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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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June 1, 2008
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Drill Pipe: More Than a Supporting Player on HDD Projects
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Drill Master: You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Can’t Make It Drink
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Looking Back and Moving Forward

Vaporooter has been a go-to solution for sewer root control. With a proven product and continued development, Vaporooter...

May 1, 2008
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Drill Master: Planning and Managing HDD Installations

Today’s HDD contractors have some very good planning tools at their disposal....

April 1, 2008
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What’s Holding Back the Open-Cut Sewer Industry From Using HDD?

This article will address several issues that seem to be holding back the open-excavation sewer industry from going tren...

April 1, 2008
Canada
Prosperous Pipelines

As the population expands, the need for resources increases year after year....

April 1, 2008
Canada
Sanexen Environmental

In the late 1990s, Sanexen created a structural water main rehabilitation technique, Aqua-Pipe, which is now making its...

February 1, 2008
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Pump It Up

In today’s society, we’re always upgrading. Whether it’s super-sizing a value meal at the local fast food restaura...

February 1, 2008
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Drill Master: Monitoring Your Solids

There is more solids removal equipment used in the HDD industry today than ever before. This is causing some problems....

February 1, 2008
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City of Dover, Del:

By its sheer nature, you expect a sewer bypass project to be messy. Contractors, engineers and pumping solution speciali...

February 1, 2008
Directional Drilling
J. Fletcher Creamer & Son Celebrate 85th Anniversary

J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, one of the leading names in the construction business involved with many of the industry’s...

February 1, 2008
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Meets the Needs of Expanding Communities

Thomas Township, Mich., uses directional drilling to expand its water and wastewater infrastructure to supply a greater...

January 1, 2008
Directional Drilling
HDD & Fusible PVC Team for a West Virginia Sewer...

Around the United States, directional drillers are starting to use fusible PVC pipe as part of their HDD projects, learn...

January 1, 2008
Archives
HDD Roundtable: HDD Rates–Fair or Foul?

HDD contractors discuss the directional drilling market for 2008....

December 1, 2007
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HDD Gas Project in New York

HDD is used in New York to complete a project located in an enivironmentally sensitive area....

December 1, 2007
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Fusible PVC & HDD Forge Successful Project in South Carolina

10-in. diameter fusible PVC pipe was used in this record breaking HDD project....

December 1, 2007
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Top 10 Engineering Firms Profiles

Get to know more about the Top 10 engineering design firms....

December 1, 2007
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