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Horizontal Directional Drilling

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is a minimally invasive trenchless method of installing underground utilities such as pipe, conduit or cables in a relatively shallow arc or radius along a prescribed underground path using a surface-launched drilling rig.

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Jim Schill
March 12, 2018
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Horizontal Directional Drilling mudmixing
How to Plan and Mix Your Best HDD Drilling Fluid
March 5, 2018
Directional Drilling Melfred Borzall Fastback System
Product Spotlight: Melfred Borzall FastBack System
March 2, 2018
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2018 HDD Academy Held in Arizona
March 1, 2018
Directional Drilling Rockmaster
All Terrain Technology vs. Mud Motors
February 22, 2018
Directional Drilling tool layout
What’s Electro-Magnetic Technology?

EM Technology Brings Strong Reputation from Oil and Gas industry to Trenchless Operations   The use of Electro-Magn...

February 15, 2018
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LaValley Industries Welcomes New HDD Sales Representative

In January, LaValley Industries announced that Rich Prosser joined the company as its newest HDD sales representative. &...

February 13, 2018
Business/People Hunting Trenchless
Brent Dennis Joins Hunting Trenchless Sales Team

As part of a continued commitment to provide incomparable service to its dealers and customers, Hunting Trenchless added...

January 26, 2018
Directional Drilling Ditch Witch
Staying Connected: West Pacific Drilling Effortlessly Bores Through Hard Rock...

The steady progress of fiber projects shows no signs of stopping as communities demand high-speed connections. While lar...

January 26, 2018
Horizontal Directional Drilling ditch witch
Compact HDD Rigs: Small in Size, Big in Power and...

Compact Rig Market Continues to Shine for HDD The compact drill rig market in 2018 remains an incredibly busy and steady...

January 18, 2018
Directional Drilling E-Power Pipe
Innovation Underground: Herrenknecht Helps Improve Efficiency with New Technology

  Anyone who has been around underground construction for any length of time is no doubt familiar with Herrenknecht...

January 16, 2018
News Vermeer D8x12 Navigator HDD
Product Spotlight: Vermeer D8x12 Navigator Horizontal Directional Drill

The new compact and highly productive D8x12 Navigator horizontal directional drill is sized for working in tight spaces,...

January 5, 2018
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Walkover Locating Systems: The Brains of the HDD Operation

  On a HDD project site, each piece of equipment has an important role to complete a successful project. Let’...

January 5, 2018
Features apryl fouts on her pink drill
Oregon’s Drill Diva and Her Panther Pink Drill

  Around the Willamette Valley, Oregon, Apryl Fouts is known as the “Drill Diva” by her colleagues and ...

January 2, 2018
Directional Drilling hdd under spring river
Air Hammer Scores First-Ever HDD Bore in Abrasive Limestone

Change in Tooling Strategy Pays Off for Oklahoma-based Contractor Jeremy and Jerrod Wood like a challenge.   The br...

December 14, 2017
Directional Drilling RJN Group
Trenchless Engineering Profile: Force Main Navigates Under Challenging Sites

Designing and constructing an 18-in. force main under a creek with certified levees and through a designated floodplain,...

December 7, 2017
Directional Drilling virtual hydrolics software
HDD Engineered to Minimize Frac-out in New Zealand

The past decades have seen the rapid development of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technologies and services for ...

November 28, 2017
Canada drilling in the winter
Avoiding a Deep Freeze: Tips for Horizontal Directional Drilling in...

Sitting at my desk and looking at the beautiful fall colors out my window, I can only think of one thing: “When wi...

November 3, 2017
Directional Drilling Miami Beach HDD
Project of the Year 2017 New Installation Runner Up: Miami...

In 2013, the City of Miami Beach, Florida, conducted a condition assessment on the existing 54-in. sanitary sewage force...

October 24, 2017
Directional Drilling Crabtree & Upper Pigeon House Sewer Tunnels Project
Project of the Year 2017 New Installation Honorable Mentions

This Raleigh, North Carolina project involved 2,880 lf of 75.4-in. and 60-in. using microtunneling in 10 tunnels by both...

October 24, 2017
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