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DCA NEWSLETTERNo.19 – December 2005English Version

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Verband Güteschutz Horizontalbohrungen e.V.Bulletin of the Drilling Contractors Association (DCA-Europe)

Association des Entrepreneurs de Forage Dirigé

Charlottenburger Allee 39 • 52068 Aachen • Germany • Phone ++49/241/9019290 • Fax ++49/241/9019299

Foreword by our PresidentGerard P Hoogveld

Dear Members and colleaguesin Horizontal Directional Drilling,

Dear Members of DCA,

At this time of the year we can look back onto theAnnual Congress in the Mövenpick hotel in Münsterand we look forward to the Annual Meeting inFebruary in Oldenburg and to the Initiatives that weplan for promotion of our business, for increase ofQuality in HDD and for trying to get this over toevery HDD business in Europe.

The annual congress was perfect, though minormatters have been noticed. The workshops againsucceeded, however we have found that the largerooms we used, did not help to experience a “closecircle communication”. They might have been toolarge, which sometimes makes it hard to have ajoined discussion with everybody’s input. A largemeeting room, with rows of chairs, is more suitedfor “presentations” than a “round table discussion”.Even in the smaller rooms it was found better tohave a smaller circle or closed square table set up.That did not spoil the workshops, however we havelearned.

Enthusiasm is still around; new subjects are alreadysuggested for the next opportunity! Please speak upif you like to do so.

I finally understood a little more on what is meantwith a “Kieperkerl” in Münster.

The city of Münster and the Mövenpick hotel havebeen good to us, and most thrilling was our “Gala-dinner”. Not so much the“Gala” idea, however thestile, atmosphere andharmony of the dinner wasmaking it. Especially after themusic maker in the corner ofthe dining room, was findingthe right songs and music.The ladies got so enthusiasticthat soon dancing comm-enced and we have beenenjoying the British, Dutchand American dancing ladies,who showed us what a realladies program should be like! When the darkpromenade back to the hotel was complete, againmany people could not find their beds yet and firsthad to continue the talks at the hotel bar, which againkept busy till early in the morning.

One of the last years workgroups issued an newpiece of work, and it is now planned to re-issue theHDD guideline to improve the support that nowadayscustomers ask for, or even make a qualityrequirements for their drilling projects.For the workgroups we kindly ask your input, helpand enthusiasm, as we have had before from MrLandesberger of Tau-Engineering in Berlin, whostarted with the saying: If in HDD, “knowledge of soil”is so important, why do we not go deeper into thatsubject and write on it. He is right, and we publishedan additional guideline in English, which is nowwaiting for the screened translation in German andthe publishing!

Who will help in workgroups? We learned that a smallwork group can make quick progress for a finalproduct that can be issued. Large work groups mighthave it less easy!

Ladies and Gentlemen,We trust to see many of you in Oldenburg, in earlyFebruary, at our Annual meeting, and if you havesome suggestions, which could work for all of us, letus know or offer your assistance for participation toan interesting HDD subject.

Ir. Gerard P. Hoogveld, President DCA


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10th DCA Annual Congress

Focussing on Quality Assurance

Arthur Graf zu Eulenburg, Chief Editor of bi-UmweltBau, reports from Münster:

The presentation of the guidelines for QualityAssurance in HDD was one of the highlights of 10thDCA’s annual congress in Münster, germany inOctober.This congress, annually held at varying places, is areal event for the whole field of industry and obviouslydid not weaken in its attractiveness.

The DCA could welcome about 120 participantscoming from drilling companies, the supply industry,engineering offices and - gratifyingly – some clients aswell.

Congress room at Hotel Mövenpick

This positive response originated not only from thecharming venue, but was primarily owed to aninteresting programme and the congress’s status asvaluable meeting point where information can beexchanged and contacts can be established.

A steadily improved quality and the reliability of theHDD method were in the focus of the congress.President Gerard P. Hoogveld of LMR Drillingemphasised in his welcome that quality assurancewhen HDD measures are performed only makessense, when all those involved in a performance reacha predefined quality level in their area of responsibility.This is not only true for drilling companies, but also forclients, planners and all other companies involved inthe construction.

Motivated discussions...

