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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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October 25, 2023
Directional Drilling above ground power lines
HDD Locating Technology Critical to Project Success
October 23, 2023
Features Ed Malzahn
Trenchless Pioneers: Ed Malzahn
October 20, 2023
Directional Drilling Installers skillfully bored a nearly mile-long path underground
Installing a New Water Main Below the Intracoastal Waterway
October 18, 2023
Directional Drilling HDD for GCRTA project
HDD Integral to GCRTA Waterfront Line Bridge Repair Work

A pit-launch HDD was integral to the repair of the GCRTA's Waterfront Line....

October 12, 2023
Project of the Year Golden Ears Force Main
2023 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year New Installation Runner...

The overall scale of the project pushed the respective trenchless technologies to their ultimate capacities....

October 9, 2023
Project of the Year Reclaimed Water Transmission Main - Caloosahatchee River Crossing
2023 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year New Installation Honorable...

This project included a record-length HDD installation of a single 7,630-lf fusible PVC pipeline drilled across the Calo...

October 5, 2023
Directional Drilling
Drilling Fluid – The First Step of Solids Control

As I sit in front of my laptop preparing to write an article about Solids Control the first thought that pops into my he...

October 3, 2023
Directional Drilling
Inadvertent Returns

Primary Causes and Preventative Measures In one way or another, if you’ve worked in or around the HDD industry you...

October 3, 2023
Directional Drilling Mears HDD under air force base runway
Horizontal Directional Drilling Beneath the Tinker Air Force Base Runway

Tinker Air Force Base, in Midwest City, Oklahoma, was built in 1941 and named in honor of Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker o...

September 29, 2023
Canada HDD gold exploration in Quebec
Trenchless and the Search for Gold – Beauce Gold Fields...

When it comes to horizontal directional drilling (HDD), typical projects focus on sewer, water, fibre, oil, gas and elec...

September 22, 2023
Directional Drilling Schuykill River crossing
Crossing the Schuykill River via HDD: Extensive Planning, Adjustments and...

As all horizontal directional drilling (HDD) contractors know, you don’t really know what you’re getting int...

August 30, 2023
Features Dick Melsheimer in the field
Trenchless Pioneers: Dick Melsheimer

Dick Melsheimer’s innovations were critical to the success of Melfred Borzall, as well as the directional drilling mar...

August 16, 2023
Directional Drilling Vineyard Wind One project
Dual HDD Installs Key to Vineyard Wind One Offshore Wind...

The success of the HDD landfalls on the Vineyard Wind One project established a standard for all offshore wind and landf...

August 15, 2023
Features Pull back of 1,305 lf of 30-in. HDPE pipe
Merger Leads to Continued Growth for Huxted Trenchless

What’s in a name? In the case of Huxted Trenchless, a new name comes packed with decades of experience and expertise i...

August 14, 2023
Directional Drilling Vermeer HDD maxi rig
HDD Maxi Rig Update – Gaining Strength and New Markets

Things are looking positive, strong and steady for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market these days...

August 11, 2023
Directional Drilling 2in mult-duct installation
LT Directional’s Large 27-Way, 2-in. Multi-Duct Installation

LT Directional's job was to install 27, 2-in. pipes over a few hundred feet that paralleled the San Mateo rail....

July 12, 2023
Directional Drilling mud reclaiming
Mud Reclaiming on Mid-Size and Large-Diameter HDD Projects

Over the last decade, reclaimers (recyclers, mud recycling systems) have become a staple for mid-sized to large-diameter...

July 7, 2023
Directional Drilling HDD brings fiber optics to rural communities
Strategic Partnership Brings Fiber Connectivity to Rural America

The need for fiber connectivity in rural America has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly every elemen...

June 23, 2023
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