2-in-1 water management solution by Amiblu GRP
To connect an additional 30,000 inhabitants to the local water supply system, a 2-in-1 water management solution by Amiblu has been conducted in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Spectacular water network expansion in Zagreb County with Amiblu GRP pipes
To connect an additional 30,000 inhabitants to the local water supply system, CC-GRP Amiblu pipes were jacked in a curve underneath the Sava River. They serve as sleeve for a new potable water pipeline, built of FW-GRP Amiblu pipes. How can one part of a county be connected to a water supply system located on […]
New GRP irrigation system for 12,000 ha in Cuneo, IT
The Bealera Maestra – Destra Stura Consortium upgrades irrigation system in Cuneo, Italy with Amiblu pressure pipes.
Amiblu GRP pipes replace wooden penstock
After 23 years, the wooden penstock at the hydropower plant Auwehr in Austrian Mürzzuschlag was decommissioned and replaced by Amiblu GRP pressure pipes.
GRP drainage pipes for infrastructure project in Senegal
Amiblu supplies 8000 meters of GRP drainage pipes for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Senegal, which is funded by the World Bank.
GRP drainage pipes for sustainable infrastructure project in Dakar
Amiblu delivers 8000 m GRP pipes for the Bus Rapid Transit project, financed by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. Senegal is a sub-Saharan African country with a rapidly growing urban population: It is expected that 60 percent of the country’s inhabitants will live in urban areas, especially the greater Dakar area, by […]
65,000 m GRP Pipes for Sifón de Cardiel Irrigation Project
Amiblu Pipes Spain has been awarded the supply of 65 km of GRP pipes for the Sifón de Cardiel irrigation project in Aragón.
GRP sculptures by Norwegian artist travel the world
The Norwegian artist Siri Aurdal uses versatile Amiblu GRP pipes for impressive sculptures showcased at art exhibitions worldwide.
GRP pipes for the JORF Desalination plant in Morocco
More than 7000 m of biaxial GRP pipes from DN 400 to DN 2000 have been supplied for the upstream and downstream connections of the complex water system.
GRP pipes are designed for generations.
A generations-long, low-maintenance service life: It’s a promising claim that Amiblu makes about their GRP products. Our former Amiblu PDM Högni Jónsson tells us why we can confidently stand by our claim.
GRP pipes for the Zeebrugge LNG Terminal
One year ago, Amiblu began to work on the assembly of the new GRP pipelines in the expansion of the LNG plant for the Belgian energy company Fluxys, at the Zeebrugge terminal.
Safe and sustainable water supply in Ivory Coast with GRP
Following a severe period of draught, the city of Bouaké was provided with a new effective water management system. Amiblu supplied 70 km of GRP pipes for the project.
GRP ensures safe and sustainable water supply in Ivory Coast
Following a severe period of draught, the city of Bouaké was provided with a new effective water management system. Amiblu supplied 70 km of GRP pipes for the project. Bouaké is the second-largest city in Ivory Coast with a population of around 740,000. In late spring and summer of 2018, the city experienced an acute […]
GRP pipes for giant industrial WWTP in Tarragona
1585 m of Amiblu GRP pipes and fittings in diameters from DN 150 to DN 900 have been installed for the new industrial wastewater treatment plant in Tarragona, Spain.
Amiblu GRP retention system in Pawłowice, PL
The installation of a CC-GRP retention tank DN 2000 with 3 branches of 30 m each has been successfully completed in the Polish village Pawłowice.
New world microtunneling record with Amiblu GRP pipes in Rome, Italy
The longest jacking drive ever undertaken using GRP pipes has been successfully completed on a microtunneling project as part of the 3rd lot of the Collettore della Crescenza – Isola Farnese for a sewer pipe installation that will treat Rome’s wastewater. Microtunneling on the Collettore della Crescenza 3° lotto – Isola Farnese is the third phase […]
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GRP pipes in excellent condition after 33 years in seawater
In 1975, 1500 m of Flowtite pipes were installed as subaqueous marine outfall of the Enga wastewater treatment plant in the Norwegian town of Sandefjord. In 2008, one pipe section was brought ashore to evaluate its condition. The result: A fully functional pipe with very good mechanical properties. The outfall of the Enga wastewater treatment […]
Sustainable GRP pipe solution for nature protection area
In the south of the Netherlands, a 4000 m long Flowtite pressure pipeline was installed as a bypass during renovation works on an existing sewer channel. The quick and easy construction considerably reduced the work’s enviromental impact in the Natura 2000 site. An aged concrete sewer channel that crosses a sensitive forest terrain and […]
GRP pipes help modernize combined sewer system in France
Hobas and Flowtite GRP pipes were installed as part of a new storage system in the city of Clermont-Ferrand. They ensure that the combined sewage is reliably discharged without harming the environment. The French city of Clermont-Ferrand and its metropolitan area are mainly equipped with combined sewer networks that transport both stormwater and wastewater. […]
From sea to peak: Flowtite GRP penstock for Breivikelva hydropower plant
1026 m Flowtite GRP pressure pipes DN 1200 are currently being installed as part of the penstock for the new hydropower plant Breivikelva in northern Norway. The challenging geographic conditions called for a special multi-stage delivery approach via ship, helicopter, and trucks. The municipality of Beiarn is located just north of the Arctic Circle, in […]
GRP pipes add value for nature and citizens
Between the cities of Gondomar and Porto in northern Portugal, a 3129 m long Flowtite pressure pipeline was installed to relieve an ecologically sensitive river from excessive sewage discharges. Rio Tinto river is a small tributary of the river Douro and has a rich biodiversity. Over the past years, flora and fauna have decreased […]
Special CC-GRP cross-drainage culvert installed in the Netherlands
Amiblu Netherlands has completed a special project on behalf of KWS Infra Zwolle in the municipality of Almelo in Eastern Netherlands: Parts of an existing concrete sewer pipeline close to the wastewater treatment plant Vissedijk had to be lowered in order to create space for a new crossing sewer line. The location and direction of […]
Sustainable rehab with Hobas CC-GRP products in Denmark
In the town of Fredericia, located on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, 400 m centrifugally cast Hobas pipes and fittings were installed as part of a major sewer system renovation. The sewer network in the Danish town of Fredericia is made of clay and concrete, and in several sections the pipe dimensions are much […]
Egg-shaped GRP pipes for major sewer rehab in Bucharest
In Romania’s capital, 5200 m of Amiblu NC Line pipes and 63 m of circular Hobas pipes were installed via relining to renovate an aged brick sewer system. The project is part of a large initiative to modernize Bucharest’s entire sewer system. From 25 to more than 100 years: That’s the fairly advanced age […]
Flowtite GRP pipes boost hydropower plant Porąbka
After more than 60 years of operation, the run-of-river hydropower plant Porąbka in southern Poland required a comprehensive upgrade. The aged steel penstocks and discharge pipelines were replaced with Flowtite GRP pipes and fittings by Amiblu. The hydropower plant Porąbka is located at the river Soła in southern Poland and features a 260 m […]
High-performance double sewer line with Hobas GRP
In the course of tramway works in the city of Eysines in southwestern France, an existing sewer network had to be diverted and extended. The client Bordeaux Métropole chose to realize this challenging project with Hobas GRP pipes by Amiblu. A nearby potable water line, future surface load issues, and pipe route sections with […]
Jacking under railway track with Amiblu GRP pipes
In the German town of Helmstedt, Flowtite pipes DN 1280 were installed via microtunneling as part of a sewer system extension. To prevent overloads of the local combined sewer system and wastewater treatment plant, it was decided to extend the existing system by a 1.7 km long drainage line for surface water. The pipeline […]
GRP pipes and shafts by Amiblu excel big time in small space
A new storage sewer built of Flowtite GRP pipes by Amiblu was installed in North Rhine-Westphalia to prevent floodings during periods of heavy rain. Parts of the city of Mülheim in Western Germany were regularly flooded during heavy rain. Short-term measures such as a backflow valve or storm drains did not prove sufficient to […]
GRP Cooling water system for power plant Opole
In March 2015, Amiantit Poland received an order for the design and delivery of cooling water pipelines for the power plant Opole in southern Poland. Due to an expansion of the power plant, two independent cooling water systems were needed outside the engine room for the newly built power units No. 5 and 6. 505 […]
GRP Cooling water system for power plant Jaworzno
Amiblu designed and supplied external cooling water pipelines for the new 910 MW block of the Jaworzno Power Station. In 2016 and 2017, Amiblu already supplied pipes and fittings DN 2600-3600, PN 10, SN 10 000 with a length of 220 m. After implementation of the project, the investor planned the next part of the cooling […]
NC relining in L.A. with GRP pipes made in Poland
Many of the largest cities in the United States still operate traditional sewer networks constructed from unreinforced concrete, bricks or clay tiles dating back to the early 1900s. By now, most of these sewers have reached the end of their service life and are in need of structural rehabilitation. This is true in Los Angeles, […]
Kite-shaped GRP upgrade for Wilhelmshaven’s city sewer
The coastal town of Wilhelmshaven in Northern Germany decided to renovate parts of its sewer system to prepare the town hall district for heavy rainfall. Amiblu Germany supplied 320 m of Flowtite GRP pipes DN 1500 with a very special inside design for this purpose. The town hall district section of Wilhelmshaven’s 520 km […]
XL Hobas GRP storage tank installed in Austria
Due to the development of new housing estates, the town of Grieskirchen in Upper Austria had to extend its storage space for stormwater. Amiblu designed and supplied a 750 m³ Hobas GRP retention tank, consisting of two 53 m long pipe strings DN 3000 and four prefabricated manholes DN 1000, for this purpose. The storage […]
Turning ocean into drinking water with Amiblu GRP
The newly built Ensenada Desalination Plant provides valuable drinking water for the inhabitants of the Mexican coastal city. Amiblu designed, supplied and installed the required piping for this sophisticated application and fully supported the client with thorough analyses, performance tests, and customized accessories. 250 liters per second, 21.6 million liters per day: That’s the […]
Amiblu GRP penstock for hydropower plant in Uganda
Kyambura Power Station is a 7.6 MW run-of-river hydropower station currently under construction in the Rubirizi district in Western Uganda. Amiblu supplied the 880 m long penstock built of Flowtite GRP pressure pipes DN 2200, PN 10, and DN 2100, PN 12 (440 m each), as well as flanges, bends, reducers and a flanged tee. […]
GRP sewer pipes installed in Luxembourgian nature reserve
For a new sewer main in the municipality of Bettembourg, Flowtite GRP pipes DN 1200 and OD 1280 were installed in open trench and jacked underneath a highway. In order to restrict the flow to the wastewater treatment plant Peppange and allow for a temporary storage of the accumulating water volume, the municipality of Bettembourg […]
Multi-purpose top-performance GRP culvert for Switzerland
A stream nearby Zurich was culverted with highly abrasion resistant Hobas PU Line pipes. Special features: a fish ladder, sediment barriers, and a water duct. Ländenbach is a small stream flowing through Wetzikon, a municipality in the Zurich Highlands. In autumn of 2018, it was decided to culvert a section of the stream flowing through […]
Amiblu GRP pipes for stormwater drainage system at Kraków Airport
Two powerful brands make an even more powerful solution: A combination of filament wound Flowtite and centrifugally cast Hobas pipes by Amiblu is being installed to build a new, highly efficient stormwater sewer system for Kraków Airport. The new underground infrastructure is an important cornerstone for the airport’s increasing importance in international aviation. Since its […]
Sewer rehabilitation with Hobas GRP pipes
