GDI November 09
Test-pile gains for Aarsleff in sludge-treatment project
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is building two sewage sludge-treatment centres, which will use an advanced anaerobic digestion process to maximise biogas production and generate ‘green’ electricity, significantly reducing Welsh Water’s carbon footprint. Full story...Projects
Test-pile gains for Aarsleff in sludge-treatment project
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is building two sewage sludge-treatment centres, which will use an advanced anaerobic digestion process to maximise biogas production and generate ‘green’ electricity, significantly reducing Welsh Water’s carbon footprint. Full story...
Tough rock to crack at Rosyth Dock
A tender-winning design recently sent Bachy Soletanche to the large-scale Rosyth Dock expansion project to install a piled retaining wall as part of the entrance extension. Full story...Højgaard team gains good results with Geoprobe 540MT
The mining division of Danish contractor MT Højgaard equipped a field team at Malmbjerget in Greenland with a Geoprobe 540MT to carry out field investigations and geotechnical surveys Full story...ABI boosts hire fleet with Diemag RH28
The new Delmag RH28 model of drilling rig has been added to ABI Equipment’s hire fleet in the UK, with Carillion Piling the first piling contractor in the country to use them at a site in Scotland. Full story...Sierra wins US$10m grants from the DOE
Sierra Geothermal Power (SGP) has been awarded two grants totalling US$10 million by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Full story...Aarsleff branches out
Aarsleff is expanding its operations by diversifying into the restoration and renovation of sewerage, storm and wastewater pipelines with the establishment of a separate division called Aarsleff Pipe Technologies Full story...Lankelma rail job
Deployment of UK15, Lankelma’s track truck, to Medge Hall provided soil investigation and data to help consulting engineers move nearer to completing their designs for a major line improvement near Doncaster. Full story...Industrea china gain
Australia-based Industrea has expanded its Chinese customer base with a A$3.1m gas-drainage contract for delivery of an Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) directional drilling and methane-gas drainage system to Zhulinshan Coal Mine in Shanxi Province. Full story...Redruth is the scene of Geothermal hot-rock innovation
Geothermal Engineering has outlined plans to pioneer hot-rock energy in the UK Full story...South Korea opens its longest sea crossing
South Korea’s US$1.4 billion Incheon Bridge was officially opened on October 16 – four years and four months after construction began Full story...Chile offers ‘large, untapped potential for geothermal’
Chile’s energy minister, Marcelo Tokman, has been reported as saying the country has “a large, untapped potential for geothermal energy, which can be an energy source of enormous importance in the future” Full story...Keller agrees Resource Holdings buyout
Keller Group, the international ground-engineering specialist, has entered into an agreement to purchase Resource Holdings, a Singapore-based foundation contractor Full story...Sirius tools up the Tyne’s new crossing
The Sirius Group has employed a range of engineering services to assist at one of Britain’s biggest transport infrastructure projects: the construction of the new Tyne Crossing – the second vehicle tunnel under Newcastle’s River Tyne Full story...Speaker boost for show
Further top-quality speakers have confirmed their participation in the conference programme for GeoDrilling 2010, to be held next year at the East of England Showground in Peterborough, UK, on April 13-14. Full story...Equipment
Rig Source combats tight spaces and the elements
US-based Rig Source has supplied a CME-75 drill on a Morooka MST-1500 carrier to a customer in Colombia, South America Full story...
