GDI May 2009
Copenhagen metro probe extended
Metroselskabet, the owner and operator of the Metro in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, has embarked on a huge extension to its already vast and comprehensive programme of complex ground investigations for the city’s new €2 billion (US$2.5 billion) underground circle line, the Cityringen. Full story...Projects
US Stimulus to geothermal
Schramm Inc says the US’ 2009 Economic Stimulus Bill provides incentives for both geothermal heat-pump installations and for drilling contractors who purchase equipment. Full story...
AuScope offers the ultimate virtual core-research library
The AuScope National Virtual Core Library (NVCL) is a research network that will offer users a detailed and high-resolution portrait of the composition and mineralogy of the top 2km of the Australian continent. Full story...DMT wins hydro work
Germany-based DMT GmbH has been commissioned to carry out a geodetic survey, required for a feasibility study, and to deliver surveying equipment for a new hydroelectric plant. Full story...Lift for May gurney
May Gurney Integrated Services has reported on trading for the year ended March 31, 2009. Full story...DEFEO rejects bonus
According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Terex chairman and CEO Ronald DeFeo rejected a US$1.17 million bonus he was eligible for, and reduced his salary by 10% as the company trims its workforce and reduces overall costs. Full story...Cuts at drill bits firms
An east Belfast, Northern Ireland, company that makes drill bits for the oil and gas industry is to make up to 90 staff redundant. Full story...ACE Scottish meltdown warning
Association for Consultancy and Engineering, ACE, construction industry, meltdown, Scottish Futures Trust, Jim Tod, Scottish Building Federation Full story...Bachy relaunches business arm in Yorkshire
Bachy Soletanche Ltd celebrated the relaunch of its anchor, grouting and mini-pile business division with an official opening of its new office in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK, on April 2. Full story...Atlas Copco acquires full ownership in India
Atlas Copco has exercised an option to buy the remaining 75% of shares in Focus Rocbit and Prisma Roctools, which provide complementary products and services for rotary and down-the-hole (DTH) drilling. Full story...Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings hit with corporate manslaughter charge
In the first application of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a charge of corporate manslaughter against Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd in relation to the death of Alexander Wright on September 5, 2008. Full story...Hydrock achieves first aim of remediation project
UK-based Hydrock says it has achieved the first major objective of a significant groundwater-remediation project for the Environment Agency ahead of schedule and on budget, in spite of unexpected additional requirements. Full story...Lankelma acquires ARA
Lankelma has acquired the ARA geotechnical and environmental site investigation services branch in Houston, Texas. Full story...Bullivant job losses
UK geotechnical contractor Roger Bullivant has announced it is to cut a further 95 jobs and that all staff are to be asked to take a 10% pay cut, after reassessing the poor state of the housebuilding market. Full story...GPR work sheds light on Cumbrian tunnel
SM Pelorus, a division of Doncaster, UK-based Soil Mechanics, has completed ground-penetration radar (GPR) work, valued at £10,000, to analyse the buried structure of Thirlmere Aqueduct, Cumbria, the 84 mile-long Victorian water pipe connecting the Lake District to Manchester. Full story...Equipment
Geoquip brings borehole camera to UK
The ability to see into a deep borehole has been an aspiration for well drillers, well owners, and geologists for hundreds of years. Whether attempting to retrieve a lost tool, determine the cause of sandy water, demonstrate the results of cleaning a well or show the depth of a newly drilled borehole, the need for a visual inspection is crucial. Full story...