During a routine inspection of the main collector of the city of Pinneberg in the north of Hamburg, the municipal water company azv Südholstein found serious defects in a section of the old concrete pipeline. The concrete channel DN 1800 showed strong signs of corrosion and several damages, some of which were up to 3 […]
Hobas GRP pipes for Siemens Mega Project in Egypt
For a giant 4.8 GW combined cycle power plant (CCPP) that Siemens is currently constructing in the Egyptian Burullus region, Amiblu provided the main GRP cooling water lines. The power plant is part of a giant project implemented by Siemens with the aim to boost Egypt’s power generation capacity by 50 % upon completion in […]
Hobas GRP Cooling Water Pipeline for voestalpine Steel Plant
For the voestalpine AG in Donawitz, a more than 100 m long Hobas GRP Pressure Pipeline De 1720 has been installed by means of curved jacking. Despite challenging circumstances, the installation has been successfully completed within 2 months only. An internationally renowned steel company, voestalpine places highest demands not only on the company’s products, […]
HOBAS GRP Gravity Pipes for New Sewer System in Libava, CZ
No winter sleep needed: Despite temperatures below the freezing point, the municipality of Libava could be provided with a new GRP sewer network. HOBAS made it happen. , Libava is a small town at the foot of the the Hrubý Jeseník (High Ash Mountains) in the east of the Czech Republic. In 2014, it was decided […]
Sewer line brought back to service with non-circular Hobas GRP Profiles
When in 2015, an old non-circular concrete sewer had to be rehabilitated in Groningen in the northern part of the Netherlands, Hobas was brought into play. Within only three weeks and under challenging circumstances, the sewer line was successfully renovated with egg-shaped GRP profiles. Petrus Campersingel is a highly frequented road in the Dutch city […]
Record Size Microtunnelling with HOBAS CC-GRP Pipes De 3270 in Poland
In the Polish capital Warsaw, a 3.2 km long HOBAS Pipeline De 3270 has been microtunnelled on the left bank of the Vistula River to transport sewage and rainwater from the central and northern districts of Warsaw to the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) Czajka. The installation involved the largest-diameter microtunnelled curve ever realized with a […]
Hobas CC-GRP Culverts DN 3000 Jacked Under Railway
When a pipeline route crosses a railway embankment, jacking is usually the optimal installation method as it does not require disruptions in rail traffic. In the village of Cikowice in Southern Poland, four culverts with a diameter of 3000 mm and a length of 34 m each have been jacked under a railway line for […]
Circular HOBAS GRP Pipes Renovate Aged Sewer Networks in Luxembourg
It is expected that by 2020 25% of the national and transnational transports of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will be carried out using public transportation. One of the measures taken to prepare for this development is the extension of one section of the Luxembourg-Wasserbillig railway line. The route between the Pulvermühle Viaduct in the […]
Non-circular HOBAS GRP Pipes 685/1065 mm Renovate Aged Sewer Networks in Belgium
In the Belgian city of Nivelles, HOBAS NC Line Profiles ensured a safe relining rehabilitation in difficult conditions. The sewer network in the Rue Saint Anne in the city of Nivelles had to be rehabilitated due to cracks and groundwater infiltrations. Local ground movements and a generally unstable soil situation had further affected its stability. […]
HOBAS GRP Shafts Protect Municipality in Austria Against Flooding
The municipality of Kössen in Tyrol is situated in a basin between the Chiemgauer Alps to the north and the Kaiser Mountains to the south. In previous years, the people in this area have struggled with repeated floodings caused by three merging mountain streams. After catastrophic floodings in 1991 and 2002, a protection concept based […]
Renovation of a Combined Sewer With Special HOBAS GRP Profiles 930/1510 and 800/1330 mm
In the city of Cottbus in the German state of Brandenburg, the company Lausitzer Wasser GmbH & Co. KG (LWG) makes sure the sewage of roughly 130,000 inhabitants is safely discharged. The sewer network comprises about 900 km of pipes which transport the sewage to eight wastewater treatment plants. One of LWG’s most important tasks […]
HOBAS GRP Culvert Under the Oklahoma River
In Oklahoma City, HOBAS GRP Pipes in various diameters were successfully installed in open trench under challenging conditions. With 1,600 km² and more than 1.2 million inhabitants, Oklahoma City is the most highly populated city in the state of Oklahoma. The waterway which flows through the City and is now known as “Oklahoma River” was […]
Hobas GRP for Australia’s Largest Ever Pressure Jacking Project in Gold Coast
Australia’s Gold Coast, located about one hour’s drive south of Brisbane, expects heavy annual rain falls during their “wet season”. This posed problems on the stormwater and sewage systems of the area since the pumping station (PS) B47 wastewater catchment flows are pumped to Elanora Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). With the steady population growth in […]
Hobas GRP Pipes Jacked under Russian Railway
Only few pipe producers offer a broad range of technical solutions and are authorized to install their products beneath Russian rail tracks. In order to receive approval, the products need to comply with the requirements and standards of the Russian Railways (RŽD), worldwide one of the three largest rail companies. Safety is absolutely essential. […]
Non-circular GRP Pipes Renovate Aged Sewer Networks in Belgium
15 km of non-circular GRP pipes 500/1000 to 1380/2070 mm were installed to rehabilitate the sewer networks of the Brussels-Capital Region. The Brussels-Capital Region comprises 19 municipalities and is home to around 1.2 million inhabitants. The region’s sewer network was built a century ago and is already in a rather poor condition. The more […]
Two Bridges Over River Danube in Hungary Equipped with HOBAS GRP Pipes
In the vicinity of the Hungarian capital Budapest, almost 1500 m of HOBAS Bridge Drainage Pipes were installed in 25 m height above the water surface of the river Danube. The car and truck traffic in Hungary has multiplied in recent years. In order to facilitate transports around the capital city Budapest and to protect […]
HOBAS CC-GRP Tank for potable water and fire fighting water installed in Látkovce, SK
In 2012, the operators of a new agritourism business in the Slovakian town of Látkovce were in need of a tank with two 15 m³ chambers, which should be used as potable and fire fighting water reservoir. The required product should be of high quality and quick and easy to install. Due to the project’s […]
HOBAS GRP Pipes help produce 1.2 MW of clean energy in Sri Lanka
In the southwest of Sri Lanka, 1000 households are reliably supplied with green energy as of a few months ago. 478 m HOBAS GRP Pipes DN 2000 to 2200 help make the hydropower project Upper Kokawita a powerful source amidst the rich green rain forest. , , , Since the commissioning of the first hydroelectric power plant in […]
HOBAS CC-GRP Pipes Prove their Worth in Bulgarian Hydropower Plant Kalin
Hydropower plants in Bulgaria play an important role in covering peak consumption. Two particularly interesting ones have been realized with HOBAS Pipes – and they are doing an excellent job in providing the country with clean energy. , The name “Rila” means “well-watered mountain”, which is definitely a suitable name for the highest mountain range of […]
Custom-Tailored GRP Potable Water Tank for Pitomača, Croatia
When it comes to custom-tailored GRP Storage Systems, HOBAS makes the seemingly impossible possible: in the Croatian parish of Pitomača, a 1000 m³ GRP potable water tank was installed in a record time of merely five days. The tank is the biggest of its kind ever produced by HOBAS Austria. It does not only provide […]
Open Trench Projects on the Rails with HOBAS GRP Pipes
For safety reasons, the Hungarian public railway company MÁV has special requirements for structures to be installed beneath railways. The only traditional pipe solution and material used to be double steel pipes with grouted annular space. In 2002, HOBAS obtained the individual permit from MÁV for a jacking project in Aszófő with 18 meters De […]
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HOBAS GRP Pipes for Hydropower Plants in the Czech Republic
In 2011, HOBAS Czech Republic started cooperating with Kredit Centrum s.r.o., a Czech company that operates several hydropower plants throughout the country. That same year this partnership resulted in a first order: HOBAS Pipes were installed for two hydropower plants in the town Tanvald. Working very closely with the designers of the projects the technical […]
Auger Boring Small Diameter HOBAS GRP Pipe Beneath Dutch Railway
In 2010, due to the establishment of new industrial plants in Rotterdam’s harbor, a new 10,000 volt power line became necessary for sufficient power supply. Since the railway network’s safety measures prerequisite a protective pipe for all pressure lines and cables running beneath the railway, ProRail, the company in charge of the Dutch railway network, […]
Gas Lines in the Czech Republic on the Safe Side with HOBAS GRP
A special medium requires special treatment. Gas for instance requires special caution and safety measures. Requirements which are perfectly fulfilled by HOBAS GRP Protective Pipe Systems: They ensure tightness; have a high load capacity and offer a long service life. And, as projects in Poland and in the Czech Republic show, they can be installed […]
HOBAS GRP Pipes and Manholes installed for drainage of JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven, Germany
International merchant shipping, especially container shipping is rapidly growing and will continue to do so over the next years. In order to account for this development and to allow for the access of ever-larger container ships with deep draughts, the JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven was built between 2008 and 2012. Located at the Jade Bight on […]
HOBAS GRP Cooling Water Pipes for Combined Cycle Power Plant
In May 2011 the turnkey EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracting partner, German Siemens AG, assigned HOBAS for the design, production, delivery and installation of an underground cooling water line for one of the world’s most modern combined-cycle power plants (CCPP). Erected next to Statkraft’s existing power plant in Knapsack nearby Cologne in Germany the […]
Slipling with GRP Pipes of an Existing Egg-Shaped Concrete Channel in Ploiesti
The existing egg-shaped concrete channel was in a bad condition and over-sized for the given amount of sewage. Due to its large cross section it could be renewed by sliplining a circular pipe. The constructor carried out an extensive comparison of available pipe materials and finally opted for a HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe System. Reasons for […]
DN 3000 GRP Pump Shafts equipped with instruments for wastewater disposal in Russia
HOBAS DN 3000 Shafts equipped with instruments for wastewater dis- posal made their debut in Russia. The five shafts have been mounted onto concrete slabs in order to secure them in the high groundwater, the final tests of the complete system created enthusiasm.
GRP Shafts for Deep Tunnels in Minneapolis
On two recent large diameter tunnels in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, Wood- bury L73 and Victoria Intercept Sewer Tunnel, HOBAS GRP was the material of choice for both the tunnel and the manhole risers, says Vince Paparozzi, area sales manager for HOBAS Pipe USA. “They were about 23 m deep for Woodbury and 30.5 m […]
Microtunneling HOBAS GRP Culverts under the E65 Railway Line in Poland
The construction of HOBAS Culverts beneath the railway line in the area of Ciechanów was carried out as part of the nationwide project “Modernization of E65 Warsaw – Gdynia Railway Line”. The main aims of this extensive project were to improve travel comfort, increase safety and shorten the journey by 27 minutes on this 103-km-long […]
HOBAS GRP Jacking Pipes Under Railway Track in Třinec, CZ
Pipelines crossing traffic routes, streams or buildings pose a big challenge to contractors. Detours and the therefore required pipeline extension would in many cases increase costs considerably so that they could sometimes not be implemented. A common solution for this problem is therefore trenchless installation with HOBAS Pipes – such as was the case in […]
Sewer Pipeline Extension with GRP Pipes for Flood Protection in Zatec
Flooded roads, damaged pavements, inundated cellars – the town Zatec in the northwest of the Czech Republic did not make a good impression during periods of heavy rain. It was high time to extend the sewer network with HOBAS Pipes and to make sure that traffic instead of water flows in the streets.
