Australian Water Management Review Vol. 1 2014 | Page 132

hdpe sliplining At the roCks
puMping stAtion AYr, qld

ITS Trenchless
ITS PipeTech

ClienT: norTh burdekin waTer board
ProjeCT: sliPlining dn900 & dn1350 PiPelines using hdPe

Pipe repair & rehabilitation solutions
Pipeline Rehabilitation & Construction
Client: North Burdekin Water Board
Project: Sliplining DN900 & DN1350
Pipelines Using HDPE
Trenchless pipeline renewal is a specialist industry
that throws many challenges during the course of a
project. In most cases there are often a number of
options to rehabilitate a pipeline and ITS PipeTech
prides itself in being able to offer clients innovative
and cost effective solutions to rehabilitate or protect
their pipeline assets and structures. This was recently
demonstrated when ITS provided a cost-saving
alternative to North Burdekin Water Board’s tender for
the rehabilitation of DN900 and DN1350 water main
at the Rocks Pump Station.

pipe” (CIPP) structural liner. A significant restriction
placed on tendering contractors was an extremely
tight program window of 18 days. This was the length
of time the mains could be shut down which could
only be changed in the event of weather induced
impacts and was due to the critical the supply of
irrigation water and existing contracts in place with
users. In addition, the works were adjacent to Little
Salt Pan Creek which meant there was an increased
environmental focus on the project.

Following a successf V