Proactive equipment maintenance is a no-brainer practice in this industry. Equipment is worked hard out in the field and breakdowns can be...
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Tips for Maintaining Specialized Equipment
Entries Tagged Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)
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Michels Canada Completes Canada’s Longest HDD Installation
Michels Canada extended the limits of trenchless construction in Canada by completing what is now the longest successful horizontal directional drill installation...
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Contractor Brings Needed Services Back Home
As a youngster, Jeff Seidl says he practically lived in a sandbox.
“I always was interested in moving dirt around,” says the owner...
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Mud Mixing Unit Makes HDD Operators’ Work Easier
Jeff Seidl firmly believes that investing in good equipment helps attract and retain employees as well as boost his bottom line through...
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Difficult Utility Drilling Project Tests Company’s Capabilities
As a self-admitted risk-taker, Mitch Willie — the owner of Axis Vac & HDD in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan — relishes a good challenge....
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Trenchless Contractor Relies on Versatile Machine for Tricky Pipeline Replacement Projects
When faced with installing new pipelines in some of the rockiest topography around, trenchless pipe rehabilitation contractor Kurt Fossen knows the path of least...
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Looking at the Big Picture
Go big or go home. That is how Mitch Willie looked at his company in 2020.
The owner of Axis Vac & HDD,...
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Adding Equipment Keeps Contractor Amped for Growth
For Mitch Willie, 2020 was a go-big-or-go-home year — as in big investments in big machines that position his Canadian company, Axis...
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Minimizing Layers of Management Keeps Employees Invested in Company
Rhett Turner’s goal is to keep his second-generation, family-owned HDD company both manageable and growing. Turner Underground Installations serves mainly New York...
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Similar Designed Drills Are Helping Contractors With Workforce Training
When utility contractors talk about their biggest horizontal directional drilling (HDD) pain points, the workforce shortage is consistently near the top of...
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New York Contractor Doesn’t Back Down From Challenge
Turner Underground Installations is a no-nonsense kind of company. Company owner and President Rhett Turner doesn’t have time for frills. Heck, he...
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Drilling Contractor Solves Problem of Slurry Infiltrating Newly Installed Water Mains
Muddy water is not a dream product for a utility — or for a company putting waterlines in place. When King Drilling...
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Never Too Early For a Young Business to Start Planning For Expansion
Like many young companies, King Drilling in London, Ontario, is looking to grow. But owner Chris King isn’t in a hurry about...
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Building a Company Based Off of Need
Machines operate best under optimum conditions. For instance, different tools like different soils. Technicians working with electromagnetic locator devices prefer loose and loamy ground...
