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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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Enlarged and in Charge
May 14, 2014
Directional Drilling
Alternative Method
May 14, 2014
Directional Drilling
Pure Technologies Ltd. Awarded $2.6M in New Work in Australia
May 14, 2014
Directional Drilling
SEKISUI SPR Americas and SEKISUI NordiTube Merge Services
April 9, 2014
Directional Drilling
Drill Rod Check

Horizontal directional drills are rugged machines designed to handle challenging situations. They are engineered to func...

April 8, 2014
Directional Drilling
Getting Connected

From an engineering standpoint, it might not be the largest project KCI Technologies Inc. has ever tackled but in terms...

April 8, 2014
Directional Drilling
Contractor Profile: EBC Enterprises Riding the Energy Wave

In the event that you’ve been living under 25,000 psi rock formation, there’s an oil and gas boom taking place in sh...

March 19, 2014
International News
Norwegian Driller Tackles Glacial Obstacle

In 1982, Torbjorn Reime started a company that differed from any other in all of Norway. His company, Torbjorn Reime Mas...

March 5, 2014
Directional Drilling
Refurbishing and Strengthening an Aging Rail Culvert with UV Lining

The latest name in UV-cured CIPP pipe lining is iLine (part of the i-Group of companies), which offers a management and...

February 19, 2014
Directional Drilling
Vacuum Excavation and HDD: A Quick Overview

Vacuum excavators have become a common site on horizontal directional drilling (HDD) jobs these days. A vacuum excavator...

February 18, 2014
Directional Drilling
Iron Clad:AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company Grows by Doing Things...

Based on the Golden Rule of treating others the way that you want to be treated, AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company has gro...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Contractor Profile: Global Underground Solutions

Every workday morning, five Global Underground Solutions horizontal directional drilling (HDD) crews are busy installing...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
HDD Used to Install Oregon High School’s Geothermal System

One of the greenest cities in the United States, — Portland, Ore. — is especially eco-conscious when it comes to urb...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Small But Mighty!

When Trenchless Technology last looked at the state of the market for this sub group of horizontal directional drills (H...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Two Platforms, Two Shore Approaches, Two Lines… and a Hurricane

The power supply for Virginia’s densely populated Middle Peninsula Area, on the Chesapeake Bay, is currently adequate...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Emergency!

The Fairfield Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) called upon Michels Pipe Services in September for the emergency rehabilitati...

January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
“A Locator’s Odyssey” — Identifying and Dealing with Interference

Many HDD locating systems do a remarkable job of filtering out errant signals but there are times when unwanted signals...

January 2, 2014
Directional Drilling
HDD Under the Mississippi River

It takes a lot for a pipeline to cross under the chief river of North America’s largest drainage system via horizontal...

January 2, 2014
Directional Drilling
High Definition Pipeline Inspection Cameras

Since 1957, the video inspection of pipelines has given system owners valuable information regarding their underground a...

December 2, 2013
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