Two Awards for Quick-Pig
The successful Quick Pig project on the Isles of Scilly won over two prestigious award winners.
Quick-Pig wins UKSTT Award on October 02, 2024
Together with two other Projectpartners, Glanville Environmental Ltd. and South West Water the project wins for the renewal of a rising mains on Tresco, Isles on Scilly the UKSTT Award in the Innovative Technology category.
This award is presented annually by the United Kingdom Society Trenchless Technology (UKSTT) awarded. The U KSTT is a British organization for the promotion of trenchless technologies in the supply and disposal.
Shortly after the UKSTT Award ceremony, Utility Week announced the finalists for the award of the same name. The same successful project team from Tresco and the solution for the pressurized water pipe also impressed the judges here, including Reinert-Ritz in the “Innovation Award- Water” category.
Quick-Pig nominated for Utility Week Award
Quick-Pig: Debut in Great Britain
In the award-winning and nominated project on Tresco, a wastewater rising mains was put into operation 20 years ago. However, the 63 mm wastewater pressure pipe was now only a small trickle and had to be replaced as quickly as possible.
Reinert-Ritz’s project partner, South West Water, in turn commissioned Glanville Environmental to make the wastewater pressure pipeline functional again and to be able to maintain the pipeline in future with minimal effort.
The necessary civil engineering work and the subsequent maintenance of such rising mains not only tie up capacities, but the spatial and structural conditions on the small group of islands are cramped and difficult to access for all the necessary vehicles and equipment, and the surrounding area offers little space for major construction work.
Those responsible at South West Water and Glanville Environmental got to know Reinert-Ritz and Quick-Pig at a trade fair. Both project partners were quickly convinced of the benefits associated with choosing the product.
The simple installation and shaftless installation of Quick-Pig are convincing
Quick-Pig is a pigging station that is easy to install. It is installed as a molded part directly in the pipe trench and therefore takes up very little space. The wastewater pressure pipes can be easily cleaned using the pigging process. A dome is led to just below the top edge of the ground, where the pig can then be used.
The simple installation of the Quick-Pig system required Only two employees and a small excavator are required on Tresco. In addition, planned maintenance work can easily be carried out by two skilled workers in less than 15 minutes for each section using pedestrian access.
The beneficial innovations for the Isles of Scilly’s rising mains also impressed the judges of the UKSST Awards and the Utility Week Awards.
