Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is a complex process, which places equally diverse demands on machine technology. Intensive analysis of...
Horizontal directional drilling
HDD assists heathcote sewer upgrade
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pump stations, Sewer, Trenchless technology, 0In January 2020, Coliban Water completed its $5 million Heathcote Sewer Scheme Project, enabling property owners to connect to...
Diversity and innovation go hand in hand
Charlotte Pordage, , Construction, Horizontal directional drilling, Machinery, Partner Solutions, Trenchless technology, Women in Utilities, 0Every kind of diversity – be it gender, race, socio economic status or age – is critical to a...
Delivering for the future: sustainable urban infrastructure management
Charlotte Pordage, , Equipment, Horizontal directional drilling, Machinery, Microtunnelling, Partner Solutions, Pipelines, Sustainability, Trenchless technology, Trenchless Technology - TRACTO-TECHNIK, 0With trenchless technologies providing sustainable and economical solutions for maintaining and developing vital and complex urban underground infrastructure, it’s...
Speed, power and silence: directional drills with a difference
Charlotte Pordage, , Equipment, Horizontal directional drilling, Horizontal Directional Drilling Content Hub, Partner Solutions, Trenchless technology, 0When it comes to the installation of underground conduit and pipes, equipment performance is a major factor in achieving...
Western Australia water projects utilise trenchless technology
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Microtunnelling, Sewer, Trenchless technology, Water, 0Trenchless technologies enable the installation and rehabilitation of underground utility infrastructure with little to no excavation, minimising the impact...
A lot happening underground in Logan
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Construction, Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Projects, Sewer, Trenchless technology, Trenchless Technology - TRACTO-TECHNIK, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology is leading to significant environmental benefits in the City of Logan, while also resulting...
Trenchless technology enables essential sewer upgrade
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Projects, Trenchless technology, Trenchless Technology - TRACTO-TECHNIK, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is a steerable trenchless method of installing underground pipes, conduits and cables in a shallow...
Unitywater’s award-winning horizontal directional drill
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Projects, Trenchless technology, 0When a sewerage main at the mouth of the Noosa River in Queensland failed, Unitywater needed to carry out...
What would an experienced and competent contractor have reasonably anticipated?
Utility Journalist, , Ask an expert, Horizontal directional drilling, Partner Solutions, Technical, Trenchless technology, 0In this article, our HDD expert Charles Stockton explores the circumstances in which contractors are expected to foresee certain situations...
How has HDD changed the way projects tackle shore crossings? Part 2
Utility Journalist, , Ask an expert, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Trenchless technology, 0In this article, the second of a two-part series, our HDD expert Charles Stockton takes a closer look at the...
The drill trifecta: speed, simplicity and sounds
Utility Journalist, , Horizontal directional drilling, Horizontal Directional Drilling Content Hub, Partner Solutions, Trenchless technology, 0When completing HDD projects in urban areas, having equipment that gets the job done quickly, is easy to use, and...
New water main beneath Swansea Channel
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Horizontal directional drilling, News, Pipelines, Projects, Trenchless technology, Water, 0Hunter Water is drilling a 300m long, 20m deep tunnel to host a water main beneath Swansea Channel in...
Doug chews through rock for new sewage pipeline
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Projects, 0Meet Doug the rock reamer. He’s German, 2.2 metres long, weighs 2.8 tonnes and looks like he belongs with The...
Water pipe nears completion for new ‘inland freight port’
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Projects, Trenchless technology, Water, 0Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU) is making use of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) on a number of projects across its South...
HDD heavyweights install large diameter HDPE under waterway
Utility Journalist, , Horizontal directional drilling, Partner Solutions, Pipe and conduit, Pipelines, Projects, Trenchless technology, 0Pipeline Drillers has achieved one of its longest and largest horizontal directional drills, crossing under a waterway for Unitywater....
In what circumstances in microtunnelling most appropriate for executing gravity slope sewer lines?
Utility Journalist, , Ask an expert, Construction, Horizontal directional drilling, Microtunnelling, Sewer, Trenchless technology, 0In the past, gravity slope sewer lines were installed via open cut or tunnelling methods. Today there are two...
How has HDD changed the way projects tackle shore crossings? Part 1
Laura Harvey, , Construction, Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, 0In this article, the first of a two-part series, our HDD expert Charles Stockton takes a closer look at...
Changing perceptions: embracing trenchless for pipeline installations
Laura Harvey, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Sewer, Trenchless technology, Water, 0In the past, the use of trenchless technologies for installing and rehabilitating water and sewer pipelines were considered after...
Townsville turns to trenchless for sewer upgrade
Laura Harvey, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Sewer, Trenchless technology, 0Townsville Council is employing innovative technology to undertake a major upgrade on underground sewer pipes in the suburbs of...
Benefits of HDD for shore crossings
Utility Journalist, , Ask an expert, Horizontal directional drilling, Technical, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0The utility industry is regularly required to call on an enormous and varied range of specialists; from mapping, to...
Inverted siphon sewer main showcases trenchless
Jessica Dickers, , Asset management, Construction, Demand management, Horizontal directional drilling, Maintenance, Pipelines, Projects, Pump stations, Safety, Sewer, Sewer rehabilitation, Trenchless technology, 0Yarra Valley Water’s North Warrandyte Sewerage Project overcame the challenging installation of an inverted siphon sewer main under Melbourne’s...
Solutions for 66KV fluid filled cable relocation
Lauren Cella, , Cables, Construction, Demand management, Electricity, Engineering, Horizontal directional drilling, Partner Solutions, Substations, 0By Steve Truman, Customer Development Manager, CitiPower/Powercor In addition to CitiPower and Powercor Australia’s Metro and CBD Security of...
Geotechnical information guiding complex HDD projects
Lauren Cella, , Ask an expert, Construction, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Projects, Technical, Trenchless technology, 0The utility industry is regularly required to call on an enormous and varied range of specialists; from mapping, to...
Taking a proactive approach to managing assets
Lauren Cella, , Asset management, Horizontal directional drilling, Maintenance, Pipelines, Projects, Pump stations, Sewer, Sewer rehabilitation, 0by Eamonn Kelly, General Manager Major Program Delivery, Melbourne Water Melbourne Water is responsible for removing and treating most...
Key factors to consider for a successful HDD installation
Lauren Cella, , Ask an expert, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipeline integrity, Pipelines, Trenchless technology, 0The utility industry is regularly required to call on an enormous and varied range of specialists; from mapping, to...
Managing the environment around critical infrastructure
Lauren Cella, , Gas, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Projects, 0Esso Australia has begun construction of a new $400 million pipeline near Sale, Victoria, that will ensure the continuing...
What are some key steps to avoid causing damage during an HDD installation?
Lauren Cella, , Ask an expert, Horizontal directional drilling, Trenchless technology, 0The utility industry is regularly required to call on an enormous and varied range of specialists; from mapping, to...
Equipped and underway: turnkey solution enhances HDD construction
Lauren Cella, , Horizontal directional drilling, Horizontal Directional Drilling Content Hub, News, Trenchless technology, 0To prepare for major water, civil, defence and telecommunication projects across South Australia, Fulton Hogan recently expanded their equipment...
The thing about trenchless
Jessica Dickers, , Horizontal directional drilling, Microtunnelling, News, Projects, Sewer, Trenchless technology, Water, Water Industry Capability Guide, 0Around Australia, various utilities employ trenchless technologies to install and rehabilitate buried water and sewer network infrastructure. These technologies...
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