GDI Dec 2008
Geothermal drilling around the Polar Circle
The tiny island of Grimsey is located in the Atlantic ocean, approximately 40km off the north coast of Iceland. The Polar Circle splits the island in two as it lies across it near the airport building. Full story...Comment
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Geothermal drilling around the Polar Circle
The tiny island of Grimsey is located in the Atlantic ocean, approximately 40km off the north coast of Iceland. The Polar Circle splits the island in two as it lies across it near the airport building. Full story...US heat-pump tax credits
As part of the 2008 economic stimulus package, the US Department of Energy has announced tax credits of up to US$2,000 for residential, geothermal ground-source, heat-pump installations. Full story...Trevi reports profits hike
Italy-based Trevi, one of the world leaders in engineering services and machinery for special foundations and drilling, has approved interim results for the period to September 30. Full story...Vibro Projects is quick off the mark in France
UK-based Vibro Projects Ltd says it has been proven to be a ‘European Champion’ when it comes to vibro ground improvement, after going head to head with German and French rigs at a project in Dourges, France. Full story...Sandvik adapts both production capacity and costs
In conjunction with the presentation of third-quarter earnings, Sandvik provided information concerning a weaker trend in several market segments. The negative trend accelerated during the beginning of the fourth quarter. Full story...Pipe-piling at complex Hong Kong project
At a cost of H$4.94 billion (US$637 million), the new Central Government Complex in Hong Kong will become an architectural landmark. Full story...CECA unveils action plan for SMEs
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has set out a ten-point plan to avoid more than 8,000 redundancies among the UK’s small and medium-sized, civil-engineering firms. Full story...German Engineering Federation anticipates slump in orders
After six years in a row of growth, the German construction equipment and building-material machinery sector expects to see an end to the construction boom in 2009. Full story...FIEC backs EC’s idea
The European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) says it fully supports the €200 billion European economic recovery plan presented by the European Commission, which aims to pull the continent out of current financial hard times. Full story...CECE president calls for EC to step in to save manufacturing jobs
The Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE) president Dr Tim Leverton has called for urgent action from the European Commission to save manufacturing jobs in Europe. Full story...AEM expects 8.6% slide
The construction-equipment manufacturing industry expects business declines of 8.6% to continue in the US through year-end 2008. Full story...CPA welcomes projects
The Construction Products Association has welcomed the announcement by the UK’s Chancellor that he will bring forward capital construction projects to help offset the impact of the recession. Full story...Equipment
Drilcorp shows off new Beretta
County Durham, UK-based Drilcorp has taken delivery of a new Beretta T151S drilling rig with a 20t pullback capacity. Full story...Enigma unveils e-lock 3 immobilisers
Enigma Vehicle Systems has launched the new e-lock 3 immobiliser, which works in conjunction with the company’s Skyline GPS tracking, security and telematics system. Full story...Perforator extends drill rods
Perforator Ltd, in conjunction with its German parent company, is now able to offer a range of drill rods for the mining, tunnelling, well- and ground-drilling sectors. Full story...Shell rolls out lubrication quartet
Shell has launched four lubrication services to help improve an organisation’s performance and reduce operational downtime. Full story...Glasmedia offers customers sustainable filter material
Glasmedia is a new, sustainable, recycled filter material that is manufactured from sustainable, recycled container glass. Full story...Sandvik GT60s boost life and penetration
Longer life, higher penetration rates and cleaner holes are among the benefits of a new generation of Sandvik GT60 button bits called RT300, according to the manufacturer. Full story...P&H advances heavy rigs
P&H Mining Equipment has produced its most advanced, heavy-duty mining production drill yet, the 320XPC. A total of five 320XPCs are now working at iron ore and copper mines in North America and South America. Full story...Atlas Copco launches scaling rig for fast tramming
Atlas Copco has launched a new version of its Scaletec scaling rig, which it says gives operators a stronger and faster scaling tool in mines and tunnels. Full story...Imdex brings together downhole R&D
Imdex Ltd created a unified, R&D department for its downhole instrumentation division in early October. Full story...Atlas Copco upgrades range of compressors
Atlas Copco says newly-launched improvements to its 11-30 kW GA+/GA VSD compressor range have resulted in world-class, free-air delivery. Full story...Selecting the right grease for rolling bearings
More than 40% of all premature failures of rolling bearings are caused by the inadequate or incorrect selection of lubricant, according to Schaeffler (UK) Ltd. Full story...Sandvik rolls out new Tele Remote Drilling system
Sandvik has launched the latest feature for its production drills, the Tele Remote Drilling system, which enables operators to control a rig from a remote location such as a control area. Full story...Atlas Copco’s new hammer trio
Atlas Copco Secoroc has launched three new products: a series of general purpose DTH hammers, an oil-free waterwell DTH hammer and a new RC hammer. Full story...People
FPS electronic pile schedule
The long nights of retyping pile schedules could be a thing of the past as the UK’s Federation of Piling Specialists launches a standardised form of pile schedule for use by contractors and engineers alike in both the driven and bored-piling market. Full story...‘Target Zero’ action plan to launch at Hillhead 09