GRP Pipeline for Drainage and Sewer System in Zadar with 202 Shafts
A thorough technical analysis and comparison of several contemplable pipe materials and manufacturers was conducted to find the “Swissarmy-knife” pipe solution that would meet several requirements and suit all installation conditions – and HOBAS became the supplier of choice. The GRP products’ excellent properties such as the long product life, leak-tightness, corrosion and abrasion resistance, […]
HOBAS GRP Potable Water Tank
One would hardly suspect a HOBAS GRP Potable Water Tank under ones feet once it has been installed, covered and greened to suit its natural surroundings. The door to the utility chamber may be the only evidence and even this is often framed with natural stones to camouflage the structure. Not so in Czech Republic, […]
GRP Pipes for Renovating Airport Drainage System at Schiphol International Airport
l covers a total area of 2820 hectares, which is approximately 8 times the size of the Central Park in New York. With five runways and one small airstrip, the airside consists of 1.2 million m2 asphalt and 3.8 million m2 concrete. Stormwater is conveyed in 30 km culverts, 300 km stormwater sewers and 125 […]
GRP Pipes in Guided Auger Boring for Storm Overflow in Styria
The project was the first in Austria to use HOBAS GRP Jacking Pipes DE 924, SN 128000 for guided auger boring. A trenchless technique, which involves jacking the GRP Pipe into the ground and removing the excavated soil through the inside of the pipe with augers in a steel casing. As a result, the inside […]
Trenchless Installation of Trunk Interceptor with HOBAS CC-GRP Pipes in Ohio, US
The wastewater system of the city Marysville in Ohio serves its growing population and several major industrial firms including the Nestlé Corporation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and Honda. To meet future wastewater requirements, reduce maintenance costs, and increase the reliability of the system, the city decided to build a new water reclamation facility in […]
GRP Pipe as Protection Pipe for LNG Pipeline at Isle of Grain power station
For the first 2 drives the pipe lengths were two 3 m pipes behind the shield with the remaining pipes being 6 m long. Every third pipe was fitted with two bentonite injection points. The 144 m long drives were at relatively shallow depths and parallel to each other so that they could share the […]
GRP Pipes to withstand heavy truck traffic loads in Pécs
In 2001 and 2006 about 1.5 km of HOBAS SewerLine Pipe were laid in the prior reconstruction stages on the upper track of the main collector. Fortunately the autumn was dry and the groundwater level was far below the level of around 3 m that was assumed in a preliminary study.Finally, between September 2007 and […]
HOBAS CC-GRP Pipes Prove their Worth in Bulgarian Hydropower Plant Sokolna
Hydropower plants in Bulgaria play an important role in covering peak consumption. Two particularly interesting ones have been realized with HOBAS Pipes – and they are doing an excellent job in providing the country with clean energy. The village of Skobelevo is located in south-eastern Bulgaria on the fringes of the Sokolna reserve right in […]
Trenchless Project on the Rails with HOBAS GRP Pipes
For safety reasons, the Hungarian public railway company MÁV has special requirements for structures to be installed beneath railways. The only traditional pipe solution and material used to be double steel pipes with grouted annular space. In 2002, HOBAS obtained the individual permit from MÁV for a jacking project in Aszófő with 18 meters De […]
GRP Pipes Slipline Antiquated Wastewater Interceptor in Minnesota
The interceptor had no parallel pipe to redirect flow. Therefore, the chosen repair method needed to be implemented “in the wet” with wastewater flowing in the pipe. That left only two possible repair methods: • Crown Repair involving excavating the entire length of the pipe, removing the brick arch and reconstructing the crown using cast-in-place […]
French Highway Secured in Tailor-Made HOBAS GRP Pipes
Moreover, rehabilitation involves a group of not less than 11 large-scale hydraulic constructions, 9 of which were originally elliptical, one was circular but strongly buckled, and one was in the shape of an arch. The total length of installed pipe adds up to 685m. APRR first invited tenders that HOBAS France approached. An overall solution […]
GRP Wastewater Pipeline Along the Mediterranean Coast in Izola
The new sewer was installed on the route of an old narrow gauge railway, which had not been in operation since 1936 and which today serves as path for joggers and cyclists. Running along the sea, there are no differences in altitude so that the effluents are pumped through the 4.2 km line leading to […]
GRP Sewer Crossing Beneath Railway Installed by Trenchless Pipe Jacking in Great Britain
The initial proposal was to use concrete pipes to replace the existing 980 x 920 mm brick sewer but the additional wall thickness of the concrete pipe and socket, plus the weight of the pipes raised difficulties concerning design and construction: A large and expensive crane would have been required outside the station due to […]
Sewer with GRP Pressure Jacking Pipes in Groningen
The three other microtunneling sections were implemented with in this field unique CC-GRP pressure jacking pipes PN 6 and flush FWC couplings. These run beneath a gas pipeline, a main road, several streets and a navigable channel where the installation was conducted in 12 m depth. A 275 m long section with CC-GRP pressure jacking […]
Replacement of old reinforced concrete sewer with GRP pipes in Transylvania
It seemed that under these conditions, the town’s original, relatively heavy reinforced concrete sewer was no longer suitable. Soil instabilities under slopes and narrow streets lined with historical 12th century buildings such as the turret clock and Vlad Dracula’s birth place, to mention only a few, asked for a highly durable lightweight product, that is […]
Revaluation of Wastewater System in Bratislava with GRP Pipes
The Water Company of Bratislava, who was in charge of finding the optimal solution to the results of revaluation, decided to reconstruct and to extend the existing waste water system. They proposed to have the old DN 2600/1650 concrete pipeline cleaned and recommended its rehabilitation with HOBAS® CC-GRP SewerLine® Systems DN 1400. HOBAS products were […]
HOBAS GRP pipes replace reinforced concrete pipes
The contractor was highly impressed by the ease with which HOBAS Pipes could be assembled thanks to the push-to-fit HOBAS Couplings pre-mounted on one end of each Pipe. In fact, the pipe installation proceeded faster than the trench preparation. Since the high quality of pipe material alone does not ensure an optimal quality of the […]
GRP Pipe Systems for a Wastewater Treatment Plant at Poprand River in Slovakia
Time and weather had left their traces on the original steel pipes that had been partially installed – they fell victim to corrosion. A suitable replacement had to be found which was fit enough to meet a row of requirements. Above all, however, it should have a long lifetime. Further requirements were set due to […]
Rehabilitation of Leaked Concrete Flushing Canal with GRP Pipes in Těšnov – Libebeň
The target of this project was the rehabilitation of a 560 m flushing canals made of 3 m DN 1500 Vianini reinforced concrete pipes. Considerable cracks, joint leakage, sedimentation and deposits under the shafts posed a threat to the conduit and required immediate action. All rehabilitation work on the canal was done from the existing […]
Rehabilitation of a Double, Gravity Potable Water Line in Budapest with CC-GRP HOBAS Pipes and HOBAS NC Profiles 1500/1500 mm
Hungary’s capital Budapest is located on the Danube and has almost 2 million inhabitants. To secure the supply of clean and healthy potable water, some of the more than one hundred years old pipelines were relined and renewed with circular HOBAS CC-GRP Pipes. The old non-circular 1500/1500 mm concrete pipeline was built at the end […]
Non-conductive GRP pipes near magnetic field created by the railway track in Bilinia
The extension project was co-financed by the EU program ISPA and involved the reconstruction of a part of the existing DN 600 potable water main running along the same railway track and from the highway to the river Bilina. All in all 5.7 km of HOBAS CC-GRP WaterLine® Systems DN 500, PN 16, SN 10000 […]
GRP Wastewater and Storm Water Pipe System Solutions for Beaverton
Beaverton in Oregon is a city that devotes 400 ha to 100 parks, so one is within 800 m of every home. With this emphasis on green space, Clean Water Services, the regional wastewater and storm water utility, set the highest priority on reliability in planning a sewer upgrade through Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation […]
GRP Pipes Protect Municipality against Flood Damage
In 2001, the municipality decided to invest approximately 3.6 million EURO in an extensive flood protection project. If required, the newly constructed pump shafts can pump about 2,600 liters of water per second. The pump shafts are placed in changing ground water levels, which means that they have to be 100 % resistant against buoyancy […]
Microtunneling GRP Pipe Systems in the Emirates
The ground conditions were very poor and soil consisted of layered mudstone, gypsum and sandy-silt with a high ground water table. The total project was divided into several contracts, whereas the biggest part was realized by the local firm. This section consisted of approx. 24 km in a diameter range of DN 400 to 1800 […]
Replacement of Iowa’s largest Sewer Pipeline with HOBAS GRP Pipes
One of the city’s largest sewer outfall lines was at stake, a combination of DN 1200 and DN 1100 concrete pipe that carried approximately two-thirds of the city’s wastewater. The pipes were cracked, had offset joints and were corroding away from the inside. In some places, the 15 cm wall thickness had deteriorated to only […]
HOBAS GRP Protective Pipes for Heating Networks in Poland
Protective pipes from steel have long been the first choice in pre-insulated pipeline engineering. They are however vulnerable to corrosion, particularly stray current corrosion (SCC). HOBAS GRP Pipes present a remedy for this problem – the Polish heating company SPEC, for instance, has realized this and has been using GRP for over a decade.
Gas Lines in Poland on the Safe Side with HOBAS GRP
A special medium requires special treatment. Gas for instance requires special caution and safety measures. Requirements which are perfectly fulfilled by HOBAS GRP Protective Pipe Systems: They ensure tightness; have a high load capacity and offer a long service life. And, as projects in Poland and in the Czech Republic show, they can be installed […]
First Large-Scale Hobas GRP Jacking Project in the World
Hobas made its debut with centrifugally cast GRP jacking pipes in 1982. Before then, the pipes had only been used on some test construction sites in northern Germany for pushes of up to 50 meters. The world‘s first large and technically highly demanding jacking project with GRP products was undertaken at Hamburg‘s customs port. A […]
Switzerland‘s First GRP Hydropower Pipeline in 1961
Innovations that occur by chance are often the most successful. Such was definitely the case in Switzerland in the 1950s. At that time, the Basle dye works were looking for an alternative to the wooden cylinders used for winding round the fabric during the dyeing process. As the wood splintered and became discolored, it […]
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Tailor-made industrial GRP pipe solutions for Iraq
Flowtite pipes were installed for the Besmeyah Power Plant that has been built under the authority of Iraq Ministry of Energy near Baghdad by contractors Enka Insaat ve San. A.S. & Bechtel. For the project that started beginning of 2016 and finalized within the 4rd quarter of 2016, 940 m of pipes between DN 600 […]
Hydropower GRP Pipes for Growing Wine in New Zealand
Esk Valley is a wine growing area in Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand, a well known region for NZ Sauvignon Blanc and other varieties. The Esk hydro project is notable in that the two small run of river schemes comprising the project include underground and above ground penstocks, up to 300 m head with […]
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Amiblu NC Line: The chameleons among pipe systems
Non-circular GRP profiles are the chameleons in the world of water infrastructure. We asked Alexis Capoul to tell us more about the functionality of these versatile products.
Amiblu relining pipes protect sewer network from H2S attacks
Amiblu relining pipes replace concrete pipes that were severely damaged due to H2S attack in Potters Way, Peterborough, UK.
Further sustainability milestone at Amiblu
Amiblu Pipes Spain becomes the first European factory of CO2 neutral GRP pipes.
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Bradford UK – Reinforcement of the Bradford Beck culvert with Amiblu NC Line
Bradford Metropolitan Council proposed plans to refurbish an existing building, located in Bradford City Centre. Beneath the building lies the culverted Bradford Beck which runs diagonally through the middle of the site. During the refurbishment of the existing structure, it came to light that there were several cast iron beams located within the Bradford Beck […]
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EU delegate on a factory visit at Amiblu Germany
Anna Cavazzini, member of the European Parliament (Greens), visited our production facility in Döbeln, Germany.
