GDI July/August 2010
Aarsleff piles in to defend Tywyn against the sea
To prevent erosion to Tywyn’s sea defences in Wales, Gwynedd Council enlisted Jones Bros Ruthin and Aarsleff, which replaced the worn out groynes Full story...Digging deep to expand worldwide
German firm Bauer Maschinen has a history dating back centuries, but strives to stay at the forefront of innovation in foundation engineering Full story...Geotechnics achieves sensitive slope stabilisation
Following flooding and landslip, Geotechnics had to protect the famous Daniels Mill in Bridgnorth during stabilisation works on nearby slopes Full story...Taking in the views
Bachy Soletanche’s anchor, grout and mini-piling division was enlisted to carry out a two-phase stabilisation project on the conduit section of the Thirlmere aqueduct near Grassmere, writes project manager Andy Tucker Full story...Terra firma
Ground stabilisation is an important factor at any construction site. Carly Lovejoy looks at the products available from several key manufacturers and their application Full story...Reports
Twenty-five years young
Raeburn Drilling & Geotechnical looks back over two decades of doing good business Full story...Comment
It’s time for change
THIS is my last issue of GeoDrilling International, as I head off to pastures new. Full story...Projects
Junttan pushes forth with giant 26-bridge project in Finland
Extensive reconstruction work of the Kallansillat bridges has been taking place to the north of the city of Kuopio in Finland. Full story...
Aker Wirth machines secure Mosul Dam
No fewer than 24 Aker Wirth universal drilling machines are currently in use for the ongoing maintenance of the Mosul Dam in the north of Iraq. Full story...Strata probes renewable energy opportunities
A BOLTON, UK-based specialist construction company has been penetrating new markets after acquiring a drilling machine to tap into the renewable energy sector. Full story...Qatar builds a bigger airport
Qatar is building a brand new airport, called the New Doha International Airport, in response to a projected demand for additional international air-passenger capacity in the region. Full story...Sewer project takes delivery of Liebherr LR1130
Following the delivery of its second Liebherr lattice-boom crawler crane, Melbourne-based, specialist, ‘dry hire’ crane-rental company Alfasi Hire has delivered the LR1130 for its first contract Full story...Major buys North Star
Major Drilling Group International has purchased North Star Drilling. Full story...Capital mobilises rigs
Since listing in June, Capital Drilling, the emerging markets-focused drilling company, has continued to concentrate on the mobilisation of rigs... Full story...Bachy Soletanche undertakes indoor mini-piling project at Polar Park
Bachy Soletanche has conducted a restricted mini-pile project on behalf of project managers MACE Plus inside an already constructed industrial unit at Polar Park, Hounslow, UK. Full story...Brazil world cup invest
More than €36 billion has been set aside for the modernisation of stadiums and infrastructure in the 12 cities that are intended to host the 2014 World Cup matches in Brazil. Full story...Zetica, Vinci and Lankelma link up in SiteSafeAlliance
Zetica, Vinci Soil Engineering and Lankelma have formed SiteSafe Alliance (SSA), offering UK developers a single point of contact for the assessment and removal of the risk of unexploded ordnance (UXO) during building. Full story...Bachy cleans up with KMI Water
Specialist geotechnical contractor Bachy Soletanche is working with main contractor, KMI Water – a joint venture between Kier Construction, J Murphy and Sons and Interserve Project Services – on a project near Preston. Full story...Major Drilling revenues up for Q4, but down over the year
Major Drilling’s results for its fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010, ended April 30, show quarterly revenues of C$97 million; an increase of 47% from the C$66 million recorded over the same quarter of last year. Full story...Greenearth demo
Proponents of Victoria’s planned first grid-connected demonstration of a conventional geothermal trial say they expect to plug the 12MW power supply into the state’s grid within two to three years. Full story...Geocooling in India
GeoCooling Technology Private, an Indian subsidiary of GeoExchange Australia, itself an international distributor for Water Furnace systems, is planning to invest US$10 million in India. Full story...Trevi scoops Italian jobs
Trevi, the foundations engineering specialist, has signed a number of contracts, which, it said, are significant both in terms of the technology to be applied in the projects and the scale of the work involved, in the context of the Italian market. Full story...Keller buys up Sydney-based Waterfront
International ground-engineering specialist Keller Group has acquired privately-owned Waterfront Services, a Sydney-based near-shore marine foundation contractor, which trades as Waterway Constructions. Full story...Geotechnics team boost