Introducing New Guidelines

During the past two years, a DCA task group wasintensively preoccupied with the issue of qualityassurance. DCA’s vice-president Freek Noorman ofVisser and Smit Hanab b.v. and Norbert Landesbergerof TAU Ingenieurgesellschaft, Berlin presented theresult of the work in Münster, a guidelines to improvethe quality in HDD.

Norbert Landesberger presenting the newguidelines...

The work, available in English under the title QualityAssurance - Guidelines for better Quality, will soon bepublished in German, as well. It is meant ascompletion of the already existing Technical Guidelinesof the DCA. The English version can be ordered atDCA’s office in Aachen, germany.


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Given the fact that the participants in Münster showedbig interest in the presented guidelines, the need toobtain information in this respect is obviously urgent,and DCA’s task group delivered a work of ambition andhigh quality.

Workshops with a positive response

Once again the organisers noted a big success of theworkshops offered. This form to treat certain currentissues in small groups, and rather in discussionsinstead of lectures, meanwhile became a steady partof the first day of DCA’s annual congresses. This yearthe workshops dealt with the following issues:

Workshop 1: Breakouts – Origination andavoidance

Workshop 2: Contracts for projectsWorkshop 3: Recycling! Differences in machines

for different soil applicationsWorkshop 4: Steering procedures

Workshop 1: “ Breakouts - Origination andavoidance“

Guidance: Mr Herrmann and Mr Lübbers

The fact that all four workshops had a similar numberof participants without any intervention on behalf of theorganisers shows clearly how balanced the choice oftopics was.

With reference to the lectures, the congress relied onthe well-established concept from the years before.The first day focussed on inter-disciplinary issues, likecontract laws, alternative concepts to solve conflicts bymediation, or new and spectacular developments inconstruction and operation of offshore drilling rigs,while the second day concentrated on current andunusual HDD projects, like the crossing of the river

Elbe in germany on a distance of 2626 m (worldrecord!!) and other lectures close to the practice.

Mr Fengler, LMR Drilling GmbHpresenting the Elbe project

Sponsorship Award continued

Member of the board and responsible for education inHDD Hermann Lübbers of Nacap b.v. informed theparticipants in Münster that the DCA managed topursue the Sponsorship Award of 2004. The project iscarried through at the TU Clausthal and has the title“Further research in the optimisation of pipe installationby using horizontal directional drilling (HDD)technology with special interest in the reduction intopractice“.. The pipeline to be pulled-in is put underadditional vibrations. The findings were reallyastonishing, therefore DCA’s board decided to extendthe research and to investigate a practical application.

But since this would go beyond the scope of DCA’sSponsorship Award, the DCA successfully tried to winover some sponsors who will considerably support thisresearch project.

Therefore E.ON Ruhrgas and RWE, together with theDCA, founded the ARGE HDD-Förderkreis (team HDDsponsoring). A respective cooperation contract wasagreed upon with the Chair of Opencast Mining andInternational Mining at the TU Clausthal.The goal is to present the results of this researchproject at DCA’s annual congress in 2006.

When and where this congress will be held next yearhas not been fixed yet. As soon as the venue will bedecided upon we will inform you.

You can find more information about the SponsorshipAward in the following pages of this newsletter.


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HDD-Workshops were of great interest

The workshops presented in the past two years for the first time were of great interest and found general

acceptance in Münster.

Following topics were discussed:

Workshop 1: Breakouts – Origination and avoidanceGuidance: Gerd Herrmann

Hermann Lübbers, NACAP

The whole subject area was divided into several categories as “characteristic values of the soil”, “characteristic

values of the drilling fluid” and the “drilling process itself” and came up for discussion in form of a presentation.

Furthermore several attempts for the calculation of the drilling fluid pressure were introduced and discussed.

Consequential damage like subsidences of Breakouts were of great interest. Suggestions made by the participants

had among other things the introduced methods of calculation as subject. Several participants had the desire to get

a set of simplified methods for the identification of a Breakout.

Further on one can state that the “soil investigation report ” (if available) should contain information on acceptable

mud pressure and possibly endangered areas above the drilling line. The potential solution for the confinement of

burst through the use of gypsum was seen as not helpful for succeeding. The high number of about 28 participants

approved the interest in this subject. Apart from the fact that there was no “round table” available for discussion

there were no complaints but satisfied participants.

Workshop 2: Contracts for projectsGuidance: Freek Noorman, Visser and Smit Hanab b.v

Gerard P. Hoogveld, LMR Drilling b.v.

