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Offers directional boring, horizontal drilling, underground construction, trenchless technology and micro tunneling. The second of these two multiple conduit jobs took ECI and their equipment to Florida. There they had to cross the shipping channel at Port Canaveral. This crossing 1175 ft. in length and 101 ft. in deep would use seven 4 in. ID HDPE horizontal directional drilling boring