TEI rolls out ‘largest’ skid-steer base model
The HCM GEO is the only attachment offered by US-based TEI for the installation of geothermal boreholes Full story...Ultra-buoyancy from Trelleborg
The first drill-riser buoyancy modules capable of withstanding nearly 5,000psi (350bar) pressure at 11,000ft (3,350m) below surface, have been developed and manufactured by Trelleborg Offshore in response to the demands of deepwater exploration Full story...Junttan shapes up
Due to major changes in the market, Finland-based Junttan says it has reformed its organisation and taken a more customer-orientated direction Full story...Drilcorp unveils remote test station
After months of research and field trials, UK-based Drilcorp’s R&D team has launched its latest innovation: a multi-functional, remotely-operated, test-pumping station Full story...Van Walt wet siever
In response to the need for improved soil-investigation equipment, UK-based Van Walt, a specialist provider of environmental-research equipment, is offering wet-sieving apparatus Full story...Exploration antenna
US-based Exploration Instruments has received its first 2,000Mhz Palm Antenna from GSSI Full story...Getac multi-touch first
Getac UK has claimed that its line of tablet PCs will be the first rugged computers to offer a multi-touch screen for use with or without gloves Full story...Wallis gets delta 9
The latest addition to the Wallis Drilling fleet has been commissioned – a track-mounted rig in the Mantis 100 series Full story...Stuart Well enhances robustness of Dipmeters for 30-300m depth
Stuart Well Services has announced a newly designed range of Dipmeters that operate from 30-300m Full story...Cavotec expands offshore
Global engineering group Cavotec MSL is expanding its presence in the UK’s offshore energy sector with satellite office in Aberdeen Full story...Sandvik opens biggest factory in Shanghai
In the presence of the Swedish ambassador, Chinese government representatives and about 500 customers, Sandvik Mining and Construction inaugurated its largest production facility to date on September 17 Full story...NOV offers calibrated data-logging of downhole vibrations
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has introduced the Russell Sub-Surface Systems (RSS) Downhole Data Logger; a new sensor development that records downhole drill-string vibration events, as determined by the user’s pre-set minimum threshold Full story...McLaughlin unveils innovative borer
McLaughlin Group has introduced the CBM 48 cradle earth-boring machine, designed to speed up the installation of steel casing in the cross-country pipeline industry Full story...ENER·G gains certification
UK-based ENER·G Ground Source Solutions has won official certification for its expertise in delivering renewable heat-pump technology Full story...John Crane and Baker Hughes seal deal
Mechanical sealings provider John Crane has signed a joint development agreement with the Hughes Christensen product line of Baker Hughes Full story...Flexit trains in Japan
Simon Williams, technical and sales support engineer at Flexit, has completed Flexit Target Inertial Navigation System (INS) training in Japan with GSC Geophysical Surveying Full story...Connector buys t130xd
Australia-based Connector Drilling is to take delivery in December of a Schramm T130XD Rotadrill Full story...AMS rolls out new line of soil probes and tips
The new AMS replaceable-tip soil probe for sand and loose sediment can obtain unconsolidated samples in a 1in x 24in poly liner Full story...Geotech on tracks
Sweden-based Geotech’s Georig 220 is now available with rubber tracks. The 220 is the smallest of Geotech’s rigs and is designed for static penetration, as well as dynamic sounding and augering/rotary Full story...Eijkelkamp soil book
Eijkelkamp has issued a soil moisture catalogue, providing information on its range of products for measuring soil moisture, soil-moisture tension and related parameters Full story...Flowserve adds life
Flowserve Corporation has announced the availability of new tungsten-carbide and thermal-spray valve-coating technologies, designed to boost cycle life and performance Full story...Sandvik scale models
Sandvik Mining and Construction has opened an online shop offering scale models of its equipment, produced by Conrad in Germany Full story...Petrobras slingshots
Petrobras is using two Herrenknecht Vertical Slingshot units of the Terra Invader 350T type in the Bahia region of northeast Brazil Full story...Godwin opens branch 26
US-based Godwin Pumps has opened its 26th branch location in Jacksonville, Florida Full story...People
Call to safeguard drinking water
Environment America is calling for greater protection of drinking water as natural gas production grows Full story...