Amiblu Stream Magazine November 2022
The greenest pipe is the one you don’t have to replace: find out how we at Amiblu approach our green future in this brand new Stream magazine.
Plovdiv is ready for the future – reconstruction of the sewer network in Bulgaria
The first dig of one of the largest construction sites in Plovdiv was made in November 2021 as a part of the Municipality Water Project. The construction activities include the reconstruction of the sewerage and water supply network on the boulevards “Danube” and “Brezovsko Shosse”. Amiblu pipes play a decisive role in the project: about […]
Rainwater storage in Geesthacht, Germany
Thanks to great teamwork 66 m of DN 2000 and 27 m of DN 300 Hobas GRP pipes with compatible fittings and storages protect the area of Sparkenberg from flooding.
For us, failure is not an option
Under an excessive strain in order to cause failure within a time frame, it turns out Amiblu GRP pipes can easily last for generations.
33 years of exposure to seawater
In 2008, after 33 years of exposure to seawater, a section of a Flowtite GRP pipe was brought ashore for analysis of its condition and mechanical properties. After cleaning parts of it, the pipe looked brand-new.
East Budleigh, UK – NC Line Culvert Rehabilitation
The village features a bypass
culvert, constructed in the 1970s.
For this project it was decided that lining with a structural GRP segment lining system offered the best solution and Amiblu‘s NC Line, non-circular GRP Structural Relining system was selected.
East Budleigh, UK – NC Line Culvert Rehabilitation
East Budleigh is a small village in East Devon, UK located about 2 miles (3.2km) north of Budleigh Salterton. The village features a bypass culvert, constructed in the 1970s. The culvert is approximately 280 metres in length, of Armco construction, oval shaped and constructed from corrugated metal sheeting (with a concrete floor laid over it […]
Maidstone, UK – NC Line Culvert Strengthening
Kent County Council‘s programme of planned highways maintenance works to be carried out during 2019 – 2021 included strengthening works to structures such as the Raigersfeld Culvert situated beneath the A20 Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent. Following on from previous culvert rehabilitation works for Kent County Council, Steadline Ltd. were once again comissioned to make the […]
Sheffield, Waverley Pumping Station upgrade – Amiblu Jacking Pipes by Hobas
The former mining and steelworks site at Waverley in the City of Sheffield was chosen for regeneration with the creation of a new residential and commercial development. To accommodate for the increase in capacity, the local pumping station needed to be upgraded, along with almost 4,000 planned new homes, retail outlets and public amenities. To […]
Scotland, Balmoral Estates Hydro Energy with Flowtite pressure pipes
Hydropower supplies more than 70% of all renewable electricity worldwide. For over a century the UK has generated hydroeletric power by harnessing fast flowing water to turn turbines to generate electricity. In 1898 during the reign of Victoria, the first hydroelectric turbine was installed to provide electric light to Balmoral Castle, since then two further […]
Bristol, Gipsy Patch Lane, structual rehabiliation with Hobas pipes
Gipsy Patch Lane, Bristol is a main road forming part of a new Cribbs Patchway Metrobus route in South Gloucestershire. As part of an asset assesment programme a few years ago, a CCTV survey showed many defects throughout the length of the surface water culvert at Gipsy Patch Lane. The defective sections ran under the […]
Rury Hobas PU Line w projekcie budowy zbiornika Roztoki Bystrzyckie
System przelewowy suchego zbiornika przeciwpowodziowego Od tzw. powodzi tysiąclecia, która nawiedziła południową i zachodnią Polskę, Czechy, wschodnie Niemcy oraz Austrię, a także północno-zachodnią Słowację, minęło już ponad 20 lat. Przez ten czas, od 1997 r., w zakresie ochrony zrobiono wiele – ale nadal konieczne są inwestycje w rozwiązania mające na celu zmniejszenie kulminacji fal powodziowych oraz […]
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Kent, Brewers Bridge, Culvert strengthening with Hobas relining pipes
Kent County Council‘s programme of planned highways maintenance works to be carried out during 2019 – 2021 included strengthening works to structures such as the Brewers Bridge Culvert in Worth, Kent. Worth is a small picturesque village situated near Sandwich in East Kent which has a population of circa 1000 and a central conservation […]
Preston WwTW, resilient stormwater management with Flowtite biaxial & pressure pipes
During AMP 6 United Utilities invested £20m into Preston WwTW to improve performance and resilience. Flowtite GRP Biaxial and Pressure Pipes have been installed to assist with achieving project objectives. Preston WwTW serves a population in excess of 250,000 within the Borough of Preston and the South Ribble Districts. The Preston Storm Tank Project […]
Bristol, Newfoundland Road, damaged sewer reline with Hobas jacking pipes
Damage caused by a driven sheet pile penetrating a sewer in the middle of a residential area of Bristol, UK, led to 32m of Amiblu’s Hobas Jacking Pipe being installed to reline the ruptured section to restore the asset to full use. The original pipeline in Newfoundland Road was damaged by a sheet pile […]
Renovation of sewer system with Amiblu NC Line in Krakow
In Poland’s second largest city Krakow, an aged non-circular sewer was relined with 746 m of Amiblu NC Line pipes. The location close to a main artery and ongoing operations of the existing sewer line made the installation challenging. The project “Water and sewage management in Kraków – stage V” is co-financed by the […]
Bournemouth, Braidley Road, deteriorated sewer restored preventing collapse with Flowtite relining pipes
The existing 1050 mm diameter PCC combined sewer running through Braidley Road in Bournemouth was found to be defective and with the surrounding ground conditions being very fine sand, it was imperative that the asset was structurally repaired before any further deterioration occurred risking a potential collapse leading to a sink hole opening up in […]
Bournemouth, Percy Road, deteriorated sewer restored preventing collapse with Flowtite relining pipes
A large 1.8 m ID tunnel runs through Bournemouth carrying the combined foul and surface water to the various sewage treatment works across the network. The local geology of the Bournemouth area consists mainly of fine sand. A defect was spotted in the road, which caused it to be closed and emergency works began to repair […]
East Anglia, H₂S corroded sewer restoration with Flowtite relining pipes
In the British city of Norwich, the life of a corroded sewer has been extended with Flowtite GRP relining pipes. Thanks to the innovative design and a collaborative approach, the initially estimated carbon emissions were reduced by 55 %. Norwich’s main trunk sewer had been found to be in extremely poor structural condition: Hydrogen […]
Amiblu NC Line for combined sewer rehab in Hamburg
In Germany’s second largest city Hamburg, a sewer channel is called “Siel”. Hence the project name “Stammsiel Eilenau / Kuhmühlenstammsiel”, in the course of which a 1357 m long combined sewer channel was rehabilitated through relining of Amiblu NC Line pipe profiles. Reasons for the client Hamburger Stadtentwässerung to opt for Amiblu were the environmentally […]
Amiblu renovates NC sewer in Essen, Germany
In the middle of a residential district in Essen, Germany, an aged sewer has been relined with 180 m Amiblu NC Line egg profiles in merely six weeks. Traffic and citizens were not affected by the installation works. Poor structural condition, insufficient flow capacity: These two properties of an old sewer made it clear […]
Customized and leakproof: NC profiles reline blackwater sewer
In the north-Italian city of Piacenza, three different non-circular GRP pipe profiles by Amiblu (one egg profile, two mouth profiles) have been used for rehabilitating a number of old sewer channels with a total length of 589 m. The hydraulic and structural properties of the existing pipelines were no longer sufficient. The new NC pipes […]
West Midlands, Network Rail arch shaped culvert, structural reline with Amiblu NC Line
The culvert known to Network Rail as RBS2/57A Tipton, over which run two non-electrified tracks, is a 68 m long brick built arch construction with a constantly flowing water course running through it. Over time, the culvert had suffered wear and tear and required maintenance before it was too late and would need to be […]
Cooling water system by Amiblu for thermoelectric plants in Bolivia
In 2016, the Spanish construction company TSK was awarded one of the most important agreements in its history: Together with the German company Siemens, TSK was to build three thermoelectric plants located in the Bolivian cities of Santa Cruz, Tarija, and Cochabamba, which will increase the installed power in Bolivia by 50 %. For […]
Flowtite irrigation pipes make water flow upwards in Toledo, Spain
Amiblu supplied 7500 m Flowtite pipes DN 1600 for a new irrigation system in the Spanish province of Toledo. The GRP lines transport raw water uphill from the Tagus river to the Lower Channel of Alberche. With a length of more than 1000 km, the Tagus River (Spanish: Tajo) is the longest river of […]
First CSO chamber on Austrian soil successfully installed
An Amiblu CSO chamber has recently been installed in the Austrian town of Mautern. The structure is more than 10 m long and consists of centrifugally cast Hobas GRP pipes with different diameters: A main pipe DN 1200, an overflow pipe DN 900, plus two manholes DN 800. Six integrated, self-cleaning screening elements (GRP bars) […]
Record sewer jacking with Flowtite pipes in Poznań
The condition of the existing sewer collector “Junikowski” in the Polish city of Poznań had deteriorated over the years. On the section from Samotna street to Głogowska street it could no longer handle the growing demands. Since an expansion was no option, it had to be renewed. Amiblu Poland produced and supplied the required pipes […]
Pipe jacking under Dutch highway
In the municipality of Roosendaal in southern Netherlands, 150 m Hobas GRP pipes OD 1280 were installed via microtunneling in a depth of 4.5 m underneath the A58 highway. The pipes are part of a sewer system extension for Norbartlaan road – they will drain stormwater in case of heavy rains and thereby reliably prevent […]
Optimum solids retention with 190 m² Amiscreen
Eula is the name of a stream nearby the small town of Geithain in the German Free State of Saxony. During heavy rainfall, it kept filling up rather quickly with water entering from the overflow structure connected to the local sewer system. The stream even regularly burst its banks, leaving neighboring properties soaked and polluted. […]
Stormwater retention with Hobas pipes in hilly Netherlands
A new 1000 m³ storage sewer was built of Hobas pipes DN 2200 and 3000 for the Dutch village of Berg en Dal. The Netherlands is well-known for its flat terrain. However, in the eastern part of The Netherlands lies a beautiful village called Berg en Dal (Mountain and Valley), which, as the name […]
30 km pressure pipes for irrigation project in Algeria
Amiblu currently supplies 30 km of GRP pipes and fittings for an irrigation project in the province of Sétif in north-eastern Algeria. The project has been initiated to irrigate 9391 ha of agricultural land with water from the El-Maouane reservoir. The Flowtite GRP pipes DN 600 to DN 1200, PN 6 to PN 16 will […]
Hobas and Flowtite “double feature” in the Netherlands
The water authority of Friesland, Wetterskip Fryslan, ordered 3 Amiblu GRP sinker pipelines to upgrade an existing irrigation system. Frequent high groundwater levels posed a problem to the local agriculture and the authority wanted to find a way to better manage its irrigation networks. Amiblu provided the client with a custom-tailored solution: Three GRP pipelines […]
Premiere for Flowtite Orange by Amiblu in Switzerland
In the municipality of Eschenbach in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, a stream was culverted underground with Flowtite Orange pipes DN 500, SN 5000, PN 1. It is the first time that the highly wear-resistant GRP pipe solution by Amiblu was installed on Swiss soil! The 130 m long culvert was built of pipes […]
Bournemouth, H₂S corroded sewer restoration with Flowtite relining pipes
Located to the east of Bournemouth and only 300 m from the south coast of England, the Coastal Interceptor Sewer (CIS) of Bournemouth is a tunnel with an internal diameter of 1.8 meters. It was constructed in compressed air from 1964 -1971 with a primary bolted lining and a secondary cast in situ lining for […]
805 m³ storage chamber with Amiscreen installed in Bavaria
The old local rainwater storage basin in the Bavarian municipality of Weißenohe had been built over 40 years ago. With a capacity of 540 m³, it was no longer able to handle the growing storage demands. Due to the chamber’s location directly underneath the railway station, an extension was not possible. Therefore, the wastewater association […]
