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Offers directional boring, horizontal drilling, underground construction, trenchless technology and micro tunneling. Protecting Our Global Environment Case Studies River Crossings St. Joseph River Beach Haven, NJ Salmon Cove NFLD South Bend, Indiana Florida/Indiana 130° Lateral Turn Skidaway Island Carman's River River Crossings Numerous river crossings have been performed to install utilities under environmentally sensitive waterways. . Deeper and longer directionally drilled crossings had been completed, but never before have multiple conduit formations been placed as on these two crossings. These projects, the St. Joseph River crossing in Mishawaka, Indiana, and the crossing of the shipping channel at Port Canaveral, Florida had a number of hdd similarities. Both involved crossing traffic ways and installing numerous critical communications circuits. Began in June 1993 the project specified a dozen 4 in. ID, high density polyethylene (HDPE) hdd conduits to be placed on a 750 ft. crossing. The profile required an overall depth of 69 ft. and was drilled through blue shale bedrock. A 36 in. hole would be opened through multiple pre-reams to ready the borehole for placement of the twelve conduits. During pullback of the ducts into the borehole, the drilling fluid would be replaced by a cement grout slurry for encasement of the conduits. Indiana Bell requested this encasement for external protection of the conduit formation. Indiana Bell's conduit went through the SR331 bridge that was being removed to the water line by the State Highway Department for a new structure. The directionally drilled project would surpass the previous twelve duct crossing by 25% in length and would be the first multiple duct placement through a solid rock formation. this site offers hdd directional boring drilling rig underground pipeline construction.

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The profile of the crossing was precarious. After reaching the river's south edge, the drill bit would have to turn upwards in the rock formation and climb rapidly as it advanced. If this portion of the pilot hole were not on line, any difference would to be made up in 75 ft. of gravely soil with known building debris in the upper 15 ft. There was very limited underground pipeline construction chance for any correction. Steering was done with computerized in-head guidance. Above-ground tracking was also provided to give reference to the position of the drill bit along its planned course. Despite severe magnetic interference, which impacted the accuracy of these systems personnel from CBC Welnav of Tustin, California, and ECI managed a near perfect exit. . During pullback, a blended grout was pumped through the drill string in front of the duct formation. This process displaced the bentonite in the annulus of the soil, providing encasement of the 12 HDPE conduits. A hdd project of this magnitude would normally take months, creating significant disruption to the surrounding community. The Indiana Bell crossing was viewed by many, including other horizontal directional drilling firms, as unachievable as designed for bid. Indiana Bell's bid documents even revealed their cautious belief. Contracts stated specifically, that trenched conduit work for another part of the project could not be started until the river crossing was completed. In other words, if the river crossing failed, the other portions of the project would be useless. this site also offers hdd directional boring drilling rig underground pipeline construction.