Hagglunds Drives gains trio of accreditations
Hagglunds Drives has achieved accreditation for its new Integrated Management System in the three important areas of quality, environmental, and health and safety Full story...Scottish success for BDA’s top night
The annual British Drilling Association (BDA) dinner dance, held this year in Glasgow, Scotland, was another roaring success with 296 in attendance – 16 up on last year’s shindig Full story...Briaud heads ISSMGE
Professor Jean-Louis Briaud has been elected as the next president of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering for 2009-13 Full story...Warning over levy
Responding to the UK government’s proposals for the Community Infra-structure Levy (CIL), the Construction Products Association warned the measure could deter investment in the UK if, as is being suggested, CIL is levied on gross development rather than just the net additional increase of a development Full story...’Hero’ Clyde Baker jr
Clyde Baker Jr, foundations engineer and senior principal engineer of AECOM, was honoured as an ‘Industry Hero’ at the International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo ’09 in Orlando Full story...Pile Dynamics event spaces
Pile Dynamics says that spaces are still available for its educational events in November in Rome, Dubai and Santiago Full story...CIRIA half-day event
The UK Construction Industry Research and Information Association’s (CIRIA’s) ground engineering advisory panel is holding a half-day conference on geotechnical issues in construction Full story...New resource drilling graduates seek gainful worldwide employment
The resources-drilling and blasting class of 2010 from Canada-based Sir Sandford Fleming College is seeking employment opportunities worldwide Full story...CPA urges Chancellor not to cut spend on construction projects
The Construction Products Association (CPA) has written to the Chancellor, ahead of his Pre-budget Report statement, urging him not to cut capital spending on construction projects as this will jeopardise the short-term economic recovery of the UK, as well as its longer-term prospects Full story...HSE forms national quarry-safety team
A new UK quarry-safety team has been formed of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors, initially five-strong, with decades of knowledge and expertise in the sector Full story...Kidney carbon speech
UK Energy Minister David Kidney MP will be at The Building Research Establishment’s headquarters in Watford on November 10 to promote the Government’s Low Carbon Buildings Programme Phase 2 Full story...Brisbane geo show
The 2009 Australian Geothermal Energy Conference and Trade Show will be staged in Brisbane on November 10-13 Full story...M-I SWACO joins Rice for nanotechnology research
US-based M-I SWACO has signed an agreement with Houston’s Rice University to fund a two-year joint research programme to investigate the potential use of nanotechnology in the oilfield and drilling fluids industry Full story...Mechanics loses professor Ioannis Vardoulakis
Ioannis (John) Vardoulakis, professor of mechanics at the National Technical University of Athens, has passed away Full story...Exova offers Enviro-testing services via Earth Exchange
The specialist environmental-testing services of UK-based Exova are now available to members of website Earth Exchange after the worldwide testing and advisory company joined as one of the first associate members Full story...Bauma bigger than ever
Bauma 2010 will accommodate more national pavilions than ever before Full story...Van Walt soil course
Van Walt’s Environmental Soil, Groundwater Research and Remediation course is aimed at anyone involved in environmental fieldwork and project management Full story...Features
A class act to follow
Upgrading a classic was no easy task, writes Tom Reader, project manager, deephole rotary drills, at Atlas Copco Full story...
Dando evolves range to water a changing world
Water proves a hedge against recession for Britain’s number-one rig builder Full story...Plan big, but think local
To avoid a ground-source ‘boom and bust’ scenario in the UK, architects and consultants should heed the advice of established drilling companies with local knowledge, writes Frank Harris, director of HD Drilling Full story...Does size or rate of penetration really matter?
Every design and installation choice costs money. Neil Bookless of GBT(Europe), explores the options available to designers and installers keen to cut the cost of installing vertical, closed-loop geothermal heat exchangers Full story...Key site investigation texts awaited in 2010
The Site Investigation Steering Group (SISG) prepared the ‘Site Investigation in Construction’ series of four documents in 1993 Full story...Making IT work for drillers
GeoDrilling provides a round-up of recent technological advances that have moved forward the capabilities of the drilling industry Full story...Site Search
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