Bauer marks development
Germany-based construction equipment manufacturer Bauer held a ceremony to mark the completion of a package of major redevelopment works forming part of the most extensive investment programme in the company’s history. Full story...New dust collector series from Ilmeg
Sweden-based Ilmeg Products AB, a manufacturer of dust control systems for the rock excavation industry, has launched a new dust collector series, the X-series. Full story...Atlas Copco rolls out DrillAir range of compressors
Atlas Copco has introduced its DrillAir range of compressors that provide larger air volume with higher air pressure, and are used in deep drilling in oil and gas, deep foundation, and water well drilling. Full story...Junttan pile driver
Finland-based Junttan has delivered the first pile-driving machine produced at its new factory located in Kuopio. The facilities of the Junttan Centre are three times the size of the old ones. The first produced machine is a PM20LC, which will go to Junttan’s dealer for the east coast of the southern US, Sun Piledriving Equipment. Junttan managing director Tommi Lindbom said: “It is possible to triple piling machine production in the new facility in the next three to four years.” Full story...Industry open day
UK-based pump manufacturer and distributor Tomlinson Hall & Co Ltd will host an industry open day in June as part of its 90th anniversary celebrations. The company was established in 1919 as a general engineering company, and now specialises in pumps, power transmission and engineering supplies. Full story...New Devico agents
Devico has signed a new agent in Turkey to sell its drilling and borehole surveying technology. Full story...TEI's RDS528H replaced
TEI Rock Drills began a on March 1, 2009 programme to replace existing RDS528H rotary heads with its new RDS350 rotary head. Full story...Mala upgrades
Software upgrades for MIRAsoft and rSlicer have been released by MALÅ and the company encourages clients to contact its head office to take advantage of them. Full story...Trelleborg face seals
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has launched its new range of mechanical face seals, engineered for rotating applications in arduous environments where they withstand severe wear and prevent ingress of harsh and abrasive external media. Full story...Mobile mapping system
A ‘plug-and-play’ mobile mapping system, which can be used on land or at sea, has been launched by eye-safe laser measurement technology specialist Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL). Full story...Diamond meets tungsten in new thermally-stable polycrystalline insert
Cutting & Wear has launched a new thermally-stable polycrystalline (TSP) diamond insert called TSP-Xtreme. The insert is applied using QuickTip, a system for the application of hardfacing to downhole tools. Full story...Controls catalogue
Italy-based Controls has published the 2009 edition of its 500-page catalogue of testing equipment for the construction industry. The catalogue, now in its seventh edition, is a guide to tests on concrete, asphalt, cement, rock, soil and steel. It presents over 4,000 articles grouped into 11 product ranges, and is available in English, French, Spanish and Italian. Full story...Fugro Scotland office
Fugro Engineering Services has opened a Scottish office. Glasgow-based Fugro Scotland offers a full range of ground investigation services including cone testing techniques. The manager of Fugro Scotland is Gordon McKeown. Full story...Enigma, Meck Lock join
Enigma Vehicle Systems plc and Meck Lock UK have announced a new collaboration in security and tracking products for the UK construction and plant industry. Full story...Varel, Varco settle
Varel International Energy Services has reached a patent cross license agreement with National Oilwell Varco Inc and its ReedHycalog unit involving ReedHycalog's leached diamond cutter technology and Varel's high energy tumbling technology. The agreement was part of a larger settlement of patent infringement litigation that had been pending in Federal Court in Tyler, Texas. Full story...Queen's Award for PSD
Her Majesty the Queen has conferred upon Pigott Shaft Drilling (PSD) Ltd the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 2009, in recognition of the company’s achievements in international trade. Full story...Klemm drill rig handover
On a frosty day in January, Klemm’s drill rig type KR 2550 was handed over to drill contractor Stump Spezialtiefbau GmbH, based at Ismaning near Munich, Germany. Full story...PowerSave energy savings for compressors
Champion Compressors has launched its new PowerSave Options suite – a selection of energy-saving systems that can be factory-fitted to any compressor in the company’s range. Full story...Sandvik rotary drill pipe tubes available globally
Sandvik Mining and Construction has announced the global availability of its line of rotary drill pipe tools, giving customers the ability to purchase all products involved in the drilling process from one supplier. Full story...People
Van Elle in the Profit Track 100
Piling and foundations contractor Van Elle has been included in the Sunday Times PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100, which tracks the fastest-growing profits for companies throughout the UK using the past three years’ audited accounts. Full story...
Ghana Geotechnical Society stages seminar
The Ghana Geotechnical Society (GGS) under the patronage of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) organised an international seminar on February 2-4 in Accra. Full story...Geosoft Russian link
Geosoft has established a joint educational collaboration with Russian scientific university Perm State and geophysical technology firm AGT Systems. Full story...In Memoriam: Victor de Mello
Victor de Mello, a Brazilian geotechnical engineer, died on January 1, 2009, aged 82. Full story...Trevi 2008 results
Italy-based Trevi has approved its 2008 financial statements, showing total revenues of €1,069 million (US$1,424 million), up 27% year-on-year. Full story...17th soil conference
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, the Egyptian Geotechnical Society, the Government of Egypt and the city of Alexandria are organising the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering on October 5-9. The quadrennial event will be held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Full story...pileco founder dies
