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Servicing communities from below
Underground utilities encompass a system of pipes, cables, and additional infrastructure positioned below the earth’s surface delivering vital amenities to the community. These amenities encompass electricity, natural gas, water, sewage, telecommunications, and various other services.
Looking after our most valuable resource
Water is perhaps the most valuable resource for humanity and the environment. As the human population grows, it’s more important than ever to manage water resources and water infrastructure efficiently and sustainably, while mitigating flood risks to protect communities and the environment from the impacts of climate change.
Governments, local authorities, water companies and infrastructure developers need to take water management seriously in the planning, design and implementation of new transport infrastructure, commercial and residential developments, energy infrastructure and environmental management schemes.
The costs and benefits of different water management options need to be assessed, while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Any organisation developing a project that involves flood alleviation, river engineering, drainage design or water resource management needs the support of multi-disciplinary specialists to ensure water is managed in optimum ways for the benefit of people and the environment.
Water Services Expertise
SYSTRA has a strong team of experts and specialist hydraulic experts who work together to provide the best solutions through innovation and a cost-effective approach. We meet sustainable development issues and clients’ expectations.
We have a strong design team who can deliver integrated infrastructure projects which comprise of Potable & Recycled Water Supply network, Sewerage network, Effluent collection network, Storm Water Network, Power supply & Telecom network, Solid Waste Management, Sewage, and Water Treatment Plant Design.
SYSTRA offers lifecycle services and expertise within the following disciplines:
- Design Capabilities – Trenchless and water infrastructure
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- Price
- Program development and monitoring
- Surveillance
Trenchless Tunnelling and No-Dig Technology
Particularly important to the utilities industry, trenchless tunnelling involves digging an underground passage without disrupting the surface above. This approach minimises disruption to the surface environment, reduces the impact on existing structures and utilities, and often leads to faster and more cost-effective project completion.
The most commonly used techniques include:
- Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD): is a construction technique whereby a tunnel is drilled under a waterway or other designated area, and a pipeline or other utility is pulled through the drilled underground tunnel.
- Micro tunnelling: is a trenchless method of sewer construction. It is effective in soft, unstable, and wet soils and can crush large boulders. The tunnelling process is remotely controlled and can be used to install larger diameter pipes and longer pipe runs than the Jack and Bore method.
- Direct Pipe: This method combines the advantages of micro tunnelling and HDD technology. In one step only, a prefabricated pipeline can be installed and the required borehole excavated at the same time. This allows speedy and highly economic installation of pipelines with lengths of more than 1,500 meters.
- Pipe Ramming: is a trenchless method of pipeline installation that drives a casing or pipe through the ground using a percussive hammer. The hammer is attached to an open-ended casing, using an adapter and the percussive action of the hammer drives the casing into the ground. Trenchless rehabilitation of pipes which are cost effective, quick, reliable, and long lasting.
Our Trenchless team has a proven record in providing engineering services to major infrastructure projects for both the public and private sectors. We are driven by a single desire to reduce the design and construction cost of projects, while maintaining world class best practice and design standards for project owners.
Our expertise has been employed in delivering infrastructure assets for the water, sewerage, petroleum, gas and electricity industries.
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SYSTRA in Australia and New Zealand bring a complete solution to the technical problems of the modern engineering and construction industry.
Our specialist engineering solutions focus on the most important parts of your projects and provide simple, constructable and right first time solutions to complex problems.
Jon Daley, Executive General Manager – Tunnels & Infrastructure
Our Approach
A reputation forged through successful long-standing relationships with key clients, SYSTRA’s experienced team is committed to providing innovative, safe, and cost-effective solutions to complex underground and utility engineering challenges.
We provide our clients extensive experience in small diameter tunnelling and trenchless technology and have a proven record assisting project teams in the concept, design, procurement, and delivery phases of underground infrastructure projects.
SYSTRA have been involved in a number of Australian ‘firsts’ in the delivery of service infrastructure projects using the following construction methods:
- Microtunnelling/pipejacking
- Underboring/augerboring
- Horizontal directional drilling
- Open trenching
- TBM tunnelling
- Road header tunnelling
- Drill and blast
- Slip lining
- Shafts and pits
- Temporary works design
- Pipe rehabilitation
Our Expertise
Our expertise in new infrastructure concept design, procurement, and delivery is based on real experience in the following areas:
- Early project procurement and design management.
- Options assessment and feasibility studies to develop a robust concept design and preferred alignment.
- Project management of specialist sub-consultants and teams for Front End Engineering Design (FEED) work.
- Recommending minimum geotechnical site investigation programs and interpreting results.
- Technical/independent peer reviews.
- Optimum methodology development including selection/specification of tunnelling/open trenching equipment.
- Procurement of specialist equipment, contracts, and contractors.
- Construction programming, cost planning, and detailed cost estimation.
- Contractual claim work, independent expert work, and expert witness work.
- Preparation of tender documents, project specifications, and concept designs.
- Providing contract/client manager, engineers, and representatives.
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