Trenchless Australasia

June 2007

From the Chairman’s Desk

The Trenchless Middle East event conducted in Dubai in March 2007 proved to be very successful for Westrade Fairs and the ISTT.

Secretary’s Corner

ISTT launch the Technical Resource Centre

The 7th National ASTT Conference and Exhibition will take place from 2-5 March 2008 at the Waterview Convention Centre, Sydney Olympic Park. Building on the success of past events, including the Brisbane No Dig, this event promises to be the biggest and best national ASTT conference ever held.

Infrastructure Constructions expands into Queensland

Over the years Sydney based underground civil construction specialist, Infrastructure Constructions has gone from strength to strength, through both its horizontal directional drilling and trenching divisions.

ShieldLiner MD steps down

John Hassen has resigned as Managing Director of ShieldLiner, the company he has led since its inception.

NUCA trenchless assessment guide

Jeff Pace, ASTT Secretary

The ASTT is always seeking ways to provide added benefits to its valued members, and in keeping with this policy is now in the process of acquiring member only access to the National Utility Contractor Association’s Trenchless Assessment Guide.

Insituform enters the Indian market

Insituform Technologies, in partnership with Indian company Subhash Projects and Marketing Limited (SPML), has won a contract which involves the rehabilitation of over 160 m of New Delhi pipeline.

No-Dig Awards 2007

Jeff Pace, ASTT Secretary

Entries are invited for the No-Dig Awards for 2007, which will be presented during the 25th International No-Dig Conference and Exhibition in Rome over 10 - 12 September 2007.

Trenchless Technology, saving water

Several recently announced initiatives aimed at securing Australia’s water supplies could mean a significant boom in trenchless works within the water industry as water looms as a major issue in the upcoming Federal election.

Sydney Seminar highlights trenchless benefits

Trenchless Australasia recently staged a successful seminar in Sydney for Trenchless Technology professionals across Australia, titled 'A Day in the Life'

Trenchless seminars take to the sunshine state

Trenchless Australasia is bringing its seminars on Trenchless Technology to Brisbane, focusing on the benefits trenchless rehabilitation and installation techniques can provide in Australia’s fastest growing region, southeast Queensland.

Kembla’s Ex-method to pass 1,000 km mark

Kembla Watertech first introduced its Ex® fold and formed lining system back in 1993, and now, a contract with Sydney Water will see the installed length of Ex liner pass 1,000 km.

Aquamine makes light work of main sewer bypass

When Drilline won a contract to refurbish approximately 3 km of 685 mm sewer main along the foreshore of the Swan River, they knew they faced some major challenges.

Sewer rehabilitation in Botany

The rehabilitation of large trunk sewers is rarely easy. When the sewer is a 90-year-old above ground concrete box structure with an unusual internal geometry on a horizontal curve and with major problems including leakage at moving joints and active horizontal cracks, then the task is made even harder.

Ask Bill Goodman…

Working on Sydney Water’s gravity sewer pipe network in the early 1990s, when looking for information about a critical sewer, one was often told to ‘Ask Bill Goodman’, writes Lance Horlyck.

When size is important

Kembla Watertech recently completed two large sewer augmentation projects as part of South East Water’s Branch Sewer Program.

Bursting with pride

Some may be surprised to learn that a company that just bought the largest pipe bursting system in Australia originated in a Melbourne backyard less than five years ago. What’s more, overseas visitors to the recent Brisbane No-Dig Down Under judged that same company to be a world leader in providing integrated pipe remediation solutions involving pipe bursting.

Sensitive sewer upsizing at Elizabeth Bay

Veolia Water Network Services seem to enjoy engineering challenges and recently completed a very challenging upsize of a local sewer network at Elizabeth Bay by a well-planned pipe bursting operation.

Proactive maintenance with Vaporooter

Coliban Water is one of the largest Victorian regional urban water authorities, providing water and wastewater services to rural and urban customers across an area of 16,550 km. This area includes 55 towns and 1,652 km of sewer pipe, servicing 64,903 customers.

Pipe for Purpose

When installing or rehabilitating underground infrastructure, many questions need to be addressed – and one of the key considerations is the pipe material itself.

Are we approaching the universal shield

Dipl.-Ing. Robert Stein, Harald Cordel and Dipl.-Ing. Ansgar Brauer

For political and ecological reasons, Trenchless Technology has become an essential part of establishing underground infrastructural supply and disposal networks in our cities.

Trenchless benefits come to a Head

The Whangarei District Council (WDC) is currently executing a project involving the design, construction and operation of a new wastewater treatment system that will serve Whangarei Heads community.

Contracts awarded for HK pipe renewal

The Hong Kong Water Supplies Department has awarded two contracts totalling $HK108 million for the replacement and rehabilitation of 40 km of aged water mains in San Tin, Pak Shek Au and Kwai Tsing.

Ploughing towards cost effective renewals

In 2006, SA Water awarded MPI Pipe & Cable with a contract to install approximately 8.25 km of water mains ranging in length from 950 m to 2.6 km and pipe sizes from 63 mm to 125 mm diameter.

Synergy Primary Looping

In mid-2006 Coe Drilling was awarded a design and construct contract from Alinta for the provision of Horizontal Directional Drilling services on the Sydney Primary Loop pipeline project.

Perth main sewer replacement - Section 6

D.J. & M.B. Mac Cormick Civil Engineering is currently completing a sewer main replacement in Perth for the Water Corporation of Western Australia.

Pipeline rehabilitation under teh Wanganui River

Rick Grobecker, Project Manager

In New Zealand, Wanganui District Council is in the process of constructing a new Wastewater Treatment Plant for the city – a process which involved rehabilitating a pipeline under the Wanganui River with the help of Trenchless Technology.

Investigation leads to optimum rehabilitation

As Australia’s largest water authority, Sydney Water maintains an extensive program of rehabilitation of underground sewers, and over the years the corporation has adopted innovative methods, contributing to the advancement of the Australian Trenchless Technology industry.