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Oct 27, 2011
News
John Holland to Deliver Connors River Dam to Moranbah Pipeline in Central Queensland
John Holland has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the construction of the $400 million proposed Connors River Dam to Moranbah Pipeline in Central Queensland. The project involves the construction of 136 kilometres of large diameter buried pipeline that will carry around 45,000 megalitres of water per annum from the proposed Connors River Dam to the Bowen Basin and surrounding areas. When completed, the project will help meet the increasing water supply reliability and security needs of the region’s booming resources sector.
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Oct 26, 2011
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Afghan SBU flies below Bagram Airfield
Robbins Motorized Small Boring Unit a First in Afghanistan
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Oct 25, 2011
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IDB approves $10 million loan to reduce flooding in Belize City
The money is intended for a project to rehabilitate and improve drainage and urban road networks.
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Oct 24, 2011
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Safety of Pipeline Systems at the Heart of the 7th ptc
Europe's leading Pipeline Technology Conference will be held for the 7th time in 2012. This year the EITEP conference with accompanying exhibition will be focusing on the technological safety of pipeline systems.
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Oct 21, 2011
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AECOM awarded a US$25-million contract for Deep Rock Tunnel Connection project in Indianapolis
AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM) announced that it was awarded a US$25-million contract from the City of Indianapolis to provide construction management services for the US$280-million Deep Rock Tunnel Connection (DRTC) and dewatering pump station in Indianapolis.
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Oct 20, 2011
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FlowWorks Launches New Graphic Editing QA/QC Tools for Data Delivery to Water Utilities, Municipalities and Industrial Users
FlowWorks, Inc. announces important new data editing and analysis tools, now included free as part of the FlowWorks web platform. In the words of Timothy Hicks, president of FlowWorks, "The one-stop data management platform has arrived. A complete suite of online Graphic Editing QA/QC Tools, integrated with our recently-released FACE (FlowWorks Advanced Calculation Engine) for real-time data analysis, will make short work of data editing."
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Oct 19, 2011
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AXEO Brumath completes largest pipe lining project in France to date
Near the city of Lille in the north of France four kilometres of sewer drains were rehabilitated. For this purpose UV-light curing pipe liners DN 600 to DN 1200 made by RELINEEUROPE where used. An unprecedented project in France to date.
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Oct 18, 2011
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ADB $200 Million Loan to Upgrade Services in Key Cities of India's Assam State
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $200 million to improve the water supply and other urban services in Guwahati and Dibrugarh ― two major cities in the Indian state of Assam.
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Oct 17, 2011
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Interactive Parts Section Now On Ditch Witch Website
The Ditch Witch organization recently modified its website to make it easier for customers to get detailed information about genuine Ditch Witch parts they need for their equipment.
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Oct 13, 2011
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Colorado’s Largest Combined Water and Sanitation District Turns to Innovyze to Optimize Decision Making
Innovyze announced that the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District (SACWSD), Colorado, has selected Innovyze’s InfoSewer to support its comprehensive wastewater system improvement projects.
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Oct 12, 2011
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NOAA announces contract to construct National Water Center
NOAA announced the award of a contract to Triune-Beck, Joint Venture V of Dallas to build the new NOAA National Water Center on the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Amid growing economic and societal demands for more integrated and expansive water resources information, the center will integrate and combine the capabilities of multiple federal water partners to expand and improve river and flood forecasting, enhance water resource management, accelerate the application of research to real world uses and provide a single portal for water resources information.
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Oct 11, 2011
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BNDES approves R$ 134.6 million to the Sanitation Company of Paraná
The BNDES approved financing operations to the Sanitation Company of Paraná (Sanepar) of R$ 134.6 million and to the Sanitation Company of Espírito Santo of (CESAN) of R$ 44 million.
