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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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May 24, 2016
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Melfred Borzall Turns 70
May 20, 2016
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HDPE in for the Long Haul Via HDD
April 22, 2016
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Drilling Fluids Recycling Systems 101

Drilling fluids recycling systems can provide horizontal directional drilling (HDD) contractors with a multitude of bene...

April 21, 2016
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Drill Pipe Under-Torque: The Devil in Disguise

Many of you have been there. It’s your first large-diameter bore with your shiny, new maxi drill rig. Part of the ...

April 19, 2016
Features Fiber and the Globe
Growth in Fiber: Trenchless Benefits as People Become More Connected

Fiber deployments across North America are on the rise as individuals and businesses clamor for high-speed and more reli...

April 18, 2016
Auger Boring Vancouver adds Trenchless
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 densification. ...

April 1, 2016
Directional Drilling Second-year sellout endorses HDD industry’s desire to learn, grow
2016 HDD Academy a Resounding Success

The 2016 HDD Academy, hosted by the Arizona State University Del E. Webb School of Construction and Benjamin Media Inc.,...

March 31, 2016
Directional Drilling Pipeline River and Levee Crossing Combines Trenchless and Over-the-Top Construction Methods
HDD Challenge: Pipeline River and Levee Crossing Combines Trenchless and...

How can you install a pipeline under the Atchafalaya River with trenchless construction while still providing the most p...

March 30, 2016
Directional Drilling NCS
Contractor Profile: Networx Cabling Systems

Based in Flagstaff,  Ariz., NCS operates in Arizona and California with licenses pending in New Mexico and Nevada...

March 28, 2016
Directional Drilling
Toro Partners with Utility One Source

Toro and Utility One Source have partnered to provide utility companies and contractors with rental access to Toro under...

March 28, 2016
Features Winter Downtime? Spend it Wisely by Giving Your Pump a Finetuning to Help Save you Money
Mud Pump Check Up

Since horizontal directional drilling (HDD) work tends to be slower in the winter months, particularly when the ground i...

March 24, 2016
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Sharewell HDD Announces New Gemini HDD Product Line

In collaboration with Smith Bits – A Schlumberger Co., Sharewell HDD Services announces its new Gemini HDD product...

March 2, 2016
Directional Drilling
Drilling in Hard Rock in Northern Virginia

In early December 2015, Mincon Group PLC, an Irish engineering company with almost 40 years of manufacturing experience ...

February 24, 2016
Business/People
Ditch Witch Certified Training Program Now Available

“We’re In This Together” is the philosophy at the Ditch Witch organization, a Charles Machine Works Co...

February 23, 2016
Canada
Crossing the Athabasca River in Canada

Long before a drill bit bores into the ground, a contractor’s experience and comprehensive planning process help t...

February 16, 2016
Directional Drilling
In the Neighborhood Utility Contractors Keep Compact HDD Market Busy

Large horizontal directional drilling (HDD) projects – like Michels Canada’s 7,200 ft, 42-in. crossing compl...

January 26, 2016
Directional Drilling
Fiber Network Allows for ‘Next Generation’ Technology at University

When a Midwestern liberal arts college sought a contractor to build out a new fiber-optic network to support the technol...

January 20, 2016
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