Amiblu secures sugar cane crop in Cameroon
More than 15 km of GRP pipes and fittings DN 350 to 800, PN 10 to 25 have been successfully installed for the irrigation of 1500 ha of land for the production of sugar cane around the city of Mbandjock. The installation started in August 2017, a pressure test was conducted in February 2018. Amiblu […]
First Hobas CSO chamber south of the Alps successfully installed
In October 2017, the municipality of Castel San Pietro in the Swiss Canton of Ticino has been provided with a sustainable, environmentally friendly solution for its sewer system: More than 40 interested people watched a Hobas CSO chamber being installed in the astonishing time of merely one day. The structure reliably separates suspended solids from […]
Laxa II Hydropower Plant
Laxá II is a 10 MW hydropower station located in northeast Iceland, approximately 85 kilometres east of the town of Akureyri. The tributary Kráká coming from the highlands of Iceland runs through sandy areas where volcanic sand is blown into the river. The annual amount of sand passing the power station has been estimated to be 10 – 30 thousand tons. The […]
Large Diameter Sewer Relining with NC Line in Southern France
In the surroundings of Toulon on the Mediterranean coast of France, a 6400-m long sewer channel is being rehabilitated. The challenging relining installation include works in more than 100 m depth. While the installation of tailor-made non-circular GRP half pipes is completed, the last phase of the project has started and should end beginning of […]
New HOBAS Sewer Line Installed for Supermarket Chain in Romania
The supermarket chain Lidl planned to build a logistics center on the outskirts of Lugoj, a city in western Romania. The comprehensive infrastructure connected with this project also involved a new sewer line. Due to the area’s low slope, the pipeline had to feature a particularly good hydraulic performance with a hydraulic roughness of no […]
100 m3 Water Tank for 510 Residents
In the rural municipality of Chevilly which is located in the Swiss Canton of Vaud, a HOBAS Potable Water Tank ensures reliable water supply for the 250 local inhabitants as well as the similarly sized neighboring municipality. The old cast iron pipeline network as well as an aged potable water reservoir in the small Swiss […]
Renovation of 60-year-old Sewer System in Szombathely, HU
When the 60-year-old sewer system of the Hungarian city of Szombathely had to be replaced due to corrosion, the project team immediately opted for HOBAS. 300 m GRP Pipes DN 550 to DN 900 and 11 GRP shafts were successfully installed despite challenging project conditions. Szombathely is the administrative centre of Vas county in the […]
280 m³ Potable Water Tank Installed in Thal, Austria
In the municipality of Thal in the Austrian region of Styria, a 280 m³ Hobas Potable Water Tank was installed to enable a reliable future water supply. Hobas Installation Experts were faced with challenging site conditions which they managed perfectly and completed the project within two days. The inhabitants of Thal are pleased about a […]
Auger Boring Through Lecce Limestone With HOBAS Pipes
In the South-Italian city of Lecce, a new 3800 m long HOBAS GRP Interceptor Sewer has been installed. 800 m of the pipeline were successfully realized by means of auger boring. , The holding company Acquedotto Pugliese S.p.A. (AQP) offers water supply and wastewater services in the Italian regions of Puglia and Basilicata and counts among […]
HOBAS Pipes Do a Power of Good
After 45 years of operation, the coal-fired power generating station of Bouchain, located in France’s northernmost region Nord-Pas-de-Calais, has been replaced by a combined cycle power plant (CCPP). This project is part of the modernization plan of all fossil-fired power plants of the French company EDF (Electricité De France). EDF is the world’s largest energy […]
HOBAS Ensures Safe Sea Water Discharge in France
Corrosive seawater and abrasive sludge cannot do them any harm: HOBAS GRP Pipes have been chosen as best solution for the safe evacuation of a newly built dry dock in the renowned shipyard “Chantiers de l’Atlantique”. Saint-Nazaire is a commune in western France with a major harbor, on the right bank of the Loire River […]
Installation of perforated HOBAS Pipes DN 300 for new generating units
Within one month only, a 550 m long perimeter drainage system was installed with HOBAS Pipes around the foundations of two new generating units of Opole Power Station. The conditions on site required maximum material quality and an easy, precise installation – with HOBAS Products neither was a problem. , Opole Power Station is a 1532 […]
Digging Deeper With HOBAS
The village Rudna in southwestern Poland is rather small. The local copper ore mine, however, is the largest one of its kind in Europe and one of the largest in the world. ,Operated by KGHM Polska Miedź (Kombinat Górniczo-Hutniczy Miedzi Polish Copper), it produces 12 million tons of ore per year and employs 4,580 people. […]
HOBAS Pipes Withstand Salt and Chlorine in Chemical Plant in Ukraine
In South Ukraine, at a port on the Black Sea coast, 388 m HOBAS Pipes ,DN 400 were installed in a chemical plant to safely discharge industrial ,wastewater. , The Odesa Port Plant is a chemical facility at the Black Sea in South Ukraine that produces fertilizers. The existing stainless steel pipeline could no longer withstand the high […]
Renovation of an Old Sewer in the Coastal City of Guayaquil
In late 2014, the very first relining project with HOBAS Pipes in Ecuador has been realized. The new pipeline replaces an old concrete sewer. Guayaquil is located at the mouth of the river Guayas and is the biggest Ecuadorian city as well as the industrial and economic center of the country. More than three million […]
HOBAS XXL Tank DN 3600 Protects Dąbrowa Górnicza Against Floods
In the view of environmental influences and the expansion of urban areas, the issue of flood prevention becomes a key task for urban infrastructure. HOBAS Tanks have become a widely accepted remedy for this problem – such as a 2,410 m³ large retention system DN 3600 that has been installed in Poland in 2014. Dąbrowa […]
First HOBAS CSO Chamber in Germany
The collection and discharge of storm- and wastewater represents a daily challenge for wastewater facilities and municipalities. In combined systems, domestic, commercial, and industrial sewage and stormwater are all transported to the wastewater treatment plant by one shared sewer. Due to an increase in heavy rain events, sewers are frequently surcharged and wastewater treatment plants reach […]
New HOBAS Sewer System On Track in Slovakia
In the course of the comprehensive modernization of a railway line, 4600 m HOBAS CC-GRP Sewer Pipes DN 200 to DN 1800 have been installed in Western Slovakia. Due to the increased load of passing trains, the project called for a particularly durable pipe material. The rail transportation system in Slovakia is continuously improving. In […]
Renovation of interceptor sewer with large-diameter NC Line profiles in Bruchsal, DE
Non-circular GRP profiles with a cross-section of 3000/2000 mm were installed to renovate a large-diameter interceptor sewer in the German city of Bruchsal. The combined interceptor sewer located in Werner-von-Siemens Street in the German city of Bruchsal is a central and historical drainage channel. Earliest records date back to 1640 and in 1896, the […]
Rehabilitation with HOBAS Profiles 1260/2110 mm in Germany
The sewage of Würzburg’s approximately 125,000 inhabitants runs through a 540 km long sewer network, which has evolved over the years, to the wastewater treatment plant in Mainaustraße Street, where the water is then reprocessed. The Würzburg Sewage Board (EBW) performs regular checks on the city’s sewer network. In doing so, damages were detected at […]
Rehabilitation with HOBAS Pipes in Germany
The need to rehabilitate old sewers poses a big challenge to all cities and urban wastewater associations. Many sewer channels were built of bricks, stoneware, concrete or reinforced concrete. As the years pass, even the highest quality channels show signs of material fatigue and groundwater infiltrations – a development resulting in increasing maintenance costs. Leaking […]
Renovation of Stormwater Sewer with HOBAS Pipes beneath Zürich Airport
Rehabilitation works at airports count among the technically most challenging renovation projects – especially if they concern pipelines. In late 2013, one of the stormwater sewers DN 2200 at the international Zürich Airport has been relined with HOBAS GRP Pipes over a length of 170 meters. Serving 196 destinations, the Zürich Airport is Switzerland’s […]
HOBAS Emergency oil leak tank DN 1200 installed in open trench in Vantaa, FI
When a Finnish energy company planned an emergency oil leak tank for a new incineration plant, they were aiming at a reliable high-quality product. HOBAS had the solution: A CC-GRP Tank DN 1200 was delivered, tested for leak-tightness and successfully installed within merely two days. Based in the city of Vantaa immediately to the north […]
Trenchless installation of Hobas protection pipes beneath rail tracks in Hong Kong
In December 2013, HOBAS Pipes De 1026 SN 320000 were jacked in the Chinese metropolis Hong Kong underneath a railway track as protection for power lines. Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway (MTR) includes more than 200 km of rail. With an average of 2.45 million passengers per day, it is one of the world’s most […]
XXL HOBAS Pipes De 3600 Jacked Beneath Rail in Gdańsk, PL
Since the concrete culvert crossing beneath the railway line E65 Warsaw – Gdynia in the polish city Gdańsk could no longer handle high water levels from the nearby stream, it was decided to replace it. For this purpose, HOBAS Pipes with an external diameter of 3600 mm were jacked beneath the railway embankment. The 2 […]
HOBAS Pipes Jacked 40 Meters beneath the Gardens of Prague Castle
After the successful completion of the Prague Sewer Project COIII in 2012, for which more than 1 kilometer HOBAS GRP Gravity Pipe DN 1800, SN 12500 has been installed in a tunneled duct, a follow-up project utilizing HOBAS Jacking Pipes was launched toward the end of 2013. Since the sewer was to be installed in […]
HOBAS Pipes Warm Elephants at Zurich Zoo, CH
In the early summer of 2014, the elephants at Zurich Zoo will move to their new compound with a 5000 m² house that provides enough space for 10 animals. When outside temperatures are low, warm air is brought to the elephant house through HOBAS Pipes so as for the majestic creatures to feel just fine […]
Singapore‘s First Jacking Project with HOBAS Pipes
During the summer of 2013, the very first jacking project with HOBAS Pipes in South-East Asia pushed the envelope of what has been feasible in the region up to now. HOBAS Pipes jacked with traditional Swiss precision impressed the customer with a deviation of just 6 mm over a drive length of 63 m and […]
HOBAS Jacking Pipes Premiere in Dubai, UAE
The “Nad Al Sheba 4 Sewage &, Drainage” project was initiated to provide Nad Al Sheba 4 across the Emirates Road to Dubai Academic City and parts of the Dubai Silicon Oasis area with an upstream GRP drainage trunk, large enough to accommodate the current and anticipated flow until 2030. In order to avoid traffic […]
Curved Jacking with Hobas Pipes De 2160 in Paris
The Société d‘Etudes, de Maîtrise d‘Ouvrage et d‘Aménagement Parisienne SEMAPA (project company for Parisian constructors and road-builders), is coordinating development projects in Paris‘ 13th arrondissement. In a recent stormwater treatment project on the south bank of the river Seine, 205 m Hobas GRP Pipes De 2160 have been jacked beneath the Ivry-sur-Seine dock. SEMAPA’s […]
Wastewater Treatment Plant in Texas Renovated With HOBAS Pipes, US
In the US state of Texas, a design-build project was initiated to rehabilitate and expand the Robindale Wastewater Treatment Plant in the city of Brownsville. The contractor chose HOBAS GRP Sewer Pipes DN 1348 and 1800 for building a perfectly reliable sewerage system. Brownsville is a city on the southernmost tip of Texas and the […]
HOBAS NC Line for Budapest’s Main Sewage Collector
As part of a general modernization of Budapest’s sewer and wastewater treatment system, 876 m HOBAS NC Profiles have been successfully installed in open trench to build a new main sewage collector. , As a member of the European Union, Hungary is commited to improving the water quality according to the EU Water Framework Directive. Over […]
HOBAS Storage System Heidelsteinstraße
The collection and discharge of storm- and wastewater represents a daily challenge for wastewater facilities and municipalities. In combined systems, domestic, commercial, and industrial sewage and stormwater are all transported to the wastewater treatment plant by one shared sewer. Due to an increase in heavy rain events, sewers are frequently surcharged and wastewater treatment plants […]
HOBAS Casing Pipes for Electric Transmission Project
