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1. Foundation - Reinforcement
Wassara's new W280 - tested for pile-drilling at Slussen, Sweden
New ground engineering hammer, tested in Södertälje Canal, Sweden
Foundation reinforcement of neighborhood Pyramiden, Sweden
Reinforcement work at the Corvette Museum, USA
Foundation reinforcement - Drilling indoors at Stockholm Central station, Sweden
Ground reinforcement when building the new City line railway in Stockholm, Sweden
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2. Jet grouting
Brenner Base - Jet grouting for tunnel between Austria and Italy
Jet grouting when building a new subway station in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Jet grouting work at storage building in Hässleholm, Sweden
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3. Geothermal
Geo-energy in the heart of Stockholm
Geothermal energy in new office building in Lund, Sweden
Drilling for geothermal heating when building a new hotel center in Malmö, Sweden
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4. Water handling
Energy storage, Sweden
Rough River Lake dam, USA
Sickla, Stockholm, Sweden
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5. Other
Retaining wall at building-site in Sickla, Sweden
Identification and preparation work - Metro ring in Copenhagen, Denmark
Anchor drilling when building a new commuter train tunnel under water
Drilling for the anchoring foundations – salvation of Costa Concordia, Italy
Freeze hole drilling in Hallandsåsen, Sweden
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3. Drilling grout holes for new dams
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Case Studies
Foundation, drainage and grouting holes at dam in Panamá
Drilling in confined galleries in Angostura dam, Chile
Grout curtain is installed at McCook reservoir, USA
Dam rehabilitation project - Vojmsjön, Sweden
Rehabilitation of the very sensitive Wolf Creek Dam, USA
Installation of observation wells, Sweden
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1 Anchor Drilling
Citybanan-Söderströmstunneln, Stockholm, Sweden
2 Cut-off Wall
2 Cut-off Wall
Citybanan, Stockholm, Sweden
Copenhagen Metro Ring, Denmark
Malmö City Tunnel, Sweden
New Subway station in Rio de Janeiro
Södra länken, Stockholm, Sweden
3 Ground Reinforcement
3 Ground Reinforcement
Brenner Base I - Fortezza
Niagara falls, Canada
4 Forepoling
4 Forepoling
Hallandsåsen, Sweden
Södra Länken - Årsta, Sweden
5 Survey- Grout- and Drainage holes
5 Survey- Grout- and Drainage holes
Delaware Aqueduct - New York, USA
Chikushi tunnel - Japan
Lötschberg - Mitholz tunnel, Switzerland
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4. Underground coal mining
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Case studies
New infrastructure in Lubambe Copper Mine, Zambia
Utility holes in the LKAB mine, Sweden
Major energy cost savings at the LKAB mine, Sweden
Drilling for opening slots in the San Geronimo mine, Chile
Mining Swedish mining company LKAB scaled up their production
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Mining & Construction #2, 2013
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World tunnel congress 2014, 40th ITA-AITES General Assembly
Drill and Blast event in Bålsta (Stockholm)
Wassara at ICOLD 2014 in Bali
The Wassara Stockholm map
Case study published: Water-powered drilling for securing an immersed train tunnel in Stockholm
Introducing: Single-step instrumentation casing system for dams
SMTG Mining & Tunneling delegation to Turkey
LKAB Wassara at ‘Construction in Soft Ground’ (IS-Seoul 2014) in Seoul, Korea
Introducing: New Wassara colleagues
LKAB Wassara will be represented at the DFI India 2014 event
Wassara at Geofluid 2014
Coal Summit Expo in India – 23rd to 24th of September
Wassara displayed the water-powered technology at Geofluid 2014
New brochure about the water-powered drilling
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Case study published: Ground stabilization in difficult geology by jet grouting columns
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Bauma Conexpo in India – December 15-18, 2014
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Presenting: Wassaras Start-up Guide
Wassara article published in GeoDrilling International
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Case study published: Drilling for opening slots faster, safer and more accurate
Drilling next to sensitive construction with Wassara
Wassara is expanding in North America
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Case study published: Predrilling and preparation of flint layer for Copenhagen Metro
Case study published: Water-powered drilling installed micro piles at the Corvette Museum
Wassara-training with Züblin
Case study published: Bringing geothermal energy to office workers with deep casing drilling
Case study published: Wassara vs Air DTH from an energy perspective in LKAB mines
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Project report published: Water-powered drilling in the Changuinola I Dam
Wassara at Bauma
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Euro Mine Expo - Skellefteå
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Case Study published: Retaining wall in Sickla, Sweden
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Case Study published: Reinforcement of Pyramiden, Sweden
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Successful days at MinExpo in Las Vegas
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Case Study published – Wassara is drilling faster, safer and more accurate in Zambia
Case Study published – Wassara made jet grouting possible in Rio de Janeiro
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