Suction excavation the way forward for water
The gas industry has seen the benefits of suction excavation for over 10 years, but the water industry is just touching the surface, as HELEN COMPSON discovers.
Husband and wife team Lloyd and Charlie Gardener...
Choosing the right CIPP Liner
Applied Felts’ has been at the forefront of research and development in the world of CIPP liners, revolutionizing a wide spectrum of new solutions, all created to meet unique requirements and address the proven...
Mobile systems designed for simplicity of use
Vac-Ex Limited is a UK company. We design and manufacture compact, towable vacuum excavators and safe dig equipment. Today, especially in inner city locations the ground is congested with buried cables and pipes, some...
VIP-Weco has power to seal hydro-electricity pipe
VIP-Weco pipe seals prevent need for excavation at hydro-electric power scheme.
Pipe sealed at eight locations where it failed hydrostatic pressure tests.
Fast installation kept hydro power commissioning plans on track.
VIP-Weco gives...
A brief but exciting history of trenchless techniques in the UK (or the launch...
By now pretty much everyone in the water industry knows all about horizontal directional drilling (HDD), or at least thinks they do. According to David Furlong though, there is still a lot of misinformation...
Pulling a winning solution out of the bag
A deceptively simple piece of trenchless technology is making waves over both the Channel and the pond. HELEN COMPSON finds out more.
America has seen the light, so much so that innovative pipe-pulling firm Kobus...
Pipe Bursting: Keys to Success
There is no doubt that there are many contractors well-versed in the pipe bursting technique. Even so, Mark Maxwell, Trenchless Application Specialist at HammerHead Trenchless, said that he still sometimes runs across a contractor...
HammerHead® Mole® Piercing Tools from HammerHead Trenchless
Piercing tools are ideal for installing utilities under existing landscapes and/or structures. These pneumatic-powered tools create a compact hole that allows contractors to install underground gas, water, cable, irrigation, fiber or electrical lines under...
Going underground
Matthew Izzard (Chairman, UKSTT)
Although some techniques, such as pipe jacking, have been around for many years, trenchless (or No Dig) technologies really started to develop about 30 years ago, largely in response to a...
Is trenchless pipe pulling the most environmentally sound way to repair and replace lead...
Simon Drain, managing director of UK utility supplier Kobus Services Ltd, shares how innovative pipe pulling technologies are being successfully deployed in the United States to not only repair and replace old lead utility...