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US manufacturer Robbins has developed a machine capable of boring rectangular tunnels through hard rock.

Ryder Geotechnical has launched Hadrian Cloud Services, its new geotechnical data analysis solution.

Klemm Bohrtechnik, part of the Bauer Group, has released the new KR 708-3GW geothermal drilling rig, which it called the successor to its KR 707-1W series of drilling rigs.

HS2 Ltd is undertaking a project to use hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) in a Liebherr LB36 piling rig on an HS2 construction site in London.

Technology company Trimble has added geotechnical solutions to its geospatial automated monitoring portfolio through a collaboration with Internet of Things (IoT) specialist Worldsensing.

Global technology company Groundprobe has released the RGR-Velox, a doppler radar for reactive geohazard monitoring.

A new vacuum excavation technique for piling, developed by the Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture (SCS JV) working on High Speed 2 (HS2), aims to reduce health and safety risks, carbon emissions, cost, noise and programme durations.

Van Elle’s training and assessment team is to launch a new e-learning platform, Kallidus, to deliver its internal and external training.

Geotechnical company Keller has invested in five new rigs, manufactured and designed by the Italian drill rig manufacturer Soilmec, having already taken delivery of one, a Soilmec SR125, so far.

The €3.7M (£3.2M) Universal Mooring, Anchor & Connectivity Kit (Umack) project is to begin sea trials for its new mooring and anchoring solution, created to reduce the capital, installation and operational costs associated with traditional “gravity-based” anchor solutions.