Within the upgrade of an electric transmission circuit in Texas’ largest city, more than 2 km HOBAS CC-GRP Pipes were installed by jacking as casing for a transmission line. With a population of 2.3 million, Houston is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. and the largest in Texas. Downtown Houston, the city’s central […]
HOBAS Jacking Pipes for Protection of Gas Pipeline in Słupsk, PL
465 meters HOBAS Pipes have been successfully jacked as casing for a gas pipeline running beneath a large ring road in northern Poland. The high groundwater level combined with the great installation depth represented a challenge – but was no problem for HOBAS. Along with the building of an import terminal for liquefied natural gas […]
Relining with HOBAS Protective Pipes for Gas Pipeline Gazela, CZ
The route of the new natural gas pipeline Gazela runs underneath a highway between the Czech cities Most and Chomutov and a railway track at a length of 165 m. A HOBAS GRP Protective Pipeline DN 1800 ensures that the gas is transported safely through this sensitive area. , At the beginning of 2013, roughly 3 […]
Reliable Wastewater Discharge with HOBAS Jacking Pipes
HOBAS GRP Jacking Pipes were the first choice for interceptor sewer D, which runs along the river Svitava in the Czech city Brno. The pipes’ excellent hydraulic characteristics and the economic and ecologic advantages of trenchless installation, especially as regards the whole product life cycle, convinced the customer. The HOBAS Centrifugal Casting Process makes sure […]
Green Power with HOBAS Hydropower Pipelines – Clean energy from the power station NockEnergie Glanzer, AT
1270 water bodies, 8000 kilometers of rivers and numerous mineral springs make Carinthia not only the most water abundant region of Austria – it also ranks among the leading provinces for electricity from sustainable sources. Approximately 540 hydropower plants cover around 90 percent of the country’s province’s total electricity demand. Power Plant NockEnergie Glanzer An […]
HOBAS XL Diameter Hydropower Line in the Apennins of Reggio Emilia, IT
End of 2012, some businessmen of the Italian region Reggio Emilia were rewarded for their tenacity in a long and complex process: The building of a new hydropower plant at the Secchia River in the municipality of Castellarano has been approved, representing a significant benefit to the region’s environment. The close interplay of three HOBAS […]
HOBAS Penstock for the Princely Schwarzenberg Family Foundation Vaduz in Austria
Little did Johann Adolf Count zu Schwarzenberg know that his iron ore findings in 1661 and iron production in today’s Austrian municipality Turrach would mark the beginning of the region’s increased need for energy supply. For a couple of centuries, the main source has been brown coal. Today however – in line with the plan […]
HOBAS Storage System as Part of a Highway Drainage System in Poland
In recent years, Poland has seen a great number of road construction projects. Special attention was paid to the missing A4 highway sections connecting the Polish-German with the Polish-Ukrainian border. Once completed, the highway will be about 670 km long. HOBAS Retention Tanks ensure efficient drainage on important sections. To provide safe roadways, stormwater has […]
HOBAS Protective Pipes for Bioethanol Plant in Rotterdam, NL
In the years 2008 to 2010, one of the world’s largest bioethanol plants has been constructed in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. From the strategically well located harbor of Rotterdam bioethanol is delivered to numerous European countries and the rest of the world. In this project, HOBAS Pipes make sure that the infrastructure on the plant’s […]
More Green Energy in Sri Lanka with HOBAS
The vibrant small hydro power industry in Sri Lanka saw a further green accomplishment in the south of the country approximately 2 km from Dehilanda in Wellawaya at the river Kuda Oya. With a capacity of 1.2 MW and approximately 5.7 GWh output per year, which will be fed into the national grid of Sri […]
Green Power with HOBAS Hydropower Pipelines – Clean energy from the power station Ebriachbach
1270 water bodies, 8000 kilometers of rivers and numerous mineral springs make Carinthia not only the most water abundant region of Austria – it also ranks among the leading provinces for electricity from sustainable sources. Approximately 540 hydropower plants cover around 90 percent of the country’s province’s total electricity demand. Power Plant Creek Ebriachbach The […]
HOBAS Pipe Sliplined Under Highway and Railroad in the US
Like most municipalities, the Texan City of Conroe has maintenance tasks within its water and wastewater system that need to be addressed. One such project, the Interstate 45 Sanitary Sewer project rehabilitated an existing DN 1400 trunk line. The solution consisted of sliplining with 163 meters of 1200 mm diameter HOBAS Centrifugally Cast Glassfiber Reinforced […]
Fast Installation, Longevity and Extendable Capacity – HOBAS Potable Water Tank in Hungary
A 100 m³ reservoir as been installed in Rum, Hungary, at a water treatment facility filtering iron and manganese from raw water between the water wells and water tower. The required reservoir consists of two 50 m³ water chambers DN 2400 and a utility chamber hosting amongst other instruments 4 heavy duty pumps. An expert […]
Safe Water Supply in the Czech Republic Thanks to HOBAS Protective Pipes
Protective pipes from CC-GRP are often employed to protect potable water pipes and sewers running beneath busy roads, but most often crossing a tramway or railway. Here they hold a dual function: On the one hand they protect the carrier pipe from static and dynamic loads and on the other they facilitate rehabilitating or replacing […]
Escondida Copper Mine in Chile Equipped with HOBAS Pipes
Beginning of December 2011, 18 workers from HOBAS Kunststofftechnik installed roughly 800 meters of HOBAS GRP Pipe with CPVC liner in the world’s biggest copper mine. The line has been completed within four days only and under extremely challenging working conditions in the Chilean Atacama desert 3200 m above sea level.
A Steadfast Solution with HOBAS Potable Water Tanks
A sustainable solution for water supply has been found for the settlement Čezsoča of the Slovenian municipality Bovec in the course of the region’s funded, potable water project in October 2011. A HOBAS GRP Water Tank with 114 m 3 , capacity has been installed in merely 5 hours and will last for at least half […]
Microtunneling Jacking Pipes for a Combined Sewage Collector in Rennes
In the face of an accelerated increase of sediments in the canal d’Ille-et-Rance and the river Vilaine in the heart of Rennes and the therefore significant impact on these waterways, the city adopted a perennial program in 2008 to improve the pipelines and hydraulic properties of its wastewater system. The aim was to reduce the […]
HOBAS Multiple Pump Shaft for the Renaturation of the Lausitz Region, Germany
The region Lausitz between Brandenburg and Saxony has been an important coal mining district with far-ranging commercial relevance for more than 100 years. Extensive surface mining, however, left its traces and resulted in a lunar-like landscape with extensive pits which would not be possible to completely backfill. The intended renaturation therefore comprises the creation of […]
Budaörs Invests in Local Storm- and Wastewater Discharge
On highly frequented roads, at highway crossings, but also in urban areas where under- and overground infrastructure is becoming denser and denser, there is a strong tendency toward trenchless installation of pipes. Also in Hungary HOBAS Jacking Pipes proved to be the best solution in the following project. Inspections of the storm- and wastewater collector […]
HOBAS Pipes for Austria’s first Mining Cave Power Station in Bad Bleiberg
Water has always been of major significance to the traditional Austrian spa and mining village Bad Bleiberg. The nearby 2166-meter-high mountain Dobratsch has acted a big part in providing spring water for centuries. On the mountain’s north side, 1015 meters above sea level, lays the Nötschbach Spring, which peaks at 500 liters per second. Amongst […]
Stormwater Pipes for Europa Retail Park Zvolen in Slovakia
Stormwater drainage system has been installed as part of the underground infrastructure for the Europa Retail Park Zvolen erected by the development company VAV from Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. Built on an area of 27 hectares this industrial zone shall host numerous superstores such as Tesco, Kika, Hornbach etc. by 2013. The stormwater drainage network was […]
Irrigation Pipeline for Hungary’s Dalmand
Dry summers have been a serious problem for the many fields in western Hungary’s Dalmand over the past years. Now, thanks to Hobas, dried up plants and poor harvests belong to the past: About 1.7 km of Hobas Irrigation Pipes now cater for approximately 560 hectars farmland. Dalmand Co. Ltd., a member of the Bonafarm […]
Jacking Pipes to Enlarge Sewer Main
Several floods proved that the capacity of the DN 1250 concrete sewer main of Doetinchen was not sufficient during heavy rainfalls. The municipality of Doetinchem therefore decided to insert a second main for a 304 m section next to the existing sewer. Since the existing pipe had to remain in service parallel to the new […]
Storm Drain Line in Michigan Successfully Relined with HOBAS Pipes
Situated just 32 km northeast of Detroit, Clinton Township has the biggest population of the 1,242 townships in Michigan. Like most communities, it can provide us with many case studies in evolving infrastructure needs and it is not alone in its challenge to upgrade old infrastructure. Sanitary sewers and their overflows have been getting a […]
HOBAS Pipes as Auxiliary Static Support and Drainage System for the new Intra-Urban Train Tunnel, CH
How would you connect two train stations under a densely populated city where you are neither allowed to disturb inhabitants nor to disrupt traffic, and you cannot move the historic buildings “standing in the way“? In Zurich, the capital of Switzerland for example, HOBAS Jacking Pipes were chosen as auxiliary static construction that reliably helps […]
Wastewater Pipes Protect Veio Regional Natural Park from Pollution
The first part of the installation consisted of an open trench and a trenchless section. A total of 1,200 m DN 1400, 1800 and 2000, SN 10000 was laid in open trench and 1,320 m De 2047, SN 32000 CC-GRP Jacking Pipes were installed by microtunneling. This latter trenchless section was constructed in two drives […]
7,5 km Drainage Pipeline in Slovakia
For bridge drainage it was decided to utilize HOBAS CC-GRP BridgeLine Systems. High corrosion resistance, excellent hydraulic properties, a quick assembly under also challenging conditions, absolute leak tightness, angular deflection in the couplings, a long lifetime and resistance against UV light were the main points that convinced the client. Along with these advantages, several successful […]
Irrigation Pressure Pipeline in Thrac
However, summer rainfalls are not sufficient for this agricultural abundance and a concrete irrigation system had therefore been built somewhat 30 years ago, bringing water from the river Striama and the Pyasachnik to supply the town Chirpan. At the end of 2008 and with the decision of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Environment and Water, a project […]
Shaft-in-Shaft Rehabilitation & Shaft Renovation
The advantage of HOBAS ShaftLine Products is the minimal loss in cross-section, for they are not only relatively light walled, they moreover can be produced at variable lengths and with a wide range of diameters. Consequently, the cross section is reduced by only a few millimeters. The one-piece seamless CC-GRP Shafts are suitable for very […]
Stormwater Discharge Pipeline for Europe’s Longest Tunnel
Due to the project’s spread over a large area, lots of old pipelines had to be redirected and new lines installed, one of which conveys stormwater to the Vltava River. Since the new underground road was built in the vicinity of the old concrete line DN 2000, a temporary 30 m stormwater discharge was set […]
Jacking Pressure Pipes as part of Venice’s major environmental plan
The HOBAS CC-GRP Jacking Pressure Pipes that were chosen in 3 m long sections, with an external diameter of 1720 mm and a wall thickness of 85 mm allow a maximal jacking force of 6926 kN. The leak-tight pipe system with its high performance couplings is produced to withstand an operating pressure of 6 to […]
Double Pipe Sewer System for the Marche Region in Italy
In order to protect the environment from being contaminated in cases of pipeline failure, environmental specifications require double security measures. The design engineers therefore opted for coaxial pipes: any leakage eventually coming out of the inner pipeline, would be retained by the outer pipe. After a thorough comparison of today’s large variety of available pipe […]
Renovation of a Sewer Main with 15 Tangential Shafts in Strasbourg
The project, coordinated by the Water and Sanitation Division of the Urban Community of Strasbourg, involved the renovation of an egg shaped main dimensioned 1,400 x 1,900 mm that functions as combined sewer for domestic and industrial effluents. 980 m DN 1500 CC-GRP pipe were lowered into a trench with a depth varying between 3 […]
