Last week, we hosted a truly inspiring international conference in Gelsenkirchen, Germany: “AI, Drones, Sensors and Robots for Smart Sewers and Urban Drainage 2025” More than 50 experts from across the globe gathered to explore how cutting-edge technologies are transforming the way we inspect and manage urban drainage systems.
This international conference brings together experts and innovators to explore cutting-edge AI, robotics, and sensor technologies for real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and smarter infrastructure solutions.
Held to celebrate IKT – Institute for Underground Infrastructure’s 30th anniversary, on September 11th and 12th, 2024, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, the event brought together IKT’s research collaborators with sewer and urban drainage network owners from around the world.
How to keep roots away from sewage pipes? IKT investigates protection systems in a long-term project. Researchers want to find out which protective measures are suitable. They have now dug up their worldwide unique in-situ test rig. The initial results are surprising.
We warmly welcome Renotec NV as a new member of our IKT Association of Industry and Services! Renotec NV is Belgium’s largest sewer rehabilitation company. It has more than 30 years of experience and employs 900 people.
When a group of far-sighted experts founded a new research institute for sewerage technology in 1994, they could hardly have imagined how important the topic would become over the next three decades. Prof. Dietrich Stein from Ruhr University Bochum, Dr. Rolf Bielecki, Senior Construction Director from the Hamburg Building Authority, and Jürgen Wilms from Hochtief AG had recognised something that is undisputed today: Germany’s, and the World‘s sewerage infrastructure needs…
