Innovation

Research organisation Mining 3 and the University of Southern Queensland have worked together on a carbon fibre composite rock bolt for use in mining and tunnelling.

Finnish foundation equipment provider Junttan has expanded its offering for pile driving and drilling applications to include vibratory hammers.

Geotechnical drilling consumables supplier Terraroc, in collaboration with Socotec UK and Cambridge Insitu, has released the S Geobor wireline high pressure dilatometer (HPD) system.

Piling contractor Cementation Skanska has trialled the plug-in Bauer eBG 33 rotary drilling rig – that comes with a powerful electric drive instead of a diesel engine - on High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Birmingham and London sites.

The High Speed 2 (HS2) project has completed a world first with the installation of four 30m deep piles on a London site using a hydrogen dual-fuel piling rig.

Geothermal technology company GA Drilling has successfully tested a new tool that could cut the cost of deep geothermal drilling by doubling drilling speeds and extending the drill bit lifetime.

UK surveying firm Plowman Craven has launched a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based system for rail infrastructure surveying.

Hypertunnel has been awarded funding to carry out a feasibility study for using its underground construction technology on an underpass at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence project in Wales.

High Speed 2’s Euston station construction partner Mace Dragados JV, working with Cementation Skanska, has completed pile load testing ahead of early piling work that will start this spring.

A research collaboration between Queensland-based Geoinventions Consulting Services and Griffith University has developed a geotechnical sensor suitable for monitoring the health of Australia’s roadways.