Most utility installers today use horizontal directional drilling to install lines below ground. Using this method, Advanced Line Systems can install pipelines, cables, and other services without digging costly and unsightly trenches. Based on the process used by the oil well drilling industry, it instead drills precisely through the ground at a horizontal angle, then [...]
Let’s step back from all of these specific methods for a moment and take a broader look at just what directional boring is and the benefits it has to offer. Directional boring, or horizontal directional drilling (HDD), is an alternative method of laying utilities and conduits. There are a variety of reasons why such a [...]
My last article addressed construction site excavation and the dangers of cave-ins. For this article, we will be discussing the process that takes place before excavation – potholing. Potholing is the process through which underground utility lines are discovered and identified, so the dig can go smoothly and prevent damage. A test hole is bored [...]
Using a backhoe or excavator used to be the primary method for utility line locating, or daylighting. The industry has since determined that, for various reasons, using horizontal directional drilling paired with hydrovac is the more efficient and safer way to go. We’re going to compare the two. Why Heavy Equipment Creates More Risk Heavy [...]
Well, that may be how it used to be, but our boys at Advanced Line Systems are having a lot more fun than that! Vertical drilling is how we used to have to do everything, but the scene changed entirely with the development of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and directional boring. Where we used to [...]