Pileco founder and chairman Otto Kammerer passed away at his home on March 26. Full story...In Memoriam: Victor Milligan
Victor Milligan, a founding father of Golder Associates, died peacefully on March 4 while on vacation with his wife in Mali, West Africa. Full story...Geoforum & Congress
The Geological Society of South Africa’s Geoforum and Student Geo-Congress will be held on July 8-10 at the Mintek Conference Centre in Johannesburg. Full story...A driller's tale: the three-wheeled tractor
A driller's tale Full story...Messe Munchen teams up for Indian trade fair
Messe München GmbH (MMG) and the American Association of Equipment Manufacturers have reached an agreement on closer co-operation in organising international construction-machinery trade fairs. Full story...Features
Copenhagen metro probe extended
Metroselskabet, the owner and operator of the Metro in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, has embarked on a huge extension to its already vast and comprehensive programme of complex ground investigations for the city’s new €2 billion (US$2.5 billion) underground circle line, the Cityringen. Full story...UK renewable heat strategy
Heat policy is part of energy policy, and five objectives underpin Government energy policy, explains Michael Feliks, Deputy Director of Heat Policy, Dept for Energy and Climate Change Full story...Geothermal in the UK: regulating heat pumps
In groundwater protection, prevention is better than cure, writes Mark Morton, policy adviser, Environment Agency Full story...New Tyne crossing benefits from Sirius expertise
Sirius Group is using its expertise to help one of Britain’s biggest transport infrastructure projects - construction of the New Tyne Crossing Full story...Inventive Hydrock meets mine drilling challenge
Cramped conditions and off-axis/horizontal-drilling requirements are just two of the challenges that Hydrock has overcome as it carries out a major underground-drilling programme Full story...Drivers and delivery: a local authority approach
Andrew Ellis, Environmental Strategy Officer, Harrogate Borough Council explains how the local authority has retro-fitted nearly 100 ground source energy systems Full story...Land-Drill on phase 2 of Games Village
Land-Drill has commenced phase two of its contract with Glasgow City Council for the 2014 Commonwealth Games athletes’ village. Full story...Scandinavian teamwork for directional drilling
In the Finnish Lapland a deep-hole exploration project is taking place to boost Agnico-Eagle Finland’s probable reserves at depth in the Kittilä gold mine Full story...GEOMEK gives clients what they want
For more than 40 years, Klemm Bohrtechnik GmbH of Drolshagen, Germany, has designed and manufactured drilling systems for the civil-engineering industry. Full story...Wassara meets heavy clay challenge
At Uppsala Station, in the east of Sweden, more than 100 steel-core piles will reinforce the clay ground where a new travel centre will be built adjacent to existing tracks and buildings Full story...BBGE finishes foundations for ExCeL London project
In a project that presented a unique combination of challenges, Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE) has completed the foundation work for the extension of ExCeL London, working with main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd Full story...Novel strategy avoids piling on the risk of delay
BAM Nuttall Ltd and Aarsleff Piling have worked together to develop a cost-effective piling strategy to reduce the risk of delays installing 2,150 precast concrete piles Full story...Geo-Drill helps energise university wing
UK-BASED Geo-Drill Ltd was subcontracted by Geothermal International to drill 25 of 56 holes for a ground-source energy system that will heat and cool De Montfort University’s new Faculty of Law building, scheduled to open this year. Full story...Dando raises the bar on drill-rig rentals in times of 'tighter credit'
Dando Drilling Rigs has given serious consideration to the role that manufacturers and suppliers can play in freeing up access to potentially profitable plant purchases. Full story...Smart solution from Go Geothermal
Go Geothermal Ltd has introduced new Go Geo Chamber Kits for its modular manifolds, which it says can be installed in minutes with no trade skills or mechanised equipment. Full story...Geothermal UK praises Soilmec rig output
GEOTHERMAL UK Ltd has reported excellent production with a Soilmec rig at a project at Stone Farm in Ombersley, Worcestershire, UK. Full story...Geothermal/CHP: a happy marriage?
Shallow geothermal systems use the ground beneath a building or adjacent to a building as a thermal battery, writes Ryan Law, Geothermal Engineer, Geothermal Engineering Ltd Full story...Ground heat extraction
HEATING and lighting running current UK building stock amounts to half of total UK energy consumption, writes Chris Wood, University of Nottingham Full story...Groundwater energy: risks and opportunities
Groundwater is a major resource available for heating and cooling buildings, writes Dr Stephen Thomas, Technical Director, OGI Groundwater Specialists Ltd Full story...Common challenges in ground-source drilling
In the world of geothermal ground loop installations, drillers should be encouraged to question something they feel may not be right, says Iain Howley, Loopmaster (Europe) Ltd Full story...Open-circuit pumps, lifecycle efficiency and cost analysis
The Energy Practice has evaluated the financial pay-back of the use of open-circuit ground-source heat pump schemes applied to two further education colleges, both based in the UK Full story...What does the global market offer?
Bob Martin of HDDBroker reports on the state of the international market in HDD rigs Full story...Bigger gets even better
Carly Lovejoy looks at the newest features and developments available for large HDD rigs Full story...Hard times, but opportunities ahead
Bob Martin examines how the global downturn is affecting the used HDD market Full story...Core Issues
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How web mapping means more people accessing the right information, by Dominic Jukes, geospatial channel manager, Autodesk Full story...Site Search
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