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Directional Drilling

Directional drilling, also known as 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.

ditch witch Compact HDD Rigs: Small in Size, Big in Power and Options
Sharon M. Bueno
January 18, 2018
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Directional Drilling E-Power Pipe
Innovation Underground: Herrenknecht Helps Improve Efficiency with New Technology
January 16, 2018
News Vermeer D8x12 Navigator HDD
Product Spotlight: Vermeer D8x12 Navigator Horizontal Directional Drill
January 5, 2018
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Walkover Locating Systems: The Brains of the HDD Operation
January 5, 2018
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Oregon’s Drill Diva and Her Panther Pink Drill
January 2, 2018
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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
Directional Drilling 15th annual Ditch Witch customer event
Latest Equipment and Tech Showcased at 15th Annual Ditch Witch...

Ditch Witch, a Charles Machine Works Company, showcased its latest equipment and technology at the 15th annual internati...

November 21, 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
Business/People Ditch Witch
Ditch Witch Hosts High School Students for National Manufacturing Day

  In recognition of National Manufacturing Day, Ditch Witch, a Charles Machine Works company, hosted 220 high schoo...

November 2, 2017
Business/People
Tulsa Rig Iron Celebrates 30 Years of Service

Tulsa Rig Iron celebrated the company’s 30th anniversary by hosting a luncheon on Sept. 20 at its state-of-the-art...

October 26, 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
Business/People Melfred Borzall 100K blades
Melfred Borzall Celebrates Production of 100,000 Directional Blades

  Melfred Borzall, one of the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) industry’s pioneers and the biggest name ...

October 16, 2017
Directional Drilling American Augers M200D
HDD Fluid Cleaning Systems: Reducing Increased Costs of HDD Operation

The environmental and financial impacts of drilling fluid on HDD jobsites continue to be a priority for HDD contractors....

October 12, 2017
Business/People Mears HDD Simulator pilot hole
Mears Group Develops HDD Rig Simulator

Mears Group, Inc. has developed an integrated horizontal directional drilling (HDD) simulator that works with actual HDD...

October 9, 2017
News HDD Academy
Planning Under Way for 2018 HDD Academy

Arizona State University, Benjamin Media Partner for Two-Day Program Come February 22-23 the place for the horizontal di...

October 6, 2017
Directional Drilling Vermeer D40x55DR S3
ICUEE 2017: Vermeer’s New D40x55DR S3 Navigator HDD

ICUEE 2017 is well under way and one of our first stops was at the Vermeer exhibit where we chatted with Vermeer product...

October 3, 2017
Directional Drilling Ditch Wicth AT40
Ditch Witch Debuts Next Generation AT40 All Terrain Directional Drill

**Editor’s Note: This post was updated to include the above video. The Ditch Witch AT40 made its official debut at...

October 3, 2017
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