UK ground-investigation specialist Geotechnics has been appointed as framework contractor for United Utilities for the new fifth asset-management plan (AMP5) period. Full story...Sierra-ram ‘intent’
Sierra Geothermal Power and Ram Power have entered into a non-binding letter of intent in relation to the potential acquisition by Ram Power of all of the outstanding common shares of Sierra. Full story...Turkey en route
More than 1,000 infrastructure projects are envisaged in Turkey from 2010-13, according to Imder, the Turkish Construction Equipment Distributor and Manufacturers’ Association. Full story...Bauer Tech completes risky task
In one of its trickiest projects to date, Bauer Technologies has completed the installation of 20 piles on a 50-year-old jetty at the Milford Haven estuary in Wales, on the site of a new 2,000MW combined-cycle gas-turbine power station. Full story...Low Carbon Building Programme closes after Govt cuts spending
The Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP) closed to all new applications in May, after the UK Government announced it is committed to delivering £6 billion of departmental spending cuts in 2010-11. Full story...US study probes geo heat pump deployment
Bob Lawrence & Associates Inc and the California Geothermal Energy Collaborative are conducting a three-year study to ascertain what effects the nationwide deployment of geothermal heat pumps would have... Full story...Hercules awarded piling work on Kristianstad project
Swedish drilling contractor Hercules Grundläggning has won the contract to install foundation piles for the construction of a recreation centre in Kristianstad. Full story...Equipment
Testconsult adds dynamic line to micropile testers
UK-based Testconsult’s pile-testing department has extended its range of dynamic services by introducing a track-mounted, 1t, self-propelled drop-weight system and a hand-held, 0.1t, micropile-testing system. Full story...
Atlas Copco delivers portable compressors to GeoPacific
Two Atlas Copco oil-injected, rotary screw, portable compressors – a XRVS 476 and a XRXS 566 – have been delivered to borehole-drilling specialist GeoPacific of Malaysia. Full story...Chenalord rolls out new hammer range
Chenalord, the UK manufacturer of drilling consumables such as shock absorbers, adaptors and drill rods, is launching a new line of hammers. Full story...Fraste powers up foundation drillers
Seven years on from the first MITO 40, Italy-based Fraste has renewed its foundation-drilling rig range by launching a new MITO 40. Full story...GeoMEM becomes UK and Ireland rep for Devico’s borehole surveyors
GeoMEM, the UK-based independent reseller of Earth Science software and borehole data-gathering and analysis software and instruments, has been appointed as the UK and Ireland representative for Devico’s borehole survey tools. Full story...New pile dynamics ICAP
US-based Pile Dynamics has announced iCAP – instant signal matching, based on the CAPWAP logic. Full story...Cubex beats the big freeze with Scorpion
Cubex has launched the Scorpion drill, designed specifically for a freeze hole-drilling application in a uranium mine Full story...Junttan’s new rig in serial production
First introduced at Bauma 2010, Junttan’s new PMx20 pile-driving rig will step into serial production in the autumn. Full story...Putzmeister invents sliding pipe rheometer
Concrete pump manufacturer Putzmeister has created a ‘sliding pipe rheometer’, which it says establishes the required pressure for concrete pumps quickly. Full story...Audie unveils light, but durable rig
South Africa-based Audie Steel & Engineering has launched what it says is a light, reliable and durable drill rig “that doesn’t cost a fortune”. Full story...Chemgrout grouts dam
US-based ChemGrout has supplied grouting equipment for the Reventazon Dam project in Costa Rica. Full story...British Army opts for Dando prototype
The UK’s longest-established drilling rig manufacturer, Dando Drilling International, has received an endorsement from what it says is possibly Europe’s most exacting customer. Full story...Cutting & Wear adds new wares
Over the last 18 months, Cutting & Wear, a family-run business in Rotherham, north England, has developed a series of new products... Full story...Deutz base in China
Deutz is establishing a sales and service company in China. The Germany-based engine maker already has two joint ventures in China for its locally manufactured engines. Full story...Geothermal testing
Geothermal Supplies now offers thermal conductivity testing. The UK-based firm can turn around a test sample within 24 hours. Full story...People
L’Heureux joins Devico
Ben L’Heureux has joined Devico, a global product and service supplier specialising in directional core drilling and borehole-surveying products, as the Norway-based company’s marketing and business development manager. Full story...