In workshop No. 2 possible differences in perception of the client and the contractor of what is agreed in contracts

were discussed. Again it appeared, that soil is one of the most important grounds for problems between the client

and the contractor. Discussed was how these problems could be solved and what more important is, how these

problems can be prevented. In the end it was concluded, that the DCA would prepare a matrix in which technical

(production) parameters such as drilling speed, bentonite use etc. under several circumstances will be given. This

matrix will be available for parties (incl. Clients) interested. The idea is to give the client tools to understand the

problems and to give him ideas over how a drilling can be executed. In the second part of the workshop the

problems on insuring HDD projects were discussed. As this is a very difficult subject no conclusions could be

made, but it was agreed, that this subject will be investigated further and of coarse if anything worthwhile comes

out it will be forwarded to interested parties.


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Workshop 3: Recycling! Differences in machines in different soil applicationsGuidance: Jürgen Muhl, Derrick GmbH

Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Weinmann, Cetco Europe Limited

The aim of this workshop was the optimal selaction and dimensioning of devices to recycle drilling fluid. In doing so

the geology and the necessary parameter of drilling fluids were considered. The characteristics of drilling fluid

influence the efficiency of the recycling strongly. In practice the data of flow rate, pump capacity and cutpoint are

often based on aqueous suspensions but not on the highly viscous suspensions commonly used in HDD business.

In this workshop the construction and modules of the regeneration as well as the composition of a drilling fluid were

discussed and selected by the means of case study. Procedures were presented together with the participants to

trim the drilling fluid to a recycling friendly performance and thereby to improve the efficiency of the aggregates.

This occured in consideration of the suspension capacity in order to assure anytime the bore hole stability

condition. Recapitulation, it can be said that it has been developed a good concept for the case study together with

the participants.

Workshop 4: Steering proceduresGuidance: Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Kuhn

The aim of this workshop was knowledge sharing, where participants exchanged information and experiences of

the various systems currently in use. The introduction began with a thorough explanation of the gyro-system, its

range of applications, and development status. In small workgroups the discussion topics were sharing

experiences, potential areas of improvement and requirements, which were then followed by a summary.

Additional to the requirement that steering systems become more reliable and accurate, it was also established that

unrealistic demands may lead to problems between client and contractor during drilling process.

At this point the focus went to summarising the various steering methods by comparing accuracy, tolerances and

applications. This summary could form the basis for project planning for clients, engineering consultants and drilling

contractors, which could be revised and ultimately incorporated into the DCA’s technical guidelines.

INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO—INFO

The DCA is searching for interesting topics for the year 2006 to be discussed in the workshops during the annual

congress. Please send suggestions directly to the office!


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Ladies on Tour

This year’s 10th

Annual Congress of the DCA inMünster was well received again like in the pastyears.

The three-day-event from October 12th to 14

th, 2005

set off on Wednesday afternoon in splendidsunshine and pleasant temperature with a tour of thecity conducted by two proficient tourist guides fromthe tourist office Münster. Having the picturesque AaLake with all its sailing boats in view, the groupdiscovered the city on foot, passing along the castleand the main university building towards the old partof town. A tour of the cathedral was as obligatory asthose of the St. Lamprecht’s Church, the DrostePalace or the Church of St. Clemens, buildings thatare especially worth visiting for their historicimportance. This tour of the city ended with a visit tothe City Hall of Münster on the Principal Market. ItsHall of Peace where the Westphalian Peace Treatywas signed in 1648 hosted a reception by the city’sdeputy mayor. Several glasses could be emptied inthis social gathering.

Münster – Most worth living town!!

On Thursday, October 13th, 2005, DCA’s Ladies’

Tour took place. The ladies followed the paths ofepochs long bygone and visited Nordkirchen Palace,Vischering Castle and Hülshoff Castle in beautifulMünsterland. Under a blue sky and in splendidsunshine, the baroque Nordkirchen Palace, alsocalled Münsterland’s Versailles, was a particularfeast for the eyes. The group visited the castle’schapel and the living quarters of the current owner.

