Mastenbroek.(Equipment spotlight: Track Trenchers & Rock Saws)

Underground Construction;  May 1, 2008 ;     105 words ......trenchers are joined by the HRT (Hard Rock Trencher) range, capable of excavating trenches up to 17 feet in depth and 6.6 feet wide. Unlike conventional trenchers where a rear-mounted digging boom is pulled onto the rock face, the fully...

Topcon positioning systems.(New Products: THE LATEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS)

Underground Construction;  August 1, 2007 ;     150 words ......installed, allowing an excavator to work in a variety of everyday grading applications. 2DXi can be used for cutting slopes, excavating trenches for utilities as well as digging footings and basements. The 2DXi system includes the GX-60 touch screen graphical display...

Topcon positioning systems.(New Products)

Underground Construction;  May 1, 2008 ;     195 words ......allowing an excavator to work in a variety of everyday grading applications. The X62 can be used for cutting slopes, excavating trenches for utilities as well as digging footings and basements. The system includes the GX-60 touch screen graphical display...

LAST NIGHT'S TV - Looters' cruel trench horror

The Northern Echo;  August 17, 2006 ;     468 words ......actions 'the equivalent of killing a man twice'. It was a setback for the team from No Man's Land, a group dedicated to excavating trenches and identifying the remains they find. The area where the Battle of Loos was fought in 1915 is riddled with tunnels and...

Digging out a way to cut roadwork waste.(Business)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  December 31, 2005 ;     293 words ......seeking a `hole' new way to reduce waste during roadworks. Every year, the firm digs up millions of tonnes of material when excavating trenches to repair and replace pipes. But the need to maintain road standards means the material cannot always be used to refill...

COLUMBIA PIKE LANE CLOSURE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 20, 2006 ;     132 words ......traffic eastbound on Columbia Pike between Oakland and Monroe Streets from Monday, April 24 until early July. Crews are excavating trenches for the utilities along Columbia Pike. Once the cables are in place, the overhead poles and lines can be removed. Work...

Exploring the Main

Mechanical Engineering;  February 1, 2005 ;     405 words ......expanded tenfold using a remote-controlled robot instead of cameras attached to cables that bend and snake. Rather than excavating trenches in streets every 300 feet or so, crews can dig one hole every few thousand feet. Schempf recently tested his theory by...

Mastenbroek Ltd.(Equipment Spotlight: TRACK TRENCHERS & ROCK SAWS)

Underground Construction;  May 1, 2006 ;     174 words ......the boom is then lowered and the cycle restarts to excavate the desired depth and width. Photo shows the model HRT 25 excavating trenches up to 8 feet 3 inches deep and 25 1/2-inches wide for installing water and sewerage pipes in a new city development. Since...

Landscaping from scratch – almost.(News)

Cape Times (South Africa);  March 20, 2007 ;     335 words ......drainage system to prevent water logging of the lawn during the winter months. A network of drainage lines were installed by excavating trenches about 400 x 400mm. The trenches were lined with a geo-textile cloth and a 10mm layer of 19mm builders stone was laid on...

CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON NEW CITY OF VANCOUVER WATER TRANSMISSION LINE ON...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 15, 2007 ;     452 words ......with one crew working east of Andresen Road and another crew working west of Andresen Road. Construction will include excavating trenches, installing the new transmission main line and hydrants, backfilling the trenches, cleaning and testing the lines, connecting...

Fed: Science minister says Maralinga calls are ridiculous

AAP General News (Australia);  March 10, 2003 ;     238 words ......The (ISV) technique was tried at Maralinga and difficulties were encountered in its application. Re-excavating trenches and risking exposure of workers to the waste was irresponsible, the minister said. AAP lm/sb/drp/br KEYWORD...

Baghdad goes about its business

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 28, 2003 ;     604 words ......their neighborhood distributor when he offers more. President Saddam Hussein admonished citizens Wednesday night to start excavating trenches in their yards as bomb shelters. There was no sign Thursday that anybody was responding with alacrity. Overall, the drumbeat...

Trenchless technology speeds gas line renewals. (using trenchless...

Pipeline & Gas Journal;  June 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......directional drilling on a project for Dayton Power & Light Co. Instead of tearing up landscapes with bulky backhoes or conventional trenchers, utility line installation and restoration work was completed with Vermeer's D-24 Navigator. Although the D-2H has 24...

INTERSECTION TO CLOSE THIS WEEKEND FOR WATER LINE CONSTRUCTION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 7, 2007 ;     335 words ......Nutter Corp. of Vancouver is the contractor for the construction effort, which began mid-February 2007 and will include excavating trenches, installing the new transmission main line and hydrants, backfilling the trenches, cleaning and testing the lines, connecting...

Tensions between NATO, Russia at Cold War levels

Winnipeg Free Press;  August 22, 2008 ;     463 words ......Soviet Union. Russian forces took up positions Thursday at the entrance to Georgia's main Black Sea port city of Poti, excavating trenches, setting up mortars and blocking a key bridge with armoured personnel carriers and trucks. Another group of APCs and trucks...