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Vacuum Excavation and HDD: A Quick Overview
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February 18, 2014
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Directional Drilling
Iron Clad:AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company Grows by Doing Things ‘The Right Way’
January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
Contractor Profile: Global Underground Solutions
January 21, 2014
Archives
Small Diameter Boring Machines add up to Big Savings in Wyoming
January 21, 2014
Directional Drilling
HDD Used to Install Oregon High School’s Geothermal System
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
Auger Boring
Electric Auger Boring Machine Enters the Market

The auger boring world is taking a major step forward with the introduction of the Thunderbolt 2 electric auger boring m...

January 2, 2014
Canada
Salvo Creates New Engineering Firm

After having spent 12 years as WSA Trenchless Consultants, followed by almost five years at GENIVAR, on Oct. 1, Piero Sa...

January 2, 2014
Features
Who Are Today’s Trenchless Engineers?

Engineers are a distinctive, creative and somewhat mysterious group — who are they really?...

December 31, 2013
Auger Boring
Auger Boring in Arizona

The area south of Tucson, Ariz., is a rapidly growing area and is home to the residential communities of Sahuarita and G...

December 31, 2013
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
Directional Drilling
Drilling Between Rock and Hard Places

Of the many types of geological matter that compose the Earth’s surface, none is more abundant than rock. This natural...

December 2, 2013
Directional Drilling
Rock Drilling: The Right Tools for a Solid Bore

Once upon a time, encountering rock formations during a bore could completely stall an horizontal directional drilling (...

December 2, 2013
Lateral Rehab
Technological Advancements Help Lateral Cutters Keep Pace with Evolving Rehab...

In today’s sewer rehabilitation industry, the term “lateral cutter” describes a sophisticated multi-function robot...

October 29, 2013
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Principles of Solids Control

Relative to the use of drilling fluids within the oil and gas industry, the use of drilling fluids within the horizontal...

October 29, 2013
Directional Drilling
Contractor Profile: J. Wayne Backhoe

It’s unlikely that Jason Miller, a humble, mild-mannered pipeline and utilities installer from Walnut Creek, Ohio, wil...

October 29, 2013