In memoriam: Joe Dobbs
Joe Dobbs, a long-time member of the British Drilling Association (BDA), died after a long period of ill health at 18.45pm on April 24. He was 71. His funeral was held on May 5 at Wilford Hill Crematorium, Nottingham. Full story...FIEC reports slide of 7.5% for EU construction
The European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC), said overall EU construction activity declined by 7.5% in 2009, with a further drop of 3.7% expected this year. Full story...SA geoscience bill 2010
South Africa’s Geoscience Amend-ment Bill 2010, tabled in Parliament, clarifies the role of the Council for GeoScience and updates terminology such as government departments. Full story...From window sampling to drilling to 3,000m
Discovery Drilling founder Mark Green is departing his native shores for a new position in Taupo, New Zealand, taking up the role of drilling manager at the country’s largest utility company, Contact Energy. Full story...Full house for Lankelma
LANKELMA said all seats were taken at its tenth anniversary seminar, which featured international guest speakers such as Tom Lunne of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and Mike Long, University College Dublin (UDC). Full story...Geologic maps online
The British Geological Survey has launched its OpenGeoscience geologic mapping services website, built on ESRI’s ArcGIS technology; the world’s first web map service built on vector data serving attributed geologic data for an entire country. Full story...NDA sponsors course
The National Drilling Association (NDA) will again be sponsoring the Federal Highway Administration course ‘Subsurface Investigation Qualification’, held in St Louis, Missouri, on September 28-30. Full story...Guide for inspectors
The Deep Foundations Institute has released the second edition of its ‘Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Inspector’s Guide’, summarising the requirements expected of all parties concerned in the successful installation of these piles. Full story...Samoter in Veronafiere
The 28th edition of Samoter will take place at Veronafiere, Italy, on March 2-6, 2011. Full story...Grouting conference
The 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 15-18, 2012. Full story...New parts tradeshow
Sobratema, the Brazilian Association of Technology for Equipment and Maintenance, is preparing to introduce another tradeshow devoted to the sector, M&T Expo Parts and Services, on June 2-4, 2011, at the Imigrantes Exhibition Centre in São Paulo, Brazil. Full story...Bauer opens new drilling rig training site in Bavaria
Bauer Group has opened a 6,000m² training site for drilling rigs and their operators, not far from group headquarters in Schrobenhausen, Upper Bavaria. Full story...Features
Aarsleff piles in to defend Tywyn against the sea
To prevent erosion to Tywyn’s sea defences in Wales, Gwynedd Council enlisted Jones Bros Ruthin and Aarsleff, which replaced the worn out groynes Full story...
Digging deep to expand worldwide
German firm Bauer Maschinen has a history dating back centuries, but strives to stay at the forefront of innovation in foundation engineering Full story...Geotechnics achieves sensitive slope stabilisation
Following flooding and landslip, Geotechnics had to protect the famous Daniels Mill in Bridgnorth during stabilisation works on nearby slopes Full story...Taking in the views
Bachy Soletanche’s anchor, grout and mini-piling division was enlisted to carry out a two-phase stabilisation project on the conduit section of the Thirlmere aqueduct near Grassmere, writes project manager Andy Tucker Full story...Terra firma
Ground stabilisation is an important factor at any construction site. Carly Lovejoy looks at the products available from several key manufacturers and their application Full story...Gardline wins Atlantic survey
Gardline Hydro, a division of Gardline Geosurvey, has been awarded a geophysical survey contract by RWE npower renewables for the Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm site in the Bristol Channel. Full story...Core Issues
Safety measures improve to beat soil, rock pitfalls
David Gibson, BAM Ritchies business development manager, discusses some recent developments in rock and soil slope stabilisation and protection Full story...Issue: GDI July/August 2010
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