by admin-optimum-549 | Jan 6, 2022 | Electricity
2021 was rounded off in great fashion as OPTIMUM accompanied RTE in the successful completion of the trenchless drilling section of the Calvados offshore windfarm project on the Normandy coast. No less than 5 dual HDD crossings, from 100m to 430m long, were drilled...
by admin-optimum-549 | Dec 2, 2021 | Corporate
OPTIMUM is proud to see the appointment of François GANDARD as the representative of the DCA in France. The DCA (Drilling Contractors Association) regroups the main actors in Europe’s horizontal directional drilling market and aims to promote good practices, gather...
by admin-optimum-549 | Oct 26, 2021 | Electricity
Another great moment this weekend, accompanying RTE during the successful installation of an HDPE duct bundle for its 63 kV cable in a fully curved 250m-long HDD project in Dax, southwest France. The HDD crossing passes under the River Adour, a river with a high water...
by admin-optimum-549 | Oct 12, 2021 | Corporate
Last week’s DCA congress in Bonn was a great knowledge sharing opportunity for Europe’s HDD professionals. During the “Subsoil parameters” workshop, led by OPTIMUM’s François Gandard, DCA Vice-President Marc Schnau and Henk Kruse from Deltares, manufacturers,...
by admin-optimum-549 | Jul 12, 2021 | Oil & Gas
Despite the grey skies, OPTIMUM was delighted to accompany GRT Gaz last week during the successful installation of its 575m-long DN100 pipeline in Lozanne, near Lyon. The HDD crossing, which drilled through basalt rock and across fault lines, passed underneath...
