THREE WAYS FLUID CLEANING SYSTEMS KEEP HDD JOBSITES EFFICIENT
As featured in Trenchless Technology Horizontal directional drill (HDD) operators know that drilling fluid is a key element to jobsite success. However, clean drilling fluid is an operator’s bread and butter. Drilling fluid, or “mud,” is used to lubricate downhole tooling, cool electronics, carry cuttings to the surface and stabilize the borehole. However, if the […]
FLORIDA CONTRACTOR OVERCOMES LAND AND SEA CHALLENGES FOR SUCCESSFUL JOB OUTCOME
As featured in Dig Different Florida’s Earth View takes on a directional drilling job with a wet exit to install seawater intake lines for a nature center’s sea turtle habitat. Earth View is accustomed to challenging directional drilling jobs. But no matter the obstacles a given job may present, typically the company has a bore […]
HOW TO EMPLOY A SUCCESSFUL AUGER BORING JOBSITE
Here are three key factors contractors should consider when looking to complete an auger boring project on time and on budget.
HOW GLOBAL DEMAND AND TECH ARE BOOSTING ROADBUILDING GROWTH
Whether you are a contractor, OEM, technology company or a government agency handing out the money, it’s a good time to be in the roadbuilding business.
WHY AN ELECTRIC AUGER BORING MACHINE IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
A switch to electric auger boring machines offers multiple on-the-job benefits — from quieter and safer job sites, to enhanced equipment performance.
DIRECTIONAL DRILLING: MUDDY WATERS: 3 WAYS FLUID CLEANING SYSTEMS CAN IMPROVE JOBSITE SUCCESS
As demand for underground construction projects continues to increase, getting the most from your equipment is vital to job-site success.
THREE TIPS FOR MAINTAINING AN AUGER BORING MACHINE
Here are three maintenance tips that will support machines functioning at a high level, keep operators safe and help ensure jobsite productivity.
CONTRACTOR OFFERS EUROPE’S FIRST ELECTRIC AUGER BORING OPTION
The demand for electric vehicles isn’t limited to passenger vehicles. The drive to be more environmentally friendly has reached the underground construction industry, too. Especially in Europe, where regulations aimed at reducing a crew’s carbon footprint are rising, and the public is valuing, more than ever, underground construction crews who look for green options. One […]
5 REASONS TO INVEST IN AN ELECTRIC AUGER BORING MACHINE
The construction industry is seeing the beginnings of change. Electrical equipment is starting to gain traction in many parts of the world.
CELEBRATING HDD AT 50
Horizontal directional drilling — better known as HDD — is now 50 years old. Hard to believe there was a time that such an integral component of the arsenal of trenchless tools was unheard of or not commonly used. Martin Cherrington — commonly referenced as the Father of HDD — crossed the Pajaro River in […]
