Downer PipeTech
Low impact solutions for water, wastewater, sewer, stormwater pipes and culverts.
PipeTech is your partner for specialist pipeline services.
We embrace advanced technology and look for innovative ways to maximise the life and reliability of our customers assets.
Downer acquired PipeTech in 2017, with the company having already built a strong reputation as an industry leader in the sector for trenchless pipeline rehabilitation. Today, PipeTech is an integral part of Downer’s Water Services business. A sharpened focus on core capabilities and delivering for clients has made PipeTech an established leader in the pipelines and infrastructure sector.
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What we do
With our renowned in-house expertise, end-to-end services and cutting-edge capabilities, PipeTech is a trusted provider of trenchless pipeline repair and rehabilitation.
Inspections and Conditions Assessment
- CCTV
- Acoustic sensing
- Leak detections
Morning Tea – 10.20am – 10.40am
Aleisha Billing, Community & Stakeholder Engagement Manager
Come and connect with our community and stakeholder engagement team at Stand N04 this Ozwater.
Meet the team strengthening community and stakeholder connections across our SEQ programs.
Drop by for a chat, ask questions and let’s compare notes! If you’re doing work in this space, we’d love to hear from you!
Lunch – 1-1.20pm
Insane in the membrane: unmatched MBR experience, the Downer way
Jess O’Hare, Senior Process Engineering Lead
Afternoon Tea – 3.30pm – 3.50pm
Manthan Desai, Project Engineer
Navigating complex delivery frameworks doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
Join Manthan Desai to learn how Downer’s Energy & Utilities Business Unit is transforming its Delivery Management Methodology (DMM) with the DMM AI Concierge.
Powered by Powered by Azure OpenAI GPT-5.2 technology, this tool simplifies access to information and supports faster, clearer decision-making.
Come by to hear what it means for delivery, ask questions and share your thoughts.
Renewal and Rehabilitation
- Pipe Bursting
- Slip Lining
- Relining (Gravity Pipeline)
- CIPP (UV and steam curing)
- Spiral wound
- PVC fold and form
- Relining (Pressure Pipe)
Maintenance and Repair
- Water jet / combo cleaning
- Patching
- Robotics
Construction of new assets
Specialising in the installation, repair, and maintenance of pipelines of various sizes and materials, ensuring optimal performance and longevity.
Our solutions
Delivering smarter water, wastewater, and stormwater solutions.
Berolina – CIPP (Cured in Place Pipe)
Downer PipeTech specialises in Berolina – CIPP (Cured in Place Pipe), a widely used and cost-effective rehabilitation method for extending the life of an asset.
Application
Berolina-CIPP is a jointless, seamless, pipe-within-a-pipe with the capability to rehabilitate assets and gravity (sewer) pipelines with minimal diameter reduction.
It involves a glass fibre reinforced structural liner that is cured-in place using Ultra Violet light and is one of several trenchless rehabilitation methods used to repair ageing pipelines.
Benefits
- Tight fit liner
- High resistance to fire and flame
- Proven technology since 1985
- 50-year design life
- Suitable for diameters 150mm to 1600mm
- Manufactured in Germany under a Certified Quality
System - No reliance on host pipe for strength
- Conforms to AS2566 – Flexible pipe design
Sliplining
Downer PipeTech offers both continuous sliplining and segmental sliplining.
Sliplining is primarily used for the renewal of water, sewer or stormwater pipes where the loss of capacity is not a major issue.
No pipe displacement occurs, so there is no risk to the adjacent services.
Application
Continuous sliplining involves a long continuous pipe, such as HDPE or fusible PVC, which can be combined into continuouspieces of any dimension.
Segmental slip lining utilises individual pipe lengths that are typically used in larger pipe or culvert applications.
It can be used on diameters ranging in size from 50mm up to 4000mm and utilises a range of materials such as HDPE, PVC and socket spigot FRP.
Benefits
- Provides a fully structural rehabilitation solution
- Ability to maximise hydraulic capacity
- Extends the expected service life of the asset
- Fast and non-invasive installation process
- Cost effective
- Extensive history and proven capability
Morning Tea – 10.20am – 10.40am
Aleisha Billing, Community & Stakeholder Engagement Manager
Come and connect with our community and stakeholder engagement team at Stand N04 this Ozwater.
Meet the team strengthening community and stakeholder connections across our SEQ programs.
Drop by for a chat, ask questions and let’s compare notes! If you’re doing work in this space, we’d love to hear from you!
