<br />
Turkish Society for Infrastructure and<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology (TSITT)<br />
Kuyumcukent Kompleksi Yan Hizmet<br />
Bolumu Zemin Kat 11. Sok. No:17<br />
Yenibosna Bahcelievler Istanbul TR<br />
Turkey<br />
Phone: +90 212 603 11 01<br />
Fax: +90 212 603 11 02<br />
Email: info@akated.com<br />
Web: www.akated.com<br />
Ukraine Association for Modern<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology (UAMTT)<br />
9A R.Karmen Str., Odessa 65044,<br />
Ukraine<br />
Phone: (380 482) 356305<br />
Fax: (380 482) 356305<br />
Email: no_dig@blacksea.net.ua<br />
Web: www.no-dig.odessa.ua<br />
United Arab Emirates Society for<br />
<strong>Trenchless</strong> Technology (UAESTT)<br />
Visit www.istt.com for more information.<br />
United Kingdom Society for <strong>Trenchless</strong><br />
Technology (UKSTT)<br />
38 Holly Walk, Leamington Spa,<br />
Warwickshire, CV32 4LY<br />
UK<br />
Phone: +44 (0)1926 330 935<br />
Fax: +44 (0)1926 330 935<br />
Email: admin@ukstt.org.uk<br />
Web: www.ukstt.org.uk<br />
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Technology Conference 39<br />
CUES Inc. 37<br />
Duktus 25<br />
HammerHead (ETC) 7<br />
Hanlyma 38<br />
Hermes Technologie<br />
GmbH & Co. KG 19<br />
Herrenknecht AG 5<br />
HOBAS Engineering GmbH 40<br />
Horizontal Technology, Inc 3<br />
Hunting <strong>Trenchless</strong> 49<br />
iMPREG GmbH 44<br />
Ivis 28<br />
LMK Enterprises 51, 53<br />
Mears Group, Inc. 55<br />
Melfred Borzall 13<br />
mts Perforator GmbH 11<br />
NASTT No-Dig 2013 17<br />
No-Dig Berlin 2013 21<br />
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Per Aarsleff A/S 33<br />
Prime Horizontal<br />
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Saertex Multicom GmbH 47<br />
Scandinavian No-Dig Centre 57<br />
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