by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Feb 5, 2026 | Electricity
To complete the connection to Endesa’s solar power plant in Puertollano, southern Spain, only one task remained: a 200-metre-long trenchless crossing under the Madrid-Seville high-speed railway line and the adjacent Ciudad Real-Puertollano-Badajoz railway. However,...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Dec 18, 2025 | Electricity
Trenchless works are now complete on another key RTE project: a network extension to supply France’s first supercomputer hosting centre, created to meet the rising demands of businesses in big data, artificial intelligence, and digital simulation. Located just south...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Nov 20, 2025 | Water
Proud to have played a part in the successful completion of an impressive HDD crossing in the north Chilean desert last week to install a 945-metre-long, DN 1200 pipe under the Loa River. Drilled by TECHINT, supported onsite by BM Drilling, the HDD lies 32 metres...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Nov 6, 2025 | Electricity
OPTIMUM engineers were onsite with project owner RTE last week for the successful completion of a 243-metre-long S-shaped HDD under the River Marne, just east of Paris, enabling RTE – Réseau de Transport d’Électricité – to proceed with network...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Oct 13, 2025 | Corporate
A real pleasure to be at the DCA Congress last week, in Bamberg, Germany. OPTIMUM was a sponsor, facilitator and presenter at this year’s 3-day event, which brought together trenchless engineers, drilling contractors and suppliers under the theme “Even drillers need...