Purified Cooling Water Pipeline from River Rhine for Novartis Group
Hobas Curved Pressure Pipe Jacking beneath the river Rhine in Basel, Switzerland Novartis is one of the leading suppliers of innovative pharmaceutical products. The group operates in more than 140 countries worldwide and is strongly rooted in Switzerland. Currently, the company is turning the industrial complex of the St. Johann Areal in Basel with its […]
HOBAS Air Pipe for Treatment Plant in Budapest, HU
Located on a floor space of 29 hectares in the north of Csepel the Budapest Central Sewage Treatment Plant (BKSZTT) lies close to the center of Csepel district, which is a typical city center with houses, shops, parks, etc. it was important to prevent any disturbances regarding the odors and chemicals emitted during the treatment […]
Safe Water Supply in Hungary Thanks to HOBAS Protective Pipes
Protective pipes from CC-GRP are often employed to protect potable water pipes and sewers running beneath busy roads, but most often crossing a tramway or railway. Here they hold a dual function: On the one hand they protect the carrier pipe from static and dynamic loads and on the other they facilitate rehabilitating or replacing […]
Record Sliplining Pipeline in Illinois, US
One of the most recent projects was Lake Street sewer rehab, including 2,100 m of DN 3000 semi-elliptic cast-in-place concrete sewer. The concrete sewer pipe had cracked at a number of places and had lime deposits at cracks and ‘cold’ joints, and the concrete had corroded due to the action of hydrogen sulfide and flowing […]
As long as the Yangtze wastewater pipeline
The project was conducted in three parts. 2.3 km HOBAS CC-GRP pipes DN 1200 to 2000 were installed for the first part, the second section consisted of 2.9 km DN 800 to 2000 and the third and longest part was established utilizing 7.4 km HOBAS pipes DN 800 to 2000. The complete line was built […]
Efficient Relining with HOBAS NC Line
The gravity and scope of damage had to be evaluated in order to determine which measures were to be taken and what should be prioritized. Sewer renovations ask for tailor-made solutions where local circumstances play an important role. Since repairs did not solve the problem, relining or the replacement of the sewer had to be […]
Hydropower Station in Norway Received a Durable HOBAS Penstock
Bearing the wood’s disadvantages on mind, Hålogaland Kraft sought after a long lasting, durable and maintenance free replacement. These characteristics should apply for both, underground as well as above ground installed pipes on supports. A perfect match was found in HOBAS CC-GRP Pipes which serve all requirements and soon were the favored option of the […]
Airport Drainage System for International Airport Sarajevo
These characteristics and the fact that several Airport drainage projects in the past such as Berlin Schönefeld, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Airport Munich, to name just a few, have been implemented successfully with HOBAS Products convinced the client. Since the airfield was modernized and enlarged, the existing DN 800 concrete drainage system, which had been […]
Wasteater Pipline to WWTP for a Blue Danube
The project is financed by the EU from the design to construction and a first feasibility study was made by a consortium lead by the Swedish engineering company SWECO in 2002. Latest technologies will increase the effiency of biological treatment by three times and enable 92 % of waste water to be treated biologically. With […]
HOBAS Pipes for the ski destination in Utah
The installation was mostly direct bury with several tunneling installations of HOBAS Pipes through steel casings. On both occasions the pipe installed well and had no problems with visible deflection and joint leakage,” said Bart LaMont, project manager, Allied Construction and Development. To transport the sewage to the new facility, additional piping networks are necessary. […]
Raw Water Pipeline and Discharge from Pécs to Szekszár
In 1970 Pécs established a concrete sewer main running through the water meadow Tüskésrét. A reconstruction plan was set up in 2000 to replace the old 2.7 km collector which had corroded considerably over the years. The reason for this was the high rate of iron sulfate in the groundwater due to the disposal of […]
Wastewater Disposal Pipeline installed by Microtunneling in Rome
For wastewater disposal, the municipality of Rome designed a sewer bypass in Farnesina, which runs between two already established concrete DN 3500 collectors. Totaling a length of 320 m, the line was planned with a nominal diameter of 1400 mm. Disruptions through works on site were to be kept to a minimum, so that the […]
Relining Cooling Pipes at a Coal-Fired Cogeneration Energy Plant in Bremen
An open trench construction was not an option as the line crosses a coal storage area which would have had to be removed with tremendous effort. Under the given conditions, relining with HOBAS Pipes proved to be the ideal solution. The old steel line was rehabilitated by the company Michel Bau GmbH &, Co. KG […]
Airport Drainage System for New International Airport BBI (Berlin-Brandenburg International)
This high-performing airport sets just as high demands on its future pipe systems: High loads incomparable with those of road traffic and aggressive substances such as kerosene and anti-freeze, which are employed especially during the cold season, had to be considered choosing the right pipe material. After extensively comparing the options, the client decided for […]
Modernization of Sewer Pipeline System in Ljubljana
Due to the worldwide crisis, modernization and extension projects were taken step for step. The erection of a business center situated nearby the railway station was initiated first. The basement of the planned skyscraper lies 20 m beneath the ground providing room for three floors of parking lots. Since an old concrete sewer pipeline established […]
HOBAS Replaces Wood Stave Penstock in New Hampshire, US
Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH), the Granite State‘s largest electric utility, serves more than 475,000 homes and businesses by means of nine hydroelectric plants. One of them is the Jackman Hydro Station in Hillsborough. Built in 1926, the station was supplied by a 1.52 km long wood stave penstock with a diameter of 2300 […]
Pipeline to a Wastewater Collector using Trenchless Pipe Jacking in Offenbach
Two possibilities came into question regarding the realization of the collector: open trench or trenchless installation by jacking. Several reasons spoke in favor of jacking as for instance a forest would have had to have been cleared and private properties as well as farmland would have been affected when opting for an open trench. Apart […]
USIP Sewer Rehabilitation Project with HOBAS Pipes
A sewer that was reportedly built in 1896 has been serving the area. Planners decided that it needed permanent preservation to support future construction. They also decided that slipline rehabilitation was necessary to ensure the sewer would not interfere with the future USIP facility. HOBAS CC-GRP SewerLine® Systems was the only product that met all […]
Austrian ECO – power plant pipeline
Another noteworthy hydro project that was recently realized with HOBAS CC-GRP Pressure Pipe Systems is the small-scale power plant at the Loibl Stream in Carinthia, on the border to Slovenia. The plant is run by a group of 8 different entrepreneurs including the planner and turbine manufacturer. It consists of a timber intake structure, a […]
Waste Water Treatment at the French Atlantic Coast with HOBAS Restrained Pressure Pipes
The restrained pipe system supplied by HOBAS France provided the optimal solution that met all requirements not least due to its intrinsic advantages such as light weight, simple jointing and sturdiness. “HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems are perfect for this project as they are fit for all types of terrain and perfectly follow the winding route”,, […]
Wastewater Pipeline extension in city of Minsk
Thus, an additional pipeline discharging up to 100,000 m³ wastewater was designed and realized in 2005 for the industrial area of Minsk. A second line with the same capacity followed one year later. In order to find the suitable pipe material, the project engineers thoroughly compared the different characteristics of possible alternatives and finally decided […]
650 m long penstock pipeline running to a hydro power station in Brescia
The engineers who already knew the advantages of HOBAS CC-GRP due to projects in the past, based their decision on three major requirements: to minimize friction loss (the nominal head was only 10.3 m), to underpass the highway A4 by jacking withstanding also the constant traffic loads and to have a material that is resistant […]
Potable Tanks in the Northern Limestone Alps
The sufficient potable water supply for the approximately 1000 villagers was ensured with the establishment of an overhead tank holding 120 m³ of water. Difficult access to the site, ISO certification as well as numerous strict quality and hygiene requirements set by the Austrian legislation had to be considered when the water association of Pürgg […]
Storm Water Sewer Pipes for Verona Installed in Mictrotunneling
The first part of the pipeline was laid in an open trench utilizing short 3 m pipes where the road was wide enough for this installation method. The second part of the pipeline was microtunnelled due to an installation in 4 m depth, a high groundwater level and the presence of old buildings along the […]
Wastewater Pipeline for Samsung Factory in Trnava Slovakia
Industrial facilities of this size require an adequate water supply and sewage disposal system. 2400 m HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems of DN 1000 now collect and discharge the wastewater. Due to a required installation depth of 3.5 to 7 m, HOBAS Pipes were chosen with a nominal stiffness of SN 10000.The project started off with […]
Rehabilitation by HOBAS Sliplining in China
The requirements regarding pipe design are: HOBAS Pipes with an outer diameter of 800 mm, SN 5000, PN 8. The roughness coefficient of the inner surface is 0.009 – 0.01. Given the data above, calculations showed that the flow capacity of the HOBAS® CC-GRP Pipe DN 800 was similar to that of the DN 900 […]
Fighting Corrosion to Preserve Historic Racetrack
HOBAS CC-GRP was the only material specified for the storm drainage improvement piping because of its resistance to corrosion, hydraulic capacity and the abrasion resistance. Detailed material specification also included specifics on the interior surface of the CC-GRP Pipe requiring a 50 percent elongation on the resin used. This was required to achieve the necessary […]
Reconstruction and extension of Sewer network in Usti nad Labem
Another part of the project was dedicated to the extension of the existing sewer capacity in Masarykova Street and the removal of the storm water overflow chamber OK2. The existing sewer outlet was newly connected, so that sewage is now pumped into the gravity sewer leading to the Ústí nad Labem wastewater treatment plant. The […]
Tunnel Drainage Pipeline for Swiss highway in Knonaueramt
The 4.95 km long tunnel consists of 2 sections each of which hold a 7.75 m wide road and 1 m banquets on each side. An accessible service channel dimensioned 3.20 x 2.05 m runs below the road. For safe tunnel drainage and along with other tunnel equipment, it holds a 10.4 km HOBAS CC-GRP […]
Reliable wastewater disposal in Liberec
Strict EU regulations apply to water supply and wastewater disposal. Like many other countries in Central Europe, the Czech Republic also has a lot to catch up with in this area. From 2006 – 2008, the entire water infrastructure in the basin of the river Lužická Nisa was therefore replaced and brought in line with […]
Wastewater Pipeline to the New Treatment Plant “Czajka” in Warsaw
To relieve the down-town sewer collector and to transport wastewater to the new treatment plant “Czajka”, astounding 3.3 km large diameter (up to OD 2160 mm) HOBAS CC-GRP Jacking Pipes are installed by remote controlled jacking (microtunneling) and were literally driven around several bends. Numerous microtunneling projects have been successfully implemented with HOBAS CC-GRP Jacking […]
Steel pipe replacement to ensure potable water supply for the brown coal plant
Since the line runs through an old industrial area with ecologically damaged terrain, it was the client’s high concern to choose the right pipe material which would withstand highly aggressive soil and which would not allow any diffusion whatsoever. Absolute leak tightness from in and outside the pipeline are essential for clean and hygienic potable […]
ECO Plant – Hydropower Pipeline in Schwarzach
Not only excellent hydraulic properties for higher output and easy handling in impracticable terrain yet also economic aspects convinced the client to opt for HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems. HOBAS® made use of a computer supported planning systems to offer a detailed item list as well as an elaborate CAD-key plan. The pipe course was simulated […]
