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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.

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HDD and Flood Relief Aid
January 19, 2012
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Vision Directional Drilling Devises Innovative Approach for Installing Geothermal System at George Washington Birthplace
January 19, 2012
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UIM Conference Visits Arlington, Va.
January 19, 2012
Directional Drilling
Marcellus Shale Play HDD Challenges and Triumphs
December 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
Understanding Locators 101

Locating underground utilities is becoming more of a challenge as the vast array of lines in the ground continues to inc...

December 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
ELECTRONIC DRILLMASTER Report

The installation of a product pipe using horizontal directional drilling is a process where the drilling machine part of...

December 27, 2011
Canada
Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Design Firms & 10 Engineering Firm...

Trenchless Technology’s annual ranking of engineering design firms. Get to know more about the Top 10 engineering desi...

December 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
HDD in Marcellus Country: Where ‘Boring’ Means Exciting

Well done, you. Your geologists found natural gas hiding thousands of feet underground. Your legal team negotiated right...

November 22, 2011
Directional Drilling
HDD Used to Drill Under Texas Golf Course

The project traversed two affluent Fort Worth, Texas, suburbs and ranks among the longest continuous bores in trenchless...

November 22, 2011
Directional Drilling
The Advantages of Rock Drilling with Pneumatic Hammers

It used to be on cross-country fiber projects in which there were miles of plowing and boring, common practice called fo...

November 22, 2011
Applications
Improving Management of Liquid HDD Waste

The cost-effective management of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) waste fluid is an ongoing issue in all jurisdicti...

October 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
HDD Vital to Flood Relief Project in Minnesota

The Straight River normally winds lazily throughout southern Minnesota, but in September 2010, southeastern Minnesota, i...

October 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
OnGrade Sewer Installations Using HDD By Richard Levings

There are many current methods of installing sewer ongrade including open-cut, microtunneling, auger boring, pipe jackin...

October 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
IPLOCA Meets in Beijing

The International Pipe Line & Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA) held its 45th annual convention Sept. 12-16 at t...

October 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
Oval Profile Sewer Rehabbed Near Entrance to Vienna

In Vienna, a 1,550-m mixed water sewer is currently being rehabilitated using light-curing GFRP pipe liners. The project...

September 29, 2011
Directional Drilling
Remediation Beneath California Tank Farm:

Horizontal directional drilling has long been established as a viable, even preferred, technology for installing remedia...

September 21, 2011
Directional Drilling
Afghan SBU Flies Below Bagram Airfield

Many of today’s trenchless projects are in challenging conditions, but completing a crossing in a war zone adds a new...

September 21, 2011
Directional Drilling
HDD Tooling: Is Renting an Option for You?

One goal of every contractor is to save time and money when and where they can. In an industry that has seen a decrease...

August 30, 2011
Directional Drilling
Products Offer Design-Build Contractor Extra Security

North Bay Village, Fla., is a small community near Miami that resides entirely on islands between the mainland and the b...

August 30, 2011
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