TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY
OCU Group: Trenchless solutions for the water sector
Providing sustainable water solutions with maximum outputs and minimum disruption.
OCU delivers market-leading Trenchless installation services, underpinned by more than 20 years of experience and continuous investment. We have built a nationally scaled in-house Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) capability, supported...
OCU Group: Groundbreaking Technology
At a time when innovation is so important, OCU Group (OCU) is driving change within the water sector with its cutting-edge trenchless solutions.
OCU Group is one of the UK’s fastest growing utilities and energy-transition specialists and has worked with...
New sewer to be laid in Ilkley using trenchless technology
Work is due to begin in Ilkley to lay a new sewer under the A65 to help reduce the frequency and volume of storm discharges into the river Wharfe during periods of heavy or prolonged rainfall.
Yorkshire Water’s partner Ward...
Trenchless innovation: A client’s perspective
Wessex Water’s Rehabilitation Manager Julian Britton discusses how the company has used innovative trenchless technology to renovate sewers.
Wessex Water was an early adopter of renovating sewers using trenchless technology and assisted the Water Research Centre (WRc) in their compilation...
Innovative technology prevents roadworks in Bridgwater
After a sewer partially collapsed under the A38 Bristol Road in Bridgwater, Wessex Water used the latest ‘trenchless’ technology to repair the pipe without causing any inconvenience to the public.
The sewer pipe was located next to a busy road...
After a year in which everything has changed and will probably never be the same again, is it not time to think inside the...
The recent massive changes, from home working and education to ‘Zoom’ pub nights, have proven that new innovation can be rapidly introduced when the need is there. The water industry is no exception and the work of Water UK...
Close-fit lining technique Rolldown® a winner in Hindhead, Surrey
When an ageing water pipeline reached the end of its service life and needed replacing to prevent further water quality and pressure issues, asset owner South East Water and construction firm The Clancy Group engaged Radius Subterra to explore...
Severn Trent use cutting-edge technology to protect pipes
Severn Trent has a vast network of pipes that supplies water to its four million customers. In fact, if you stretched them out in a line, they’d measure 46,000km long. That’s long enough to reach around the Earth, with...
Specialists in trenchless techniques
GMAC Utilities Ltd pride themselves on being able to work in the most difficult and restrictive of conditions, to enable their customers to bring their projects to completion, on time and on budget. Bringing their 30 years of horizontal...
AI data power saving time and money
The industry is looking forward to the advent of self-healing pipes and the micro-robots that have already been christened Pipebots, HELEN COMPSON writes. Yes, they might be futuristic developments at the earliest of stages, but one thing is certain,...
CIPP solutions for pressure- & industrial pipe rehabilitation
nordiflow / nordipipe - the fully structural and independent class A pressure liner
NordiTube has successfully developed a strong and independent liner that can be used especially for the rehabilitation of the following application areas:
Potable water
Industrial pressure pipes
...
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 nailed their colours to the...
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 acceptance of CIPP as a...
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 carrying high voltage electricity, vital...
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 operators assurance of a long-term...
A brief but exciting history of trenchless techniques in the UK (or the launch of Earth Rockets!)
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 and misunderstandings, and he should...
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 Services Ltd has relocated two...
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 in trouble that could have...
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 yards, buildings or streets with...
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 need to replace or rehabilitate...
Is trenchless pipe pulling the most environmentally sound way to repair and replace lead pipes?
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 pipes, but also ensure they...
Hammer straight through with Geonex hammer drilling
Geonex hammer drilling is a trenchless method which provides clear benefits for the water industry, producing a guaranteed slope, no matter what the geological conditions you come across.
The slope is guaranteed even if you encounter boulders, hard bedrock, soft...
Sanivar UK and Danaher & Walsh APS announce new partnership
Sanivar UK and Danaher & Walsh APS have announced a partnership to bring the ground-breaking SaniTube and SaniLine trenchless pipe lining systems to the UK market.
With over one million metres of Sanivar products successfully installed worldwide, Danaher & Walsh...
Could the drainage industry benefit from wider use of Trenchless Technology?
By Glenn Cartledge, (MD of Source One Environmental)
Trenchless pipeline repair techniques are widely used in the UK and have been available – tried and tested – now for decades. In fact, the United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology (UKSTT)...
Self-repairing cities Trenchless technology of the future
Maintaining the underground water infrastructure is one of the greatest challenges facing the industry, especially given the pressure to deliver more without passing the cost onto the customer. Pinpointing exactly what is going on where, is extremely difficult and...
‘NO-DIG’ contractor, specialising in a range of trenchless applications
Chiltern Thrust Bore Ltd is the UK’S leading specialist ‘NO-DIG’ contractor, specialising in a range of trenchless applications with a reputation for excellence, reliability and high standards of workmanship.
By adopting a ‘can do’ attitude backed up by key personnel...
Watertight solutions that last
Trelleborg is a world leader in engineered polymer solutions that seal, damp and protect critical applications in demanding environments. We speak to Jörg Garbe, Sales Manager Pipe Repair EMEA, about how their innovative solutions accelerate performance in a sustainable...
R&M Utility and Civil Engineering Services – Focus on Trenchless Technology (Pipe Lining)
R&M Utility and Civil Engineering Services are committed to finding high-quality and economical solutions for their clients. As a sewerage contractor in the South West, R&M are continually researching repair and rehabilitation techniques; repeatedly demonstrating the advantages of trenchless...
Bournemouth CIS Tunnel Renovation: A Technical Narrative
In this issue of Water Industry Journal, Julian Britton, Trenchless Technology Manager at Wessex Water (YTL Engineering and Construction) takes us through a landmark project to renovate Bournemouth CIS Tunnel which is soon to reach completion
The project represents a...
