3D-animation that shows the technique of horizontal directional drilling.
Read moreIn 2018 a new tunnel will be constructed underneath the river “Het Scheur” near Rotterdam: the Blankenburgtunnel. In preparation of this project, some of the existing underground...
Read moreIn order to maintain their supply of raw water to Sutton Hall Water Treatment Works, United Utilities (UU) required LiMA, (a Laing O'Rourke, Imtech and Atkins) AMP6 partnership to...
Read moreTwo horizontal directional drillings (HDD) under the River Spree in Spreewitz (Germany) to facilitate the installation of two HDPE waste water pipes, with diameters of 1,400 mm (56”) and...
Read moreConstruction of a heating pipe that transports waste heat from the Stora Enso paper manufactury to car manufacturer Volvo. This pipeline has a length of 3,4...
Read morePPS (Petrochemical Pipeline Services) undertook a major maintenance project on the Pipeline Rotterdam-Beek (PRB). Visser & Smit Hanab was awarded the contract to carry out repair and...
Read moreVisser & Smit Hanab conducted a gas pipeline from Beverwijk to Wijngaarden for Gasunie NV. Therefore the Moerkapelle Ringvaart canal had to be crossed. This crossing would initially be...
Read moreVisser & Smit Hanab conducted a gas pipeline from Beverwijk to Wijngaarden for Gasunie NV. Therefore the Moerkapelle Ringvaart canal had to be crossed. This crossing would initially be...
Read moreTimelapse movie about the new heat pipeline between the Rotterdam harbor and the city centre. This movie shares the complexity of the horizontal directional drilling and the transport of the 1500...
Read moreIn March 2013, Visser & Smit Hanab realised a spectacular drilling project in the densely populated city centre of Rotterdam. The project challenges included over 1,500 metres...
Read moreDue to the construction of a new sewage treatment plant in Amsterdam, the present sewerage system was extended with a 49-km long pressurized sewage pipeline to transport the...
Read moreBy means of two horizontal directional drillings of 1,350 metres and 1,450 metres, Visser & Smit Hanab installed a 48" gas pipeline under the Western Scheldt (river, which flows directly into...
Read moreIn order to provide Zwijndrecht and the eastern areas of Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht with soft water a new drinking water connection had to be constructed between Dordrecht and Zwijndrecht. To do so the...
Read moreThe HDDW technique is a unique and proven method for groundwater extraction and infiltration.
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