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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.

Ohio Project Multiple Challenges Overcome in Ohio Project
Nathan Eastway, P.E.
September 29, 2017
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Directional Drilling construction worker using technology
Digital World Comes to Underground Industry
September 27, 2017
Directional Drilling gas line restoration project
HDD Complexities Fail to Waver this St. Paul, Minnesota, Major Gas Line Restoration Project
September 25, 2017
Directional Drilling Mile HIgh Flawless
HDD Contractor Spotlight: Mile High Flawless
September 21, 2017
Applications drilling returns were recycled
HDD in Hawaii — Pearl Harbor’s Highly Sensitive Environment Was the Spot for a Fiber-Optic Installation
September 20, 2017
Directional Drilling American Augers
HDD Helps Install Water Main Across Texas Creek

In 2005, the West Harris County Regional Water Authority (WHCRWA) began constructing a water transmission system to prep...

September 18, 2017
Directional Drilling Replacing a 60-year-old Natural Gas Pipeline in Wisconsin
What a Difference a Half Century Makes

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) can be an essential tool for replacing natural gas pipelines in locations that are...

September 12, 2017
Directional Drilling
HDD Rig Shopping Catalog: What’s Out there for Today’s Drillers?

When it comes time to buy that new drill rig for your fleet, how do you go about it? Do you stay with the same manufactu...

September 11, 2017
Directional Drilling silhouette of construction workers
HDD Voices: How’s the HDD Market in 2017?

Each year, we present you with an overview of what is happening in the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market. We ...

September 7, 2017
Applications Lewis Mfg. Directional Boring Swivel
Ball Bearing Swivels: What You Need to Know about Selection,...

Ball bearing swivels in general are roller thrust bearings for supporting axial loads. Some models (typically larger swi...

August 31, 2017
News Armadrillco StraightLine HDD
Armadrillco High-Flow/Side-Load Housing Adapted to the StraightLine RockEye

The most recent development in StraightLine HDD’s acquisition of Armadrillco is the adaption of the patented Armad...

August 22, 2017
25 Years of Trenchless Technology Magazine 1st place crew drilling in 2001
Remember the International HDD Rodeos?

As Trenchless Technology marks its 25th anniversary in 2017, we thought it would be fun to look back at the Internationa...

August 18, 2017
Canada Mears Canada in the Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle HDD Project Brings Fibre to the Northwest Territories

Cold and remote. Those words give an accurate, albeit succinct, description of a recent project in the Northwest Territo...

August 8, 2017
Canada Enbridge Norlite Fiber Install
Not Your Typical HDD Fiber Install

  In the oil and gas industry horizontal directional drilling is a preferred crossing method to minimize potential ...

July 21, 2017
Directional Drilling Ditch Witch at White House
Ditch Witch Represents Oklahoma in Made in America Product Showcase...

Ditch Witch, a Charles Machine Works Company, represented Oklahoma at the Made in America Product Showcase celebrating A...

July 18, 2017
Directional Drilling
PVC & HDD Innovations

PVC has been in use across the United States for water pressure applications since the 1950s. It’s earliest use wa...

July 17, 2017
Directional Drilling Lake Sakakawea JD Hair
HDD Used to Cross Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota

For most energy companies, planning to install a pipeline crossing beneath a sensitive resource over a length exceeding ...

July 10, 2017
25 Years of Trenchless Technology Magazine Underground Utility Cutaway
Benefits of Using Subsurface Utility Engineering for HDD Projects

Historically, the word “utilities” was considered a four letter word to many engineers, designers and contra...

June 30, 2017
Applications UEA Pty NSW HDD
UEA Completes Highest Elevation HDD in New South Wales, Australia

The Bald Hill Reserve upgrade is a $7.4 million improvement project of the existing Bald Hill viewing area and surroundi...

June 26, 2017
Applications
A Look at the Latest Vacuum Excavator Offerings

Contractors working in an increasingly crowded underground space know the value of calling 811 before they dig to locate...

June 6, 2017
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