Pipe rehabilitation at soft drinks plant
Drainage industry service provider Dalrod has tackled an unusual pipe rehabilitation project at the manufacturing plant of a major soft drinks manufacturer. It presented...
Piping systems trade group produces guide to branch connections for water and gas mains
Making effective branch connections in live water and gas mains is now supported by new guidance from the BPF Pipes Group.
The guidance has been...
Latest pipeline collapse shows urgent need for two-way air valves, says supplier
The catastrophic collapse of a pipeline at a $10M project in Central America is clear proof that current procurement of air valves needs to...
Culvert relining without tears?
Structural renovation lining works have been delivered to thirteen sections of culvert in Leverington, Cambridgeshire, with seemingly minimal disruption
Pipe selection for brownfield sites
James Roper, Infrastructure Segment Manager for GPS PE Pipe Systems, discusses the complexities associated with installing barrier pipes within contaminated land
UK demonstration of hydrogen storage using LOHCs is a world-first
Existing petroleum-based pipeline and tank infrastructure can be repurposed to transport and store hydrogen in the form of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs), on...
Sponsored content: Tackling water scarcity and reducing leaks
If our water usage patterns don’t change, the UK will have an ongoing water deficit of 4,000 megalitres per day by 2050. Reductions in...
Engineering research centres in Sheffield will address water sector piped infrastructure challenges
The Water sector could benefit from multi-million pounds of investment into three new advanced engineering research centres opened on Thursday 11 October at the...
A lining challenge with a difference
Trench technology specialist CJ Kelly Associates recently supplied the Brawoliner 3D lining system to Cambridgeshire-based lining contractor Dalrod for installation on what at first appeared to be an "almost impossible" lining project
Circular priorities
If a product or system has a long life – whether below or above the ground – it invariably improves its value within the circular economy.
District heating pipe work has sustainable design rubber stamp
Flexalen 600 pipe work available from Flexenergy, a UK provider of district heating networks, is now Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Silver. This certification can...
Life in the tunnels
The biggest wastewater tunnel ever to be built in Scotland, Glasgow's £100 million Shieldhall tunnel is due for completion in the Summer of 2017....
Firms achieve first drinking water spray lining in AMP7
Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services’ Water Division, is working in partnership with Yorkshire Water to deliver a drinking water...
Sponsored content: Wrap protects power station gas pipeline during HDD installation
Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd, leading manufacturer and supplier of corrosion prevention and sealing systems, recently supplied their abrasion resistant outerwrap (ARO), Denso Bore-Wrap™...
Yorkshire Water trial valve technology for pipe repair
Yorkshire Water has trialled a new innovative valve technology designed to reduce supply interruptions to customers when water pipe repair work is carried out
Cement-free concrete beats corrosion, says research group
Researchers from RMIT University (in Melbourne, Australia) have developed an eco-friendly zero-cement concrete, which is said to all but eliminate corrosion.
Concrete corrosion and fatbergs...
Enhanced flow flame arresters
PREVENTING the propagation of pipeline explosions requires the use of flame arresters. Important improvements in this technology are claimed for a new range of...
Plastic pipework scores points for biogas CHP plant
One of the UK's first RHI-funded biogas plants is optimising its energy efficiency by installing a pipe network that benefits from low thermal conductivity.
Strathendrick...
New chemical-resistant flexible couplings
VIP-Polymers has launched a new chemical resistant flexible coupling under its VIPSeal® brand
Sponsored Content: Anti-corrosion coating seals submerged gas pipeline work
Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd.’s SeaShield 70/80™ System was recently utilised during maintenance works on a National Grid pipeline in Cumbria.
