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Trenchless technology
Trenchless technology is a type of subsurface construction work that requires few trenches or no continuous trenches.
It is a rapidly growing sector of the construction and civil engineering industry. It can be defined as "a family of methods,
materials, and equipment capable of being used for the installation of new or replacement or rehabilitation of existing
underground infrastructure with minimal disruption to surface traffic, business, and other activities."[1]

Contents
Trenchless construc on
Trenchless rehabilita on
Trade associa ons
World Trenchless Day
References
External links

Trenchless construction
Trenchless construction includes such construction methods as tunneling, microtunneling (MTM), horizontal directional
drilling (HDD) also known as directional boring, pipe ramming (PR), pipe jacking (PJ), moling, horizontal auger boring
(HAB) and other methods for the installation of pipelines and cables below the ground with minimal excavation. Large
diameter tunnels such as those constructed by a tunnel boring machine (TBM), and drilling and blasting techniques are
larger versions of subsurface construction. The difference between trenchless and other subsurface construction
techniques depends upon the size of the passage under construction.

The method requires considering soil characteristics and the loads applied to the surface. In cases where the soil is sandy,
the water table is at shallow depth, or heavy loads like that of urban traffic are expected, the depth of excavation has to be
such that the pressure of the load on the surface does not affect the bore, otherwise there is danger of surface caving in.

Trenchless rehabilitation
Trenchless rehabilitation includes such
construction methods as sliplining,
thermoformed pipe, pipe bursting, shotcrete,
gunite, cured-in-place pipe (CIPP), grout-in-
place pipe, mechanical spot repair, and other
methods for the repair, rehabilitation, or
replacement of existing buried pipes and Pipe replacement by pipe burs ng
structures without excavation, or at least with
minimal excavation. Mechanical spot repair is
applied where damaged pipelines require the re-instatement of structural integrity. Sliplining, CIPP, and thermoformed
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pipe lining involve pulling or inverting a new liner into an existing pipe, then applying heat and/or pressure to force the
liner to expand to fill the pipe. CIPP technologies combine a carrier (felt or fibreglass) impregnated with heat, ultraviolet
light, or ambient curable resin to form a "pipe within a pipe". Pipe bursting fractures a pipe from the inside and forces the
fragments outwards while a new pipe is drawn in to replace the old.[2] The other methods are primarily for fixing spot
leaks. Trenchless rehabilitation methods are generally more cost-effective than traditional exhume (dig) and replace
methods.

Trade associations
The trenchless technology industry is represented by several industry associations in addition to standing committees
within almost every water and sewer related industry association. The National Association of Sewer Service Companies
(NASSCO) was established in 1976 and is the oldest such association with a trenchless focus. The North American Society
for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) was established in 1990. The Indian Society for Trenchless Technology or IndSTT is
the apex organization to promote Trenchless Technology in South Asia. It was established in 1995 with its head office at
New Delhi. The International Society for Trenchless Technology, established in 1986, has 25 active national trenchless
technology societies associated with it. Several organizations bring out technical Journals for sensitizing the readers about
such techniques. No Dig India is the official Journal of IndSTT.

World Trenchless Day

World Trenchless Day (http://www.worldtrenchlessday.org/) is a day of global celebration (commemorated on the fourth
Thursday of September each year) that shines a spotlight on all of trenchless technology’s benefits — safety, economics,
environmental, social.

World Trenchless Day unites the entire trenchless industry — manufacturers, contractors, engineering firms, associations,
public works and publications — to share the world of trenchless technology, reaching out to those who have not yet
realized the impact that trenchless methods have on their communities.

The impact that the use of trenchless methods has on communities, the economy and quality of life is immense and will
only continue to grow as municipalities and utilities realize and understand their benefits vs. traditional methods.

The inaugural World Trenchless Day (http://www.worldtrenchlessday.org/2016/10/03/inaugural-world-trenchless-day-a

-success/) was held Sept. 22, 2016.

References
1. "Why should we start using trenchless technology?" (h p://www.expertrooters.com/start-using-trenchless-technology/). Expert
Rooters. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
2. Simicevic, Jadranka & Sterling, Raymond L. (March 2001). "Guidelines for Pipe Burs ng,TTC Technical Report #2001.02" (h p://w
ww. c.latech.edu/publica ons/guidelines_pb_im_pr/burs ng.pdf) (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research
and Development Center.

External links
Trenchless Technology Magazine (h p://trenchlessonline.com/)
Indian Society for Trenchless Technology (h p://www.inds .org/)
United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology (h p://www.uks .org.uk/)
Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Educa on CUIRE (h p://www.uta.edu/ce/cuire/)

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China Hong Kong Society of Trenchless Technology CHKSTT (h p://www.chks .org/)

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