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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 Crossing in Florida Completed Using Design-Build
October 1, 2010
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Case Study: Escambia Superfund Site in Pensacola, Fla.
October 1, 2010
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DrillMaster: New Methods for Gravity Sewers
October 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
HDD, Restrained Joint PVC Pipe
September 10, 2010
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Lessons Learned

The City of X and its engineer bid during summer 2005, 3,200 ft of 36-in. HDPE pipe for a lake cross...

September 1, 2010
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Directional Drilling for Environmental Remediation

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to install environmental remediation wells entered the market...

September 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Where Is Mortimer?

Mortimer, the famed sewer rat, was offered up once again for the Education Auction at the No-Dig Sho...

September 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Pneumatic Boring Head

When traveling through the Mississippi River Valley of La Crosse, Wis., the challenges of constructi...

August 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Tracking Plastic Pipe

During the industry boom a few years back, a large number of conduits were installed using horizonta...

August 1, 2010
Canada
Trenchless Road Show a Success in Toronto

The final stop for the 2010 Trenchless Road Show program was in Toronto, Canada, June 9-10....

August 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Taking the Pulse of the HDD Market

One thing the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) community has learned is that the HDD market is...

July 1, 2010
Canada
HDD in Nigeria

Chris Frisch and Darwin Wiebe and their HDD team went a long way from home to complete a difficult h...

July 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Pump-less Flow Diversion

The two large interceptor structures at Sand Creek in Colorado Springs, Colo., have been due for a n...

July 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Air Hammer Technology Used on Texas HDD Project

On a pipeline installation near Godley, Texas, pipeline contractor Pumpco Inc. of Giddings, Texas, w...

June 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
DRILLMASTER Report

Installing geothermal or ground source heat pump systems to heat and cool homes and businesses is no...

June 1, 2010
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PCCA 2010 Held in Orlando

More than 350 PCCA members, family and friends made the journey to Orlando, Fla., in March for the 6...

June 1, 2010
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HDD in the Bayou

Monty Scruggs with Isaacks Directional Drilling has some basic advice when it comes to large-diamete...

June 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Groundwater Festival

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May 18, 2010
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Ground Penetrating Radar:

Development of new technologies in today’s world seems ever more so to move at light speed in many...

May 1, 2010
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