Despite being quicker and cheaper than well point drilling, many UK contractors ignore horizontal dewatering, Christopher Pett, Commercial Director, Mastenbroek, UK, believes things are about to change.
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stablished in 1977, Mastenbroek has carved out an enviable reputation for designing and manufacturing a range of self-propelled trenchers that are deployed in construction and pipeline projects, agricultural drainage, subsea cable laying. The company, which is based in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK, designed its first deep trencher at the request of Heerschap Drainage Netherlands in 1983, which had various projects which necessitated the water table to be lowered below the capabilities of their regular drainage trenchers. Unlike its competitors, which were opting to convert drainage trenchers into deep trenchers, Mastenbroek decided to design a new machine from the ground up, so to speak. The solution – the Mastenbroek range of deep trenchers have proven popular both in
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