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Oct 07, 2011
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Aqua America and PVR Partners Announce Joint Venture Private Water Pipeline in the Marcellus Shale
Aqua America Inc. (NYSE: WTR) and Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE: PVR) today announced that certain of their operating subsidiaries have formed a joint venture, Aqua — PVR Water Services, LLC, to construct and operate a private pipeline system to supply fresh water to natural gas producers drilling in the Marcellus Shale in north-central Pennsylvania. The 12-inch diameter steel pipeline will largely parallel the trunkline of PVR’s gathering system in Lycoming County and will share PVR’s existing rights-of-way.
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Oct 06, 2011
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GE Energy Launches New Smallworld Water Office Software Solution for Water Supply and Drainage Networks
GE Energy announced the release of a suite of data models, applications and integration products designed to help water supply and drainage utilities meet their current and future spatial asset management needs.
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Oct 05, 2011
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Africa could turn a corner in the sanitation crisis
Africa could finally be turning a corner in the sanitation crisis say civil society groups ANEW and FAN, NGO WaterAid, WSSCC and the End Water Poverty Campaign attending AfricaSan3 in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Oct 04, 2011
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VINCI wins a contract to build sewer systems in five Dominican Republic cities
VINCI, through its subsidiary VINCI Construction Grands Projets, has signed a design-build contract with INAPA (Instituto Nacional de Aguas Potables y Alcantarillados) covering wastewater collection, transfer and treatment systems in the cities of Monte Cristi, Neiba, Azua, San Jose de Ocoa and San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic. This project is part of the Dominican government's cholera eradication programme.
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Sep 30, 2011
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First of Three Robbins EPBs launched at Mexican Mega Project
Emisor Oriente TBM fast-tracked for Critical Wastewater Tunnel
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Sep 28, 2011
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Venezuela to extend water and sanitation services to rural communities with help from IDB
$100 million IDB loan will benefit 11,000 low-income households in approximately 68 communities and small towns
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Sep 27, 2011
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Drake & Scull Water and Power wins AED 75 million Infrastructure Contract in Al Ain
Drake & Scull Water and Power L.L.C (DSWP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI) PJSC, a regional market leader in integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Civil Contracting, and Water and Power, secured AED 75 million infrastructure contract for the Construction of a Sewerage project in Al Ain-UAE.
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Sep 26, 2011
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ADB Provides $100 Million for Rural Infrastructure, Sanitation in Indonesia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing Indonesia with a $100 million loan to finance community-driven projects that upgrade basic infrastructure in rural villages and improve sanitation services in poor urban neighborhoods.
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Sep 22, 2011
News
HDD Bore accessories online
TRACTO-TECHNIK (TT) has launched a new website for HDD bore accessories. With this online catalogue the reowned manufacturer of innovative trenchless pipe installation systems gives a comprehensive and systematic overview of the accessories available for HDD systems.
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Sep 21, 2011
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IFC Helps Improve Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Services in India
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has provided a $5 million loan to Indian water services company, Vishwa Infrastructures and Services Private Limited, to help increase access to water and improve sewage treatment in two midsized Indian towns.
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Sep 20, 2011
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Construction site, general
Water transfer pipeline utilises multiple tunneling technologies including EPB
As part of a £125 million project being undertaken by United Utilities known as the West East Link Main (WELM) pipeline, Tunnel Engineering Services (UK) Ltd recently provided a number of tunnelling machines for the completion of various tunnelling sections of the work, working in varying ground conditions and final pipeline diameters. Standard tunnelling and trenchless installations were used for the completion of the tunnelled works.
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Sep 20, 2011
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AECOM awarded contract for Ohio's Dugway West Interceptor Relief Sewer
AECOM Technology Corporation announced that it has been awarded a design and construction management contract for the US$66-million Dugway West Interceptor Relief Sewer in the Cleveland area. AECOM's total fees are worth approximately US$10 million.
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Sep 19, 2011
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VINCI wins contract to build two tunnels in the El Teniente mine, Chile
Through subsidiaries VINCI Construction Grands Projets (60%) and Soletanche Bachy (40%), VINCI has been announced winner of the contract to design and build two tunnels in Chile. The contract, awarded by Codelco, the country’s national copper company, is worth $400 million.
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