A ‘Target Zero’ action-plan package will be launched by the UK’s Health and Safety Executive on June 23 next year at Hillhead 2009. Full story...Tensar hires new international sales manager
Earth retention structure and building foundations firm Tensar International has appointed civil engineer Tony Roe (pictured) as its new international sales manager. Full story...Terex in aem hall of fame
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has inducted Terex chairman and CEO Ronald DeFeo into its hall of fame, which recognises outstanding leaders in the construction-equipment industry. Full story...A guide to the unseen hazards of ground gas
Ground gas is often dismissed as a low risk due to its ubiquitous presence in small quantities below many development sites. Full story...Construction research body examines risk data
The UK’s Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) is to examine the management and interpretation of data for risk assessment on contaminated land. Full story...Champion Compressors to open new Melbourne HQ
Australian compressed-air technology group Champion Compressors will unveil its new national headquarters at an official opening for key customers, staff, industry partners and media in February 2009. Full story...New ground-engineering jobs included in SOL
The Ground Forum has announced that 19 ground-engineering job titles have been included in the new ‘Shortage Occupations List’ (SOL), which is published by the UK Government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). Full story...Letter to the Editor
I enjoyed the October 2008 issue of GeoDrilling, and your ‘InDepth’ story on geothermal was most interesting. It brought to mind that it was 50 years ago when I drilled my first and only geothermal well, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Full story...Stent House Foundations passes £1 million mark
Piling and foundations specialist Stent, part of the Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering group of companies, has announced that Stent House Foundations has passed £1 million in turnover only nine months after it began trading. Full story...Atlas Copco launches lighting tower for outside Europe
Atlas Copco has introduced a new, dedicated lighting tower for non-European markets, featuring four 1,000kW metal halide lamps. Full story...Features
India uses CBM to fuel energy gap
India is an industrial powerhouse that consumes 140,000MW of electricity per year, approximately 55% of which is thermal-based and derived from coal. Full story...Casagrande B125 gives efficient drill site prep
Atlas Copco Construction Mining Technique USA LLC has signed an agreement with Casagrande USA Inc to become the exclusive distributor of the latter’s complete line of oil and gas, geotechnical, and foundation-drilling products for the mid-western US. Full story...Varel offers ‘High Energy’ bits
Varel International, supplier of drill bits for the oil and gas industry, has launched a new ‘High Energy’ series of roller-cone insert bits. Full story...Rack and pinion proves its worth in shallow operations
OIL and gas prices have driven modern manufacturers to produce technologies that can cope with the ever-growing demand for equipment that can meet the challenges of conducting exploration into areas that were once seen as having little possibility of any positive returns. Full story...Nine rigs will power-drive Andes hydroelectric project
THE main contractor for the Hochtief-Tecsa Joint Venture is using six Sandvik DT 720C underground drill rigs and three Sandvik DC300 surface drill rigs for the La Confluencia run-of-river hydroelectric project in Chile. Full story...Atlas Copco compressor fleet supplies long-distance air power at La Higuera
CONTRACTOR Queiroz Galvao is using three Atlas Copco XAMS 406 portable air compressors during the cutting of 18km of tunnels in the Chilean Andes for the La Higuera hydroelectric project. Full story...Sonic sells smallest rig on the market to client in Chile
WITH the introduction last year of its mini-sized sonic rig, Sonic Drill Corporation has continued to refine its smallest and lightest rig on the market – producing its latest version, the Sonic Probe 200. Full story...UK engineering skills could pay dividends at Brazilian gold mine
THE drilling expertise of two engineers from UK specialist drilling company Hydrock has presented the company with a golden opportunity in Brazil. Full story...Finnish pile drivers work round-the-clock to build steel mill complex in Rio
SOME 120 pieces of pile-driving equipment are working 24 hours a day carrying out piling and foundation work at the ThyssenKrupp CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico (TKCSA) worksite in Santa Cruz, a metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. Full story...Bachy goes back to ‘barricade’ Barrow
BACHY Soletanche returned to the seaport town of Barrow-in-Furness, UK, in September to complete phase two of its groundwork contract. Full story...UK notches up the largest installation of push-in GSHEs
LAST month saw the UK’s largest installation of ground-source heat exchangers (GSHEs) by the push-in method. Full story...Designs on thermo-geology
Faber Maunsell was asked by Lambeth College to provide building services and sustainability consultancy. Olivier Boënnec, principal engineer, and Martin McLaughlin, senior engineer, at Faber Maunsell explain Full story...Stuart Well’s skills dewater Wakefield site for art gallery
DEWATERING wells have been installed in Wakefield by Stuart Well Services to remove groundwater from underlying deposits and leakage through sheet piles from a river. Full story...meanwhile in suffolk, it’s Good news for newts!
Stuart Well Services has also worked recently on a much smaller project, at the site of a residential bungalow set in an urban area in Suffolk... Full story...UCG undergoing a revival
Worldwide developments in underground coal gasification, by Michael Green, director, UCG Partnership Full story...Site Search
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