Lunch – 1-1.20pm
Insane in the membrane: unmatched MBR experience, the Downer way
Jess O’Hare, Senior Process Engineering Lead
Afternoon Tea – 3.30pm – 3.50pm
Manthan Desai, Project Engineer
Navigating complex delivery frameworks doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
Join Manthan Desai to learn how Downer’s Energy & Utilities Business Unit is transforming its Delivery Management Methodology (DMM) with the DMM AI Concierge.
Powered by Powered by Azure OpenAI GPT-5.2 technology, this tool simplifies access to information and supports faster, clearer decision-making.
Come by to hear what it means for delivery, ask questions and share your thoughts.
TUNNELINE®
Downer PipeTech provides our proprietary TUNNELINE® structural reinforced-concrete lining system, the unique and versatile system for structural remediation on pipes, culverts and tunnels with a design life of more than 100 years.
This award-winning system is a simple, in-situ reinforced concrete lining technique designed for difficult-to-access sites and has a very low environmental impact.
Application
The Tunneline pipe system is a ‘cast in place’ lining technology that is delivered under pressure into a modular rigid steel formwork, using self compacting concrete mixes.
When the shutters are removed, the internal finish is similar to that of pre cast factory units, and in most applications leads to more efficient and improved flow characteristics despite hydraulic loss.
Tunneline is designed under either AS3600 or AS5100 together with AS3725 standards to provide an independent structural element or can be used as a composite element inside brick and concrete structures.
Benefits
- Significant time and cost savings
- Does not require any advanced pre-works or stabilisation. Holes, cracks or missing masonry do not need to be repaired prior to installation
- Can be constructed inside any existing man-access structure regardless of shape, or access.
- Suitable for any host format ranging from 1200mm upward
Robotics and Point-lining
The use of pipeline robotics for the trenchless repair of defective pipelines and removal of pipe blockages has been a core part of PipeTech’s business for many years.
We have a fleet of pipeline robotic trucks operating throughout Australia and a team of skilled and competent operators who ensure high productivity and efficiency in clearing blocked sewers.
We have the capability to repair diameters ranging from 80mm up to 1000mm.
Our point-lining method is a time-tested and highly regarded localised pipeline repair product for gravity pipelines.
Application
Can be used for clearance of blocked sewers due to tree roots, debris and concrete. The hydraulically driven grinding robots provide impressive performance, allowing for cutting, grinding and milling of most materials, intrusions and encrustations.
Point-liners are suitable for the sealing of live connections, repair of cracks, fractures, fragmentation, leakage, broken and displaced joints, capping of disused junctions, corrosion and more.
Benefits
- Experienced, skilled operators
- Powerful grinding capacity and robust design
- Able to grind and remove an array of materials and foreign matters (roots, intrusions, connections, even bike frames and hub caps)
- Suitable across multiple pipeline assets
- Works in partnership with our KA-TE PMO robotics fleet as a solution to tree root intrusions and blockages
- All material components packaged to minimise
CCTV Inspection and Reporting
Closed-circuit Television (CCTV) inspection and reporting services for the assessment of pipelines has been a core part of PipeTech’s service offering since day one.
Our advanced CCTV technology capabilities provide an accurate assessment of pipe assets, allowing us to determine the condition and serviceability of an asset.
Application
PipeTech have a fleet of tractor driven CCTV cameras to suit every job, including push rod cameras for smaller applications, which allow for the inspection of pipelines ranging in diameter from 50mm up to 1200mm.
We also provide a man-entry inspection service for larger pipeline applications.
Benefits
- Highly experienced, accredited CCTV operators
- Silent, emission-free plants that run on inverter generators
- Pinpoint accuracy for locating and recording of pipeline damage
- Advanced CCTV cameras to suit every job
- Latest reporting software enables our customers to review reports, videos and photos via a viewer module – with our experienced teams providing an effective solution to any issues identified
Civil Maintenance and Repair
PipeTech provides the complete suite of pipe and structure refurbishment services, including dig and repair and manhole rehabilitation to water authorities, councils and industrial clients.
We develop tailored rehabilitation plans in partnership with our clients that minimise the impact on local communities and the surrounding environment.
Backed by Downer’s reputation as a leading utilities provider and construction partner, we bring innovation and expertise to every project we manage on behalf of our customers.
As a preferred Sydney Water construction partner, PipeTech is a long-term partner delivering civil repair and maintenance across Australia’s largest city since 2017.
Why work with us?
- All work undertaken using ISO 9001:2015 quality system
- Experienced crews and operators
- Hands-on, in-house project managers and engineers
- Fleet of plant and equipment for civil works