“ladies on tour” in the “Versailles of theMünsterland” (castle Nordkirchen)

A walk through the magnificent park groundsrounded the stay off. Then Vischering Castle nearLüdinghausen invited the group to have a look at thequadrangle of one of the best preserved medievalfortresses of Northern Europe. After a refreshment ina typical Münsterland inn, the tour of Hülshoff Castlein Havixbeck was planned. The cosy quadrangle firstinvited everyone to have a cup of coffee, before thegroup had a closer look at the rooms of the castle,which was the birthplace of the poetess Annette vonDroste-Hülshoff.The day ended for all DCA participants with acommon dinner at Mühlenhofmuseum, an open-airmuseum on the shores of Aa Lake. The reception bythe Kiepenkerl was followed by a tour of themuseum that was atmospherically illuminated. Thevillage school in particular reminded of former times,embroidered by some stories the Kiepenkerl told. Asnack was offered in the impressive atmosphere atthe smokehouse (minced pork and Schnapps). Andduring the dinner at the museum’s Gräftenhof (asquare surrounded by water), typical Westphaliantreats were accompanied by several glasses of beerin a lively mood (remark by the editors: It farexceeded our calculation!!).

„DCA members in school“

On Friday, October 14, 2005, and thus the last dayof this year’s DCA annual congress, the ladies’programme offered a shopping tour downtown. ByLeeze, as they call a bicycle in Münster, or on footthey started for Münster’s centre with its numerousboutiques and shops. Integrated into the historiccore of the city with the beautiful arcades of themedieval Principal Market, elegant designer andantique shops, jewelleries, gift shops and manymore are lined up. Many street cafés invite visitors tostay a while. All in all we can state that at least for allparticipantes Münster was a city worth a trip


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Golftournament 2005

President Gerard P. Hoogveld reports on a „GolfTournament of a special kind“ after the officialending of the annual congress in Münster.

Last year (2004) in Antwerp, many participants andnew young golfers joined the DCA golf tournament.This year only seven competitors started for thehighest DCA-golf honour.

Flight 1:Ray Clayton,Champion 2004 inAntwerpenGerd PaulischFlight 2:Freek NoormanGerard HoogveldFlight 3:Marga Noorman,Champion 2003 inAachen.Hans RingersCurtis Allen

Selecting the right golf course was not easy. Theclosest and easiest to find club is Golf ClubWilkinghege. In the direction of the Münster Northentrance to the motorway. This club however, wasrebuilding its eighteen holes, only nine holes wouldbe available and consequently it was expected to berather busy. Thus we came to another, more difficultto find club: GC Münster-Tinnen.Before the undersigned found the location of thisclub he had missed it already twice. It is near theMünster Süd

Golfclub Münster-Tinnen

“Autobahn Kreuz” and in the South West area of thismotorway crossing. Knowing this, it was still difficult,however well prepared, and test driving it onWednesday morning, and test driving by MrPaulisch, we all managed to arrive at the club wellbefore our starting time of 13.30 hrs.

What a beautiful weather, and what a beautiful golfcourse! This then immediate resulted in a remark ofone of our participants: This is one of the bestcongresses I have ever been to!Yes, this makes a fantastic end to a three daysperiod.

For the Americans, clubs could be hired; even abuggy could be brought in time, as this wasespecially order which was taken care of by one ofus.

On the internet the club looked like everywherewater, difficult to play. This was to scare you off! Yessome water hazards are there, but not much moredifficult than other clubs (in Holland). The game formwas individual, stableford counting, and as it wasfound that the champion of 2004 needed goodcompetition it was decided that the lowesthandicapper from Europe, Paulisch, would play inhis flight.

And yes, taking into account the full handicaps ofeach player, it was Paulisch who did win! Howeverkeep in mind that Ray Clayton plays from handicap7? This means he definitely is the best player, nowplaying with hired women clubs. And still, he did verywell. Paulisch went home after some pleasantrefreshments at the terrace of the Golf club, theothers went back to the hotel for a very nice lastdinner all together which was sponsored by ouroverseas (-ocean) guests! Thank you!

Next morning, the congress was also over for us,and everyone went its way after the Mövenpickbreakfast!

Gerard P Hoogveld, (Golf) President.


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DCA – Sponsorship Award 2005/2006 ARGE HDD – Förderkreis

After the submission and the presentation of the Sponsorship Award 2004 which is entitled „Research in the

optimisation of pipe installation by using horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology“ by Dipl. Ing. Stefan

Rossbach of the „University of Technology Clausthal Zellerfeld“ the management made the suggestion during the

annual congress 2004 to follow up this matter further on. The results of the work presented by Mr. Rossbach gave

reason to interrogate the member’s meeting for a vote. The application was allowed without a dissenting vote.

