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SBU SAUDI
DEBUT
ARAB CONTRACTORS HAVE
EMPLOYED THE KINGDOM'S FIRST
SMALL BORING UNIT TO CUT A
WATER MAIN
AUGER BORING | VACUUM EXCAVATORS | UCT HOUSTON
ISSUE 8: WINTER 2013
Sustainable
In the Ruhr area River Emscher eco-
logical restoration project, for 20 years
construction companies have relied on
Herrenknecht tunnelling technology.
Tailor-made
In the main project, the Emscher Sewage Tunnel,
Herrenknecht customers are installing a total
of 22 km of new pipelines. The 2 EPB Shields and
3 AVN Machines (Ø 2,065–3,625mm) are fast,
precise and safe.
As new
Top service: we professionally
refurbished our customers'
machines, ready for re-use.
Pioneering Underground Technologies
www.herrenknecht.com
ConTenTs
Fracking is coming
and the industry
needs to prepare
T
SBU SAUDI DEBUT ARAB CONTRACTORS HAVE EMPLOYED TH
Sustainable In the Ruhr area River Emscher eco-
ConTenTs Fracking is coming and the industry nee
Radius has the largest selection of HDD connectio
Below: Akkerman’s new 4815A jacking frames is goo
NEWS IN DEPTH © Randi Sokoloff / Shutterstock.com
HOW FRACKING WORKS Hydraulic Fracturing uses a we
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auger boring Time TesTed Auger Boring remains on
Guided AuGer B Bottom: the Bohrtec BM 400 is a
can excavate rock over 25,000 psi. The heads repl
COVER STORY: SMALL BORING UNIT Riyadh puts Robbin
DEBUTS IN SAUDI AUGER BORING was +/- 0mm. “T
AMERICAN REAM One of the worlds leading trenchl
Left: american augers’ first boring machine, manuf
AUGER BORING “We had a customer who had sp
NEW The UK's First Engineering grade locator sys
AUGER BORING Left to r
AUGER BORING Precision accura
VACUUM EXCAVATION WET AND DRY Vacuum excav
though with vacuum pump technology rather than fa
far left: Badger inc uses its own truck mounted e
vacuum excavation
has been the leader in air-vacuum excavation for
vacuum excavation then most work is done alon
UK Tunnelling Specialist & Hire
ROCK ALPINE BORE Rocks as big as houses t
and-turn connection. The transmitter mounted behi
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