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
Bespoke fabrication for Hinkley Point C
Flexenergy’s specialist prefabrication expertise has played a key role in a modular village providing a hotel-style living environment for workers at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station site
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
New group resource showcases the options for PE gas pipe jointing
As part of its ongoing work to capture and share pipeline engineering know-how, the BPF Pipes Group has created a key resource for engineers...
ROV offers game-changing advance for infrastructure management, says firm
Aquam has launched Amplus, which the firm claims to be "the most advanced remote operated vehicle (ROV) for use in pressurized water, wastewater, and...
Southern Water trials SmartBall leak detection technology
Southern Water is testing a SmartBall device which can detect weakened pipes before they burst.
TV documentary performs fatberg autopsy under London’s streets
A Channel 4 fatberg documentary featuring Thames Water is being aired on Tuesday 24 April.
Fatberg Autopsy: Secret of the Sewers will - in Channel...
London to host Interspill 2018
This year’s Interspill oil spill conference and exhibition is due to be held at the ExCel centre in London, on 13 – 15 March.
£6.5m for new water pipes for Derby
Severn Trent announced in January it would spend £6.5m on new water pipes to provide customers in Derby with a water supply they can rely on for generations to come.
New chemical-resistant flexible couplings
VIP-Polymers has launched a new chemical resistant flexible coupling under its VIPSeal® brand
Case study: London sewer rehab
The Loddon Sewer Rehabilitation scheme was designed to enable the repair of a main that had experienced multiple bursts
Innovative gaskets contribute to Shieldhall tunnel success
First use of new gasket designed to reduce risk of segment cracking
Only gasket that met tunnel design specification
No reported segment cracking arising from high...
New document offers clear and consistent guidance for drain and sewer design
By Jason Shingleton, BPF Pipes Group
Wouldn’t it be useful in designing and building drains and sewers to be able to quickly refer to easily...
Thames Water wins battle with Whitechapel fatberg
On 3 November Thames Water declared victory in its nine-week battle against the "Whitechapel fatberg".
Teams had been working four metres below an east London...
Tunnel construction complete on Scotland’s biggest sewer
The construction phase of Scotland’s biggest waste water tunnel, which will help tackle flooding and improve river water quality in the Glasgow area, has...
Viewing deep shafts in the round cuts survey times and costs, reports drainage firm
Drainage specialist Lanes Group has used advanced camera survey technology to dramatically cut the cost, time and inconvenience to the public of surveying more...
Update to safe digging tool
PipeHawk has introduced a seemingly important update to its e-Safe All Service Avoidance Tool, used to support safe digging processes at water and power...
Drainage re-lined in half the normal time
Sapphire Utility Solutions says it has dramatically reduced the time required to rehabilitate drainage pipes
A river runs through it: Utility completes key diversion work during pipe installation project...
Scottish Water has completed a key piece of engineering on a £120m water mains improvement project by diverting a river in East Ayrshire to...
Polymers expert provides bespoke, long term sealing solution for biggest seaport in the Caspian...
Trelleborg’s pipe seals operation has supplied the largest single order of its flexible Pipe-to-Manhole Connectors for the new $2 billion International Türkmenbaşı Seaport in...
