by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Jul 23, 2026 | Electricity
Proud to share the successful completion of a not-so-straightforward HDD canal crossing. Carried out with SYSTRA, on behalf of project owner RTE, the crossing will now enable the connection of Khulmann’s site in northern France. The environment for installing the 225...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | May 28, 2026 | Oil & Gas
What began in 2020 as a truly ambitious project — replacing 70 km of Teréga’s gas transmission network — has now reached a defining moment: every trenchless crossing is complete.Over time, OPTIMUM moved from site analysis, feasibility studies and design engineering...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Apr 30, 2026 | Electricity
Supporting RTE’s network renewal programme in northern France, constructing almost 2km of trenchless crossings to connect key substations. As always, the challenge is how to build the crossings in dense urban environments without disrupting daily life.While OPTIMUM...
by Rachael Bower-Yekpe | Mar 19, 2026 | Electricity
Supporting RTE in its network-upgrade programme requires not only equipment but also precision engineering.Beneath a five-way road junction in Lille, a 3-metre‑diameter wastewater pipe dominated the underground space. It was impossible to move and impossible to bypass...
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,...
