TPi November 2016

business & market news Radius pipes connect town to gas network and upgrade water pipeline infrastructure

water project for Ervia and is one of the largest utility pipeline capital projects being undertaken in the Republic of Ireland. It is a strategic investment for the town of Nenagh and the surrounding area and will provide security of energy supply to our customers, so we had to ensure that this innovative pipeline solution met with our exacting performance criteria for the safety of our gas network. “This is the first time that polyethylene gas pipes in larger diameters have been used in the Republic of Ireland and we’ve worked closely with the Radius Systems development and technical teams to ensure that the pipe specified is a safe, robust and sustainable solution for this project.”

of the new ProFuse pipeline has gone really well and the whole project is set to be completed on time. Steel pipes would have traditionally been used for this 400mm pipeline, so we’ve worked closely with GNI to develop a polyethylene system solution which suited their project needs and provided installation cost benefits.” GNI and Irish Water, both part of the Ervia group, collaborated closely on the project to undertake the combined gas and water works to reduce construction costs and disruption to local businesses and residents, and in order to deliver a more efficient project. The replacement water main, using Radius Systems 90 to 225mm PE pipes, was installed in the same trench and at the same time as the gas distribution system in Nenagh. This upgrade to the existing water supply network will provide long-term benefits to the water network, with reduced service disruption, reduced water leakage and improvement to the water pressure. Rory Somers, GNI’s materials and innovation manager, commented, “This scheme is the first multi-utility gas and

Radius Systems has supplied 25km of its ProFuse peelable polyethylene (PE) gas pipe and 4km of its PE100 water pipe, with all associated fittings, to Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) and Irish Water, for one of the largest combined pipeline infrastructure projects in Ireland. The new ProFuse pipeline will deliver gas to businesses and residents in Nenagh, ending their energy reliance on oil and coal, while the town’s ageing potable water supply network was replaced using Radius’s high performance PE pipe. Working closely with GNI, Radius Systems extended its range of ProFuse pipe to develop a pipe and fittings system to suit the project. The first phase of the scheme involved the installation of the new 400mm ProFuse pipeline from the outskirts of Nenagh to Annacotty, County Limerick, where it was connected to the existing gas network. The next phase involved the building of a new gas distribution system for the town of Nenagh, using Radius’s PE80 gas pipe in diameters 90 to 180mm.

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