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ISSUE 4: WINTER 2012
BESPOKE
BORING
DAVID BARBERA TAKES UU ON
A TOUR OF HIS EQUIPMENT
WORKSHOP
HDD TRAINING | DRILL SAFETY | REMOTE BORING
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Bern: MilestOne fOr
A sustAinABle enerGy POlicy.
The commissioning of the new Forsthaus energy center in the Swiss capital Bern marks a
milestone in the new direction of urban energy policies. These policies are aiming at supplying
people and the economy with electricity exclusively from renewable energy sources by the
year 2039. Against this backdrop, the combination of a refuse incineration plant with a wood
heating plant and a combined gas-steam power plant is a premiere in Switzerland. In addition,
a PV system will be installed on the energy center roof. With the new plant, total CO2 emissions
for the Bernes
ISSUE 4: WINTER 2012 BESPOKE BORING DAVID BARBER
herrenknecht AG | utility tunnellinG | trAffi
Handing over the reigns i n the
NEws woRk complETEs oN mulTI-mIllIoN pouNd AIRdR
NEWS INflATABlE ShoRING To SpEEd up ShAlloW TREN
NEWS TBMS jUMp STArT TExAS WATErWAy projEcT USA
mAnufActuring A frAternAl fActory Group edito
manufacturing nothing is really beneath us, we
manufacturing machines. T
manufacturing The third building is the mo
HDD RIGGING THE DECK Since its inception in t
Right, from top: Figures 1, 2 and 3, HDD process
HDD STEERING SYSTEMS There are three basic HDD s
Below: Augers at the front of the rig drive down
HDD Right: HDD drives through an urban enviro
When it's You Against the GROUND, Use UTI! No on
Drilling safETy sTanDarDs upDaTE The new Europea
DRILLING SAFETY
Key changes One of the most obvious changes will
DRILLING SAFETY ground level. Interlocked
POWER TO PERFORM '
HDD Training in THe rigHT DirecTion Alex Cona
hdd training Seeing is believing It’s easy to
hdd training What have i learned? The objectives
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Three days.One Focus. Underground Construction If
Above and right: An iseki microtunnelling machine
MICROtUNNELLING at contractor Byzak in the UK
Above: Development for remote-controlled MTBMs co
MICROtUNNELLING power pack at the surface. Fo
herrenknecht AG | utility tunnellinG | trAffi
June 23-26,
DATeS & eveNTS 29-31 January 2013 Underground Con
ContaCts Editorial EDItoR Jon Young Tel: +44 20
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At American Augers We’re Changing