Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)

Horizontal directional drill offers additional versatility Horizontal directional drill units are sizable investments for any utility construction company. That’s why identifying a unit that...

Muddy water is not a dream product for a utility — or for a company putting waterlines in place. When King Drilling...

Like many young companies, King Drilling in London, Ontario, is looking to grow. But owner Chris King isn’t in a hurry about...

Machines operate best under optimum conditions. For instance, different tools like different soils. Technicians working with electromagnetic locator devices prefer loose and loamy ground...

Southern Directional owns 10 horizontal direction drilling machines, all made by Vermeer. More than half of the fleet is made up of D24x40 S3...

Tina Calma pauses when asked about the most challenging job ever performed by Southern Directional, the underground-utilities business she co-owns with her...

How companies handle adversity often serves as a litmus test for success. Take Southern Directional, for instance, an underground-utilities and directional-boring company in...

Entry 444257Tony Barbera, CEO and co-owner of Barbco in East Canton, Ohio, was recently a keynote speaker at the eighth annual Utica...

There’s no room on a horizontal directional drilling job site for shortcuts. That’s especially true when it comes to preventing cross bores....

After years of preparation, work on the Cedar Station Upgrade Northern Natural Gas (NNG) in Dakota County, Minnesota, was completed this past...

If you want to get the most productivity from your horizontal directional drill, it is crucial that you’re using the appropriate tooling...

Operating a horizontal directional drill is a bit of an art, but it takes science to be successful. Science is at the...

Whether an underground crew is installing fiberoptic, conduit, cable, electrical, gas or water lines, choosing the right installation method is imperative to...

The horizontal directional drilling industry has come a long way since Vermeer introduced its first rig in 1991. The equipment, technology and...

In directional drilling, much of the focus is put on the drill itself, but if you want to eliminate downtime on job...

Equipment maintenance is never a trivial matter, but when it comes to directional drilling, it perhaps carries a bit of extra weight. That’s...

Vacuum trailers a fit for rental marketProblemColumbus, Indiana’s, Gehring Underground sought a way to help contractors by establishing a rental fleet of...