GDI December 2014
Source of heat
Jake Salisbury of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association describes the advantages and features of different types of ground-source heat-pump systems – a technology on the riseUnderground access
Quality concerns
Water-management consultancy Envireau Water’s Dr Phil Ham stresses the importance of understanding water-quality issuesImproving infrastructure
Economic development in Colombia demands geo-construction technology innovationsChanging perceptions
We need action, not talk, on construction-industry perceptions, writes Martin Blower, chairman of the Federation of Piling Specialists, the industry body for piling, foundations and geotechnical contractors in the UKComment
Finding Fault
In New Zealand, a team of scientists and engineers continues to drill deep into a geological fault to reveal more about its inner workings and the mechanics of earthquakesProjects
Fugro bags big geotech contract
Dong Energy has awarded Fugro a contract for one of the offshore wind industry’s largest ever seabed-investigation campaignsItmsoil sells Soil Instruments
Geotechnical and structural monitoring specialist itmsoil has completed the sale of its manufacturing business, Soil Instruments, to Nova MetrixEquipment
Sandvik unleashes Tiger
Sandvik Construction has added a new rig series to its standard surface top-hammer drills
Atlas Copco offers new Drillmaster
Atlas Copco has introduced a new large-range rotary blasthole drill rig to its Drillmaster (DM) lineCoiled-tubing rig is put on trial
The Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre’s experimental coiled-tubing rig was recently trialled at the Brukunga drilling-research and training facility in the Adelaide Hills, AustraliaMineSight launches streamlined drillhole-management software
MineSight has released MineSight Torque 3.5, with new utilities designed to simplify the drillhole-management workflowPeople
Sonic pioneer honoured
Canadian engineer Ray Roussy is to be inducted into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame for his development and commercialisation of sonic drilling technology
Memorial fund supports engineering students
Seven geotechnical and geology engineering students in the UK have been awarded grants to support their studies from a memorial fund set up in the name of the late engineer John MitchellFeatures
Source of heat
Jake Salisbury of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association describes the advantages and features of different types of ground-source heat-pump systems – a technology on the rise
Specialists on the job
Shallow geothermal drilling is proving a cost-effective solution to rising energy costs, offering more work for specialist drillersPricing geothermal energy
Benjamin Matek and Karl Gawell of the Geothermal Energy Association in the US discuss the economic costs and benefits of geothermal powerUnderground access
David Gervais of global specialist law firm Dechert explains the proposed changes to access rights for deep-level drilling in the UKQuality concerns
Water-management consultancy Envireau Water’s Dr Phil Ham stresses the importance of understanding water-quality issuesMaintaining reliable water supplies
Water and sewage-treatment company Wessex Water, serving an area of the south-west of England, talks us through its groundwater management programme and rehabilitation effortsA blow-by-blow
German drilling-rig manufacturer Geotool was commissioned to build a cable-percussive drilling rig for Dutch soil-investigation specialist Wiertsema & PartnersPowered up
The Angostura hydroelectric power plant, which began operations earlier this year, represented a major power project for Chile and offered plenty of construction challengesOn track
Dando Drilling International is preparing its site-investigation rig range for the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway project and further demanding geotechnical work in the UKImproving infrastructure
Economic development in Colombia demands geo-construction technology innovationsDriving the point home
Chris Primett, managing director of Per Aarsleff (UK), makes a case for the use of precast driven concrete pilesChanging perceptions
We need action, not talk, on construction-industry perceptions, writes Martin Blower, chairman of the Federation of Piling Specialists, the industry body for piling, foundations and geotechnical contractors in the UKPile profiling
Dean Cotton, senior electrical engineer at Pile Dynamics, presents a technique for assessing the integrity and quality of drilled shafts and CFA pilesConstruction in Europe: still a way to go
Francesco Bassi, general manager of Soilmec France, answers GDI’s questions on the current state of the European construction marketKick-starting BIM
In his opinion piece, Scott Bennison, BIM co-ordinator at geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche, writes about the chicken-and-egg conundrum surrounding BIM within ground engineering
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