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Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Articles
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Creating an HDD Fluid Management Plan
With increasing regulations targeting the disposal of horizontal directional drilling fluids and rising disposal costs, mud is becoming a major concern for...
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Control Fluid Management Costs with the MUD Hub Slurry Solidification System
The new Vermeer MUD Hub slurry solidification system helps control the cost, time and complexity of drilling fluid management. Using the new...
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Benefits of Becoming a Certified HDD Operator
Since September of 2015, more than 75 operators have completed the Vermeer HDD Circuit training program. This two-week course pairs Vermeer experts with...
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Discover the Brute Power and Profitability of Hydroexcavation Services
Investing in expensive equipment in an effort to diversify services and enter new markets poses a calculated risk, especially when it involves...
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A Gallery of Diggers: Contractors Out in the Field
With the two profiles Dig Different magazine features each issue, we capture the work that contractors do through both words and pictures.
When...
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Ditch Witch Introduces HDD Virtual Reality Simulator
Ditch Witch has introduced an industry-first virtual reality simulator to better prepare horizontal directional drill operators for safe underground construction.
“Our next-generation HDD...
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Experienced Employees Enable Firm To Tackle Challenging Projects
Many of the HDD jobs that Underground Systems LLC takes on are fairly routine, straight-line bores for telecommunications companies — bread-and-butter work...
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A Change in Services Proves to Be Right Move for Georgia’s Underground Systems
For a clear-cut illustration of how investments in new technology can kick-start established companies and help them break into a different —...
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Don’t Forget About the Support Equipment on Directional Drilling Job Sites
In directional drilling, most of the focus is put on the drill, but if you want to eliminate downtime on drilling sites,...
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New Water Pipe Installed Under Lake Bed Made Easier Using Directional Drilling
You start on one side of an obstacle and shoot underneath to the other side: That’s how horizontal directional drilling typically works....
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HDD Benefits Project in Area of Endangered Snake Species
A waterline installation in Ohio is one of the latest projects to benefit from the minimal environmental disruption that horizontal directional drilling...
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Vermeer Reclaimers: Reduce Costs, Increase Productivity
The demand for horizontal directional drilling projects is growing every year. But whether you’re just starting out or an experienced contractor, if...
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Invest in Training for Better Employee Retention
The skilled labor shortage crisis facing the construction and excavation industry gets personal when one of your most valuable crew members leaves...