The optimisation which means primarily the reduction of the needed tractive forces during the pipe installation was

demonstrated impressively during the tests. A correlation between the specific test parameters could not be shown

during this work. To achieve this goal a detailed analysis of the different parameters has to be made. After several

intensive dialogues between Prof. Dr.- Ing. Tudeshki, Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Rossbach and Mr. Hermann Lübbers of

DCA the following topic with requirement specifications was prepared:

In the second project phase, following questions will be investigated:

1. What kind of vibration-energy or rather –intensity is necessary for an in-situ use?

2. What kind of affects will the initiation of vibrations have on different pipe diameters and with increasing

length of traction?

3. How does the initiation of vibrations affect on the materials characteristic of a pipe? Do vibrations

affect on the materials strength of a pipe string?

4. What does the initiation of vibrations to a pipe provoke in the surrounding rock or rather soil?

5. At which position in the pipe the vibration unit has to be installed to assure a maximum effectiveness

of the procedure?

6. How do vibrations affect the use of drilling mud, for example Bentonit-Water-Suspension?

7. Looking from a technical and constructive point of view, how can a field-proven vibration unit be

designed?

The amount of the requirement specifications showed clearly that this work could not be accomplished within a

„normal“ sponsorship award. The estimated budget of 42.000,00 € exceeded by far the limit of the sponsorship

of 5.000,00 €. Therefore Mr. Lübbers suggested to search for adequate sponsors.

„Further research in the optimisation of pipe installation by using horizontaldirectional drilling (HDD) technology with special interest in the

reduction into practice.“


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The other members of the management gave the „go-ahead“ for this plan and after a few weeks of intensive

promotion this goal was achieved. Two powerful supply companies the E.ON Ruhrgas AG on the one hand

and the RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems Netzservice GmbH on the other joined their forces with the DCA to build

the consortium „HDD – Förderkreis“.

The representatives of the ARGE HDD-Förderkreis are:

• Mr. Werner Zirnig, E.ON Ruhrgas AG

• Mr. Franz-Josef Kissing, E.ON Ruhrgas AG

• Mr. Andre Graßmann, RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems Netzservice GmbH

• Mr. Burkhard Meyer, RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems Netzservice GmbH

• Mr. Hermann Lübbers, Drilling Contractors Association (DCA)

After signing a cooperation treaty between „ARGE- HDD – Förderkreis“ and the TU Clausthal work was started

instantly. The first blueprint plannings were generated and the first material orderings were made.

During the first meeting of the consortium on the 9th

of December 2005 the first welded parts could be inspected.

The propulsion unit consisting of an e-motor, transmission and clutch had arrived in the workshop likewise.


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Attempt-Block under construction

For the insertation of the needed vibration power the company „Netter Vibration“ could be acquired by the TU

Clausthal. „Netter Vibration“ has agreed to provide all necessary vibration units and technical know-how free of

charge with this research project.

In January/February 2006 the first pulling tests will be carried out with the steel pipes provided by the E.ON-

Ruhrgas AG. Considering today’s point of view the research project will lead to new and promising statements for

the future of HDD. All participants are looking forward to the presentation of the achievements on the next annual

congress in October 2006

The ARGE-representatives right to left Mr. Zirnig, Mr. Lübbers, Mr. Graßmann and leader of the project of

TU Clausthal Mr. Stefan Rossbach in front of the test facility under construction.


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Further information from the association and the members

Numbers of members in the DCA increaseNew Members are coming from different fields

In February 2005 at the annual members meeting the DCA have signed a new membership fee structure. One of

the important issues to change the DCA fee structure was to get more small drilling companies in the future, and

to create a better and fair membership structure in the organisation. Therefore in front of the members meeting

the board asked each regular member about their number of drilling rigs (sum of the pulling force) and each

associated member about the number of their employees. On the base of these information the board prepared a

proposal for the members meeting which was accepted by the members by a big majority.