Bridge Drainage Pipeline in Zagreb
The complete pipeline consists of three major sections. MCP Culinecka is the first running from the treatment plant to the so-called Homeland Bridge. This part was accomplished by open cut installation with well compacted gravel sized 0 – 16 mm. The utilized HOBAS Manholes are T-Pieces DN 1000/800 covered with stainless steel blank flanges. Flexibility […]
Reconstruction and Extension of the Sewer Network in Beroun
Initiated in 2005, the project involved the installation of no less than 16 km sewer pipe. Two years later, in 2007, the project was finalized and the towns Králův Dvůr and Zahořany were connected to the local network, the town quarters Cibulka, Zavadilka and Jarov had a newly established sewer network, further extensions anticipated further […]
HOBAS Potable Water Systems in Afghanistan
In 2004, a megaproject in Afghanistan funded by the World Bank used HOBAS Potable WaterLine Systems. No less than 60,000 m of GRP pipes in DN 150 through DN 500 of pressure class PN 10 and over 1,000 fittings have since been supplying the population with water in eleven Afghan provinces. Only a light material […]
Sliplining HOBAS Pipes Under Airport Runway, US
McAllen-Miller International Airport (MFE) is the primary business airport of deep South Texas and Northeast Mexico. To accommodate the region’s future needs, a number of future projects were developed. A recently completed project included improvements to a raw water supply channel that traverses areas of Hidalgo County and parts of the airport. When the main […]
Rehabilitation and Completion of Olomouc Sanitary Network
One of the magistrate’s wishes was that the construction time should be kept as short as possible so that the tramway traffic would not be interfered and the strain on the inhabitants is minimized. All these requirements of the magistrate and the technical solution of the project offices affected the decision-making process concerning the pipe […]
Rehabilitation with HOBAS NC Line
During the contacts with the maintenance department of SMAT the possibilities of relining with HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems was emphasised, for both circular and non-circular shapes. In the municipality of Turin and Venaria the rehabilitation of an egg-shaped pipeline of approx. 536 m was necessary. 136 m of that pipeline were close to collapse. With […]
Pipeline with Relining, Jacking and Special Profiles in one project
All construction works were allocated to a SOGEA/SADE consortium. The site is divided into 3 sections of which the 3rd and biggest section is approx. 2 km long costing around 16 million Euros. Assisted by his consulting engineers and the water operator Veolia Eau, the client based his decision on the solutions proposed by the […]
New Solution for Sewer Pipeline Rehabilitation in Szczecin
Szczecin is the seventh largest city in Poland, located about 120 km north-east of Berlin on the River Oder estuary, and has one of the biggest ports on the Baltic Sea. The contract for rehabilitating 47.6 km of sewers running under 52 city streets was signed by the consortium PBG S.A. and Diringer &, Scheidel […]
Sewage and Drainage System at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, NL
On June 21, 2012, Schipol Airport in Amsterdam has been chosen Europe’s Best Airport by ACI EUROPE (Airport Council International) for the third time. The Airport has been relying on the excellent characteristics of HOBAS Products since 2003 for HOBAS meets the high demands on product quality and short delivery times and therefore belongs to […]
Renewal and Expansion of Sewer System in Venlo
The municipality of Venlo counts more than 100,000 inhabitants and is as region in which economy and nature meet and strengthen each other the beating heart of North Limburg. Apart from being the trade gateway to Germany, Venlo features highway A73 and A67, the river Maas and a ECT (Europe Container Terminal) cargo hub which […]
NO DIG Award for Cergy Pontoise Trenchless Multitechnique Project
The owner of this project, “Communité d’Agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise”, is the association of eleven villages and towns about 30 kilometers northwest from Paris. This is a new urban area that has been growing rapidly during the last 30 years. The owner runs the main sewage and drainage network as well as a treatment plant for […]
Wastewater Treatment Plant MODŘICE
Brno had its wastewater treatment plant built in 1960. Reconstruction and extension plans were made in 1990 for the plant’s capacity was low and its technology insufficient. The rehabilitation project was first prepared by an Austrian company (SFC Schueffl &, Forsthuber Consulting GmbH) specialized in the field of environmental engineering, specifically in water and wastewater […]
Renovation of a sewer at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
In June 2002 the runway was closed for all air traffic for total maintenance of the runway (new asphalt, lightning, landing equipment etc.). Only 17 days were allowed to close the runway, so the team worked 24 hours per day, workdays and weekends. In this short time, totally 73 meters of HOBAS CC-GRP Relining Pipe […]
Relining an Interceptor Sewer
Before starting with the rehabilitation, the sections were taken out of operation and the wastewater was rerouted. The launch shaft for installing the new pipe system was approximately eight times two meters and reached down to the bottom of the old pipe. Standard HOBAS Pipes with a length of six meters could be easily inserted. […]
Croatian Highway Bridge Drainage Systems
Due to their light weight, HOBAS CC-GRP Drainage Pipe Systems enabled a quick and easy manual installation. Furthermore, HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems have a high abrasion and corrosion resistance, and are highly resistant against UV radiation. «This characteristic is particularly important because the pipes are constantly exposed to sun light. The excellent chemical resistance of […]
Reconstruction of Sewer in Hawaii using Trenchless Pipe Jacking
Several sewer projects with HOBAS Pipes were conducted in the last years. One of them was the Wanaao Road/Keolu Drive Reconstruction Sewer with installation of a gravity sewer line, which includes CC-GRP Jacking Pipes installed by Frank Coluccio Construction. Bijan Khamanian, HOBAS Division Manager, explained, “HOBAS Pipes are very well accepted in both Honolulu and […]
Trenchless Jacking Pipeline with Two Curved Sections
The project “Zielona Góra” included 1149 meters of HOBAS CC-GRP Sewer Pipe Systems of DE 1099 and 1229 and SN 128000 with a rectilinear and two curved sections with a radius of 350 m and 175 m. In case of rectilinear microtunneling the compressive force is distributed evenly on the entire pipe. The challenge oft […]
HOBAS Drainage System for Gurk area
Product benefits speak for themselves: The high corrosion resistance of the HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems guarantees long maintenance intervals, reducing the high costs to a minimum for maintenance work in areas difficult to access. Great care has to be taken when building in environmentally sensitive zones, which is why absolute leak tightness was top priority […]
Water for wine growing – HOBAS Pipes laid in alluvial sediment
Following in-depth comparisons with other types, HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe was finally chosen for building this secondary pipe system comprising diameters of between DN 300 and 900. Decisive were the wide application range, high corrosion resistance and flexibility of the pipes in the native soil, which consists primarily of alluvial sediment. The Italian planners also praised […]
Increase the capacity of wastewater pipeline leading to the wastewater treatment plant of Banská Bystrica
A ,concrete interceptor was originally installed. However, having reassessed its hydraulic qualities, the client reconsidered and opted for HOBAS CC-GRP (glass fibre reinforced plastics) Pipe Systems. After the delivery of a HOBAS® SewerLine® DN 2000 Pipe, the works were stopped for the project was included in the European Pre-Accession Program ISPA. The project was technically filed […]
Renovation of Sewerage System Interceptors and Connection to Treatment Plant in Torun
The project involved renewing the sewerage system interceptors and connecting them to the treatment plant by a route which however crossed the botanical gardens, one of the most environmentally sensitive areas in the city. To avoid damage to the park, the municipality decided to use the microtunneling installation method with HOBAS® centrifugally cast jacking pipes […]
River Litz Hydroelectric Power Station Pipeline
After only 16 months’ construction, the first of three generators started producing electricity in the new powerhouse on the River Litz in Silbertal (Vorarlberg). Shortly afterwards, in May 1998, the whole hydroelectric plant went into operation. Construction costs totaling just over 11 million euros and annual power generation of around 22 million kWh make Litz […]
Airport Drainage System at Munich Airport Terminal 2
In extension for the landing field HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems were installed. These pipes are exclusively used as drainage lines for the landing field East and installation depth was 1.5 – 2.5 m. Beginning end of 1997, about 15 km HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems of DN 150 to DN 500 were installed. Quality demand of […]
Odessa Pipeline – Thorough Testing Since 1987
When our quality management teams get to test pipes that have been in service for several decades, their eyes light up. And they have every right to be proud that the test results are always much better than predicted or required by the applicable standards. HOBAS has had a plant in the United States since […]
Hydropower Pipeline has been operating for 22 years
The customer Stefan Schenker runs with his 60 employees 1400 hectares of wood area and produces in his sawmill 4000 m wood p.a. Starting from 1902, his grand-uncle ran a wood grinding shop. Already at this time they used the water power from the river nearby to produce energy for the propulsion of the grinding […]
Drinking water ring-pipeline for the city of Burgos, Spain
The project includes the installation of 18,800 m of Flowtite GRP pipes in diameter DN 1200 as a ring pipeline. It connects the public water administration facilities at Arlanzón with the Cortes area that is located in the south of Burgos. Additionally, a new reservoir for water supply regulation with a size of 40,000 m³ […]
Bridge Drainage with Hobas Pipes on Croatian Highway in Osijek
Since Croatia’s declaration of independence in 1991, approximately 900 km of highways were built in the country, connecting Central Europe with the east and south of the Balkan States. The highways include a great number of tunnels, bridges, and viaducts. One particularly long bridge across the Drava has recently been successfully equipped with a HOBAS […]
HOBAS Pressure Pipes Ensure Filisur Power Plant Operation for more than 50 years
The first GRP pipes by the dye works “Basler Stückfärberei AG”, from which the company HOBAS evolved, were produced in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1950s. The founding fathers already suspected that their product was something very special. One of the first clients that utilized HOBAS Pipes as penstock for a hydropower plant was the Swiss […]
How much water do you need to grow an orange?
There’s a tension at the heart of growing oranges commercially. Orange trees like lots of sunshine and lots of water, but lots of sunshine tends to mean not much water. Compounding the challenge is that in many places, irrigation systems are open channel, so much of the already scarce water evaporates. It doesn’t have […]
How to make a coal fired power plant in Morocco more eco-friendly?
As part of its national energy plan, the government of Morocco is building the first eco-optimized coal-fired power plant. The plant will be located near the Moroccan city of Safi and will help the country meet its growing electricity demands. The installation of Flowtite pipes for the flue gas desulphurization system (FGD) has recently been […]
210 m³ Amiscreen storage sewer in Zwickau
An impressive Amiblu storage sewer with integrated Amiscreen system was successfully installed in the German city of Zwickau. Waterworks Zwickau opted for Flowtite GRP pipes by Amiblu to realize the sewer; concrete pipes were no option due to their bigger wall thickness and respectively smaller capacity at same diameter. Further decisive factors were the GRP […]
Totally Satisfied for Over 35 Years – Hobas Sewer Pipes Impress Testing Company
The sewer authority in the district of Gleisdorf (eastern Styria, Austria) put a combined sewer out to tender in 1979. What was planned was a rectangular channel with a gradient of 2 ‰ and a depth of up to 4 m as well as an egg-shaped section with a gradient of 1 ‰ and a depth […]
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