Michels Canada extended the limits of trenchless construction in Canada by completing what is now the longest successful horizontal directional drill installation in Canada to date.
The company completed a 11,614-foot (3,540-meter) crossing by horizontal directional drilling in Burlington, Ontario, under the Hidden Lake Golf Club. The installation is part of Imperial’s Waterdown to Finch Project, a proactive replacement of approximately 39 miles (63 kilometers) of the Sarnia Products Pipeline between the Waterdown pump station in rural Hamilton and the storage facility in Toronto’s North York area.
The previous record was of 7,201 feet (2,195 meters), also set by Michels Canada.
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