Now until today the DCA got in total 7 new members form different fields of the HDD-Industry. We have also 2

more application forms received. In the following we give you a short overview of the new members:

Regular Members (Drilling Companies):

1 Bohrtechnik BrückStraße des Friedens 9314822 Brück, Germany

Contact:Thomas BaitzPhone:033844-54630 Fax:+49(0)33844-54631E-Mail: [email protected]

2 Gebr. van Leeuwen Boringen B.V.Postbus 473480 DA Harmelen, Netherlands

Contact:Martin T. van Leeuwen jr.Phone:+31(0)348441499 Fax:+31(0)348443754E-Mail: [email protected]

Associate Members (Suppliers):

3 Boretech Holland b.v.Industrieweg 36 B2382 NW Zouterwoude, Netherlands

Contact:J.J. ZitmanPhone:+31 (0) 7154-17365 Fax:+31(0) 7154-17369E-Mail: [email protected]

4 Cetco Europe LimitedPromenadenweg 2468782 Brühl, Germany

Contact:Alfred WeinmannPhone:0049 (0) 6202-928943 Fax:+49(0)6202-703844E-Mail: [email protected]


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Associate Members (Engineering companies):

5 Geo DelftPostbus 692600 AB Delft, Netherlands

Contact:Henk J.A.M. HergardenPhone:0031-152693771 Fax:+31(0)152810821E-Mail: [email protected]

6 IBNi Ingenieurbüro Nickel GmbHLogebachstr. 453604 Bad Honnef, Germany

Contact:Werner LimbachPhone:02224-97330 Fax:02224-973341E-Mail: [email protected]

Associate Members (Education schools):

5 Zentrum für Weiterbildung FH-OOWOfenerstr. 1826121 Oldenburg, Germany

Contact:Holger OetkenPhone:0441-361103920 Fax:0441-361103930E-Mail:

Member of the DCA board is confirmed publiclyto an expert for Horizontal Directional Drilling

The DCA’s former vice-president Dipl.- Ing. Hermann Lübbers, Nacap and man in charge within the DCA’smanagement for the sectors “Quality Insurance” and “Education in HDD” was appointed and sworn as anexpert for Horizontal Directional Drilling on the 29

th of June 2005 at the Industrie- und Handelskammer für

Ostfriesland und Papenburg

Technical Guidelines „Quality Assurance“ are finalised in the english languageYou can get the guidelines in our office

As mentioned in the last newsletter in June 2005 we want to inform you below that DCA has presented officially inMünster a new DCA Guideline with the topic:

“Quality Assurance – Guidelines to better Quality”

The guidelines were presented at the congress by Freek Noorman, Visser & Smit Hanab and NorbertLandesberger, TAU Ingenieurgesellschaft. The price per book is 15,00 € for members and 45,00 € for nonmembers. If you are interested in the guidelines please send a fax or mail to our office.


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45th

Annual Congress of the Distribution Contractors Association („DCA-USA“)Invitation to this congress

At the end of 2004, DCA’s American sister association DCCA was dissolved for financial difficulties among others.Therefore the merging with the Distribution Contractors Association („DCA-USA“) they strived for could notbecome a reality.

By the end of November the DCA received a letter by DCCA’s former president Curtis Allen of Baroid IDP, whoparticipated in DCA’s last two annual congresses. He invites the DCA to the 45

th annual congress of the

Distribution Contractors Association. According to Curtis Allen, the “DCA-USA“ would like to establish similarcontacts to the DCA-Europe as they existed between the DCCA and Europe. This includes the mutualparticipation in annual congresses and an exchange of information.

On principle, DCA’s board favours a re-established contact to the USA. This helps to pick up developments in thefield for the European market and to exchange experiences. For scheduling difficulties – the congress will be heldwhen the members’ meeting takes place in Oldenburg – the DCA will not be able to take part in this year’scongress. The association will try to freshen up the good relations to the USA in the next few years and to comeinto closer contact with “DCA-USA”.

DCA reworked its Technical Guidelines from 2000 (Guideline „Information andRecommendations for the Planning, Construction and Documentation of HDD-Projects)

DCA’s guidelines “Information and Recommendations for Planning, Construction, and Documentation of HDDProjects” will be updated in 2006. For more than 10 years now, DCA’s technical guidelines on “Information andRecommendations for Planning, Construction, and Documentation of HDD Projects”, that were published in asecond edition in 2000, has been serving as the basis when HDD projects are planned or performed all overEurope. During this period more than 2.000 copies of the guidelines, that were published in three languages, weresold to an interested scientific public.

