Introduction to No-Dig Technologies and the ISTT

The IWA and ISTT, the International Society for Trenchless Technology are developing joint collaboration and this webinar is a first opportunity to explain ISTT and Trenchless Technologies to IWA members.

Trenchless Technologies involves the ‘no-dig’ inspection, installation or rehabilitation (replacement, renovation, or repair) of underground utilities with minimum excavation and surface disruption. As such their application has the potential to reduce disruption for the public, businesses and traffic, and for utilities to reduce project complaints, timescales, carbon footprint and costs. Trenchless technologies have been used successfully for all underground utilities, from water, sewer, gas, and industrial pipelines to electrical conduit and fiber optics.

This presentation will explain the range of technologies that are in the scope of ‘Trenchless’ and the resources available from ISTT to raise awareness and explain their details.

Of interest to all the groups listed below

i.e. practitioners, academics and researchers, utilities, students, engineers, etc…

Following this session, participants will have a greater understanding of the scope of technologies that facilitate trenchless, no-dig, solutions to the inspection, repair and rehabilitation of existing underground assets, for the laying of new utilities and for site investigation. They will also have a better understanding of the role of the International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) and its relationship with IWA.