Auger Boring: A Key Component in Railroad Expansion
The railroad system continues to be a major component in the transportation of raw materials…
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20 Years Later: Looking Back at the Development of the Small Boring Unit
Much has been written about Small Boring Units — rock cutting attachments that work with…
With the Right People, The Crossing Group Helps Build North America’s Infrastructure Future
Growth Through Mutual Success Since forming in 1997 with one horizontal directional drill and focused…
McLaughlin Debuts Steerable Rock System for Auger Boring
McLaughlin recently introduced its Steerable Rock System (SRS), the auger boring market’s first steerable head…
Auger Boring Through Complex Geology
Located just eight miles northeast of downtown Washington D.C., Riverdale Park Maryland is a thriving…
Barbco FlexBor, TriBor Demonstration Day a Success
Barbco Inc., a manufacturer of equipment for underground utility installations, invited customers to its East…
Akkerman Adds GRS-50 Family of Cutter Heads to Its Offerings
To achieve guided boring steel casing installations in deep, densely compacted ground and soft rock,…
TTC Hosting Auger Boring School in February
The Trenchless Technology Center at Louisiana Tech University (TTC) will hold its next auger boring…
Kamloops Augering & Boring Hydrohammer Allows for Larger Diameter Installation at Greater Lengths
What is a surface casing and why do you need one? Initially, a surface casing…
Auger Boring in Virginia: Crews Are Installing Two Bores for a New Water Line
Construction of a water transmission line — called the 342 Pressure Zone transmission line —…
FlexBor Unveiled in Pennsylvania
The new FlexBor system was recently unveiled during an open house at Trumbull Pipeline Services’…
Massive Pipeline Project Poses Unknown Obstacles
Joe Kandefer started out as a plumbing contractor, but it wasn’t long before his company…
Vancouver, British Columbia, Adds Trenchless Construction Methods to Its Toolbox
Over recent years, Vancouver, British Columbia, has experienced a rapid increase in population and urban…
Toronto’s Massive Push for Underground Infrastructure Tests the Durability of Small Boring Units
Toronto, Canada’s aging system of sewers and water mains is a manageable problem — until…
ICUEE Day Three: A Trenchless Technology Recap
The final day of ICUEE brought to a close an incredibly busy few days for…
ICUEE Day Two: A Trenchless Technology Recap (Part 1)
ICUEE 2015 had plenty to offer attendees Wednesday with the outdoor demos finally able to…
Hear About Robbins’ Remote Controlled Small Boring Unit #ICUEE
The piece of equipment we most wanted to see at the show but didn’t was…
Natural Gas Will Run from the United States through Northeastern and North-central Mexico
Mexico is undergoing an enormous natural gas pipeline project, the like of which has not…
Virginia Contractor Takes on Abrasive Diabase
Boring a small tunnel in hard rock is never an easy task, but when the rock is 28,000 psi UCS, the term “hard” doesn’t begin to cut it. That was the obstacle facing Virginia-based trenchless contractor Kruckenberg Service Co. at a set of utility bores for new sewer lines in Ashburn, Va., in late 2013.
Auger Boring in the Sand
Regardless of how many projects a company completes during a year, there are always one or two that stand out as worthy of sharing — Either as a warning (not to try it again) or as a beacon of hope that one can always find a solution, albeit a painful one.
