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TRENCHLESS MIDDLE EAST ABU DHABI 2010 EXPANDS

Due to the popularity of next years’ event in Abu Dhabi the organisers have expanded the exhibition and opened up the...

November 23, 2009
News
First Marine Work Begins on Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm with...

The first marine work on the U,K.’s Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm was to begin when contractor Visser & Smith Ma...

November 23, 2009
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Utility Services & Consulting Group Gets N.M. Project to Locate...

Utility Services and Consulting Corp. (USCC), has entered into a three year contract with Xcel Energy Services, Inc. (Xc...

November 20, 2009
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Drilling for Clean Energy in Switzerland

A horizontal directional drilling (HDD) project in Zurich, Switzerland, has enabled the city to launch an ingenious ener...

November 18, 2009
International
New Trenchless Equipment Unveiled at ICUEE 2009

The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) attracted more than 16,500 registered attendees...

November 18, 2009
International
Trio of Robbins TBMs will Team at Pahang-Selangor

Since the 1980s, Malaysia’s capitol Kuala Lumpur and surrounding areas have experienced rapid economic growth. The are...

November 18, 2009
International
RELINEEUROPE AG Opens for Business

Innovative system supplier for contractors of trenchless pipe rehabilitation industry, RELINEEUROPE AG, a new company fo...

November 18, 2009
News
Drill Firm Looks to Green Solution in Pipeline

A Fermanagh drilling company is investing more than £600,000 to develop its environmentally friendly method of laying s...

November 18, 2009
News
Zenath Wins Contract For Emaar’s Prestigious UAQ Marina Project

In yet another milestone, Zenath Contracting & Environmental Engineering Services, a division of the Dubai-based Zenath...

November 18, 2009
News
Middle Eastern Economies in Urgent Need for Underground Infrastructure Master...

The Middle Eastern economies are in urgent need for a sustainable development of their underground infrastructure....

November 18, 2009
Canada
Enseco Energy Services Corp. Expands Directional Drilling Division with Purchase

Enseco Energy Services Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ENS) announced Nov. 13 that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire al...

November 13, 2009
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MasTec to Acquire Precision Pipeline LLC

, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ)recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Precision Pipeline, LLC, a lea...

November 12, 2009
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Louisiana Tech University Honors Outstanding Faculty Inventors

Several faculty members from Louisiana Tech University have received recognition for recent inventions, patents and lice...

November 12, 2009
News
Past NASTT Chairman, NASSCO President Trent Ralston Passes Away

Former NASTT chairmanTrent H. Ralston, 71, died suddenly Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, NH....

November 11, 2009
News
Kiely Equipment Co. Announces Underground Tools Inc. (UTI) Dealership

Kiely Equipment Co. announces anUnderground Tools Inc. (UTI) dealership for New Jersey, New York, EasternPennsylvania, M...

November 10, 2009
Canada
Thinking Lean

When you’re tightening a nut onto a bolt, did you ever step back and think — that it is only the last turn that make...

November 1, 2009
Canada
15 Long Bores in Five Months

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is playing a critical role in this pipeline project, which is owned by TransCanada...

November 1, 2009
Directional Drilling
OBITUARY: Trent Ralston

Trent H. Ralston, 71, passed away Nov. 9, at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, N.H. He was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, on J...

November 1, 2009
News
New Trenchless Equipment Unveiled at ICUEE 2009

The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) attracted more than 16,500 registered attendees...

November 1, 2009
News
Tunneling at CSM

The second annual “Breakthroughs in Tunneling” short course was held Sept. 23-25 at the Colorado School of Mines in...

November 1, 2009