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SHARERIDGE WORKING TO ELIMINATE WATER LEAKAGES The Water Conservation Project Contract signing in Athlone
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s some of our readers may have noticed, major pipelaying works are currently taking place in Mullingar and Athlone. The works are on the Mullingar and Athlone Water Mains Rehabilitation Schemes which are aimed at drastically reducing leakages and improving water infrastructure in the county’s two most populous towns. Westmeath County Council awarded the contract for both schemes to ShareRidge Ltd, a civil engineering
company specialising in underground pipe technology, including various methods of trenchless application resulting in no surface distribution. The Castlebar, Co. Mayo-based firm is a specialist in pipe replacement, leak detection, directional drilling, pipe bursting, moling and butt welding, live connection of utility services, sewer renovations, site inspections, stone and block work reinstatement, landscaping, steel fixing and form work. Costing €4.13 million, the Mullingar Water Mains Rehabilitation Scheme
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commenced in July 2013 and is due to be completed in May 2014. The €4.6 million Athlone scheme started in January 2014 and is expected to take a year to complete. The schemes involve maintenance and repairs to public water mains, the removal of asbestos cement mains and defective fittings. “We’re laying 29km of new piping in Mullingar and 23km of piping in Athlone,” ShareRidge co-founder and contracts manager Michael McNamara explains. “We were delighted to be awarded