Given the fast technical development in the field of HDD, DCA’s board decided at one of its last meetings torework the existing guidelines and to bring them in line with the current conditions. The concept lays out that asmall task group will first of all check the existing guidelines and make suggestions for a possible revision. DCA’smember of board Hermann Lübbers was able to win over Gerd Herrmann, a long-term employee of the formerTelekom daughter DeteLine for this important first step. Gerd Herrmann and Hermann Lübbers will work outtogether a work programme for the revision in the next weeks.

This work programme will serve as basis to form one or more task groups who will then work out the specialissues. Apart from many other topics, the sectors HDD flushing, recycling etc. need to be completed in theguidelines. At present the board expects to be able to present a reliable work programme for the revision until themembers’ meeting at the latest.

The board would be grateful for any contribution or cooperation for the revision, of course. Please direct yourrespective information to the office.

Linking with other websites.

DCA was often asked to promote other businesses by means of links to other companies on our websitewww.DCA-Europe.org; but until today this was always turned down. One of our speakers this year asked for thisopportunity again, but from the board’s point of view this can only be possible, if the respective company is amember of the DCA in one form or the other. So for the time being:

If you want a link to your www.company-website.com, then please be so kind to become a DCA member.


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DCA - ARGE Deutscher Leitungsbau

Successful continuation of the campaign „Pipeline Infrastructure In Distress“ inMunich on 20th of July 2005

More than 100 participants took part in the event! Wide press coverage!

After the successful opening event in Berlin on 12-03-2005 in which more than 400 guests participated thecampaign was continued in Munich as a local event. The “Arge Deutscher Leitungsbau” in which the DCA isinvolved since its foundation and the “Bayrische Bauindustrieverband” had invited for the second conferenceentitled “ „Pipeline Infrastructure in distress”. The purpose of this event was to discuss the current status ofpipeline systems and to point out concrete methods of resolution for the actual challenges in the technological andthe financial area. During this event the representatives of policy, science and construction industry appealed tolocal supply and disposal companies to invest in the preservation of the subterranean pipeline infrastructure. Andto create the preconditions for a lasting modernisation. The DCA was represented on this event where thedifferent subjects were discussed very controversial by the use of an information centre.

Overall the campaign “Pipeline Infrastructure in distress” can be considered as a success for the ARGE and bythat for the DCA and its members. Finally the campaign popularised the topic “Pipeline Infrastructure”. We listed asmall summary of the press releases dealing with this event:

EUWID 26.07.2005: Leitungsinfrastruktur in Not:Bauindustrie drängt auf Investitionen!Eigenüberwachungsverordnung in Bayern nicht flächendeckend umgesetzt!

ZFK 26.07.2005: Veranstaltung Leitungsinfrastruktur in Not:Netzte werden Opfer des Zeitgeistes!Dachverband beklagt Verfall – Kommunale Betreiber sehen das anders!

Bbr7-8/2005: Veranstaltung Leitungsinfrastruktur in Not:Nachhaltige Investitionen in kommunale Leitungsinfrastruktur gefordert!

BSZ:2.09.2005 Nachhaltige Investitionen in kommunale Leitungsinfrastruktur gefordert:Hoher Bedarf an Sanierung von maroden Leitungen!

Bayr. Gemeinde Deutschlands leitungssysetem werden marodeZeitung 04.08.2005 Zur Sanierung der Infrastruktur wären 13,5 Milliarden € jährlich nötig!

Hilferuf der Bauwirtschaft auch an die Kommunen!

Unitracc 05.10.2005 Am Tropf – Patient KanalisationARGE Deutscher Leitungsbau fordert nachhaltige Investitionen!

More information on the work of the ARGE can be found on the DCA Homepage: www.dca-europe.org


