Horizontal Directional Drilling is a trenchless technique of installing underground pipes and conduits that is gaining in popularity. Besides enabling crossings underneath rivers, roads and structures ...

The immense task of maintaining and expanding the utility infrastructure around the world is a challenging one. The traditional methods of replacement and repair primarily revolved around open trench ...

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was introduced in the late 1980s; the process was not an overnight success. Drill manufacturers spent the initial years explaining to skeptical contractors the ...

as the Father of HDD, crossed the Pajaro River in northern California in 1971. Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has gained popularity in the power delivery industry for undergrounding ...

Inherent risks exist in any construction project, particularly when installing an underground transmission line. Project partners often run into unexpected encounters when working beneath the earth’s ...

The Mariner East 2 pipeline, which spans 303 miles, is the largest project that Pennsylvania environmental regulators have ever dealt with. They know they will be judged by how they handle this ...

Ditch Witch replaces its JT4020 with a 60,000-lb.-thrust directional drill that has a patented two-pipe drilling system Ditch Witch replaced its JT4020 directional drill with the new JT60, that can be ...

Weeks before an anticipated final permitting decision regarding the Line 5 pipeline tunnel project, federal regulators put a new option on the table The option: Skipping the tunnel project and instead ...

Works related to the offshore section of the second interconnector commenced, with Nexans starting horizontal directional drilling works in Malta, the Energy Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.