by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Oct 1, 2025 | Oil & Gas
OPTIMUM was alongside GT Canalisations last week for the successful completion of HDD works beneath the River Oise, near Compiegne, in northern France. The crossing is a crucial step in renewing NaTran’s gas pipeline network, securing it deeper underground, within the...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Sep 16, 2025 | Corporate
OPTIMUM was proud to take an active role at Thursday’s Safetyval 2025, delivering two hands-on workshops to participants from the energy and trenchless industries. Part of Teréga’s annual HSE event, bringing together 550 staff and partners, OPTIMUM focused on how to...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Aug 28, 2025 | Water
Alongside SUBTERRA recently for the completion of a second HDD crossings that will enable the municipality of Sète to reinforce the town’s wastewater network. HDD # 1 : DN 630, 460 m – completed in late 2024, beneath a road and the Sète train station car park. HDD # 2...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Aug 18, 2025 | Water
Fewer cars on the road during the summer months – but the work doesn’t stop ! OPTIMUM engineers were alongside SADE on the main road between Lille and Tourcoing for the completion last week of an auger boring crossing beneath the tramway lines. This DN 1000...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Jun 19, 2025 | Water
In streets south of Paris, a seemingly ordinary underground construction site. And yet, every day, engineers stopped by to see quite a unique drilling operation … When renovating the wastewater network in L’Haÿ-les-Roses, one question had project managers...