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HDD-Training Courses

will take place at January/February 2006 in Oldenburg

Topics Length Dates Places

2.1.16 Fachaufsicht (A/B) für horizontales Spülbohrverfahren nach DVGW-Arbeitsblatt GW 329

Topografie und Geologie,

Bohrspülungen, Bohrstrang, Werkzeuge,

Ortungsverfahren, Rohwerkstoffe,

Vorschriften, Arbeitssicherheit

A: 5 Tage

B: 7,5 Tage

A: 09.-13.01.2006

B: 09.-18.01.2006

Oldenburg

2.1.17 Bauleiter (A/B) für horizontales Spülbohrverfahren nach DVGW-Arbeitsblatt GW 329

Grundlagenwissen, Topografie,

vorhandene Anlagen, Bodenkennwerte,

Bohrspülungen und Bohrlochhydraulik,

Bohrstangen, Bohrwerkzeuge,

Rohrumhüllungen, Rohrwerkstoffe

A: 10 Tage

B: 15 Tage

A: 16.-27.01.2006

B: 16.1-03.02.2006

Oldenburg

2.1.18 Geräteführer (A/B) für horizontales Spülbohrverfahren nach DVGW-Arbeitsblatt GW 329

Mathematik, Physik, Aufbau und Wirkung

von Horizontalspülbohranlagen,

Projektgrundlagen, Projektdurchführung,

Bohrspülung, Spülungskreislauf,

Spülungspumpen

A: 12 Tage

B: 17 Tage

A: 16.01.-31.01.2006

B: 16.01.-07.02.2006

Oldenburg

Info: DCA Members will pay a reduced fee!

For further information or registration:Walburga FinzelBerufsförderungswerk des Rohrleitungsbauverbandes GmbHMarienburger Str. 15, 50968 KölnTelefon 0221/37 658-25, Telefax 0221/37 658-60E-Mail: [email protected]://www.brbv.de


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Upcoming events

January - February 2005

DCA – Members Meeting 2006

Wednesday, 8th, February 2006, Start 15:00h

Place: Hotel Wöbken, Oldenburg

We invite you to participate in the 2006 DCA Members meeting which will be held like last year one day before the

Oldenburger Rohrleitungsforum. The Members Meeting will take place at the Hotel Wöbken, Oldenburg,

Germany. DCA has made accommodation reservations in the Hotel Wöbken. Those have to be confirmed direct

at the Hotel until January, 10 2006.

For further Information please contact our Aachen office any time.

Hotel Wöbken:Hundsmühler Straße 25526131 OldenburgTel.:+49(0)441-95577-0 ; Fax:+49(0)441-502324e-mail: [email protected] ; internet: www.HotelWoebken.de

Oldenburger Rohrleitungsforum 2006

09.-10. Februar 2006 in OldenburgTopic: "Rohrleitungen - für eine sich wandelnde Gesellschaft"

Ort: Fachhochschule Oldenburg

Speeches : Horizontal Directional Drilling

Part 1: Thursday 09.02.2006: 11.00 Uhr – 12.30 Uhr

Moderator: Gerard P. Hoogveld M. Sc. (Delft), LMR DrillingPresident Verband Güteschutz Horizontalbohrungen e.V., Aachen

Speech 1: HDD-Projekte in NaturschutzgebietenMario Hermsmeier, Beermann Bohrtechnik GmbH, Hörstel-Riesenbeck


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Speech 2: HDD Kreuzung der Unterelbe – mit 2626 m die längste der Welt!Dr. Rüdiger Kögler, Ing. Büro Dr. Rüdiger KöglerDipl.-Ing. (FH) Ernst Fengler, LMR DrillingDipl.-Ing. Günter Kruse, LMR Drilling

Speech 3: HDD-Erfolgsfaktor „Boden“-Ein unbekanntes Wesen oder ein beherrschendes Objekt-Dr. Hans Joachim Bayer, Tracto Technik GmbH

Part 2: Thursday 09.02.2006: 13.30 Uhr – 15.00 Uhr

Moderator: Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Lübbers, Nacap Europe B.V.Board Member Drilling Contractors Association, Aachen

Speech 1: Großbohrtechnik im innerstädtischen Bereich-Illusion oder echte Alternative zur konventionellen Verlegetechnik-

Roland Stutzki, Hamburger Stadtentwässerung

Speech 2: Pipelineanbindung MittelplateDipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Kuhn, Drilltec GmbH, Deggendorf

Speech 3: HDD-Querung des Dortmund Ems Kanals- Ein Projekt mit Besonderheiten -Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Andre Graßmann, RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems

For more information please contact our office in Aachen any time or look underwww.dca-europe.org.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and SuccessfulNew Year 2006!

Yours

Drilling Contractors Association DCACharlottenburger Allee 3952068 Aachen (Germany)

Executive Secretary: Dipl.-Geol. D. QuantePhone +49(0) 241-9019290Mobil +49(0)175-526-7801E-Mail: [email protected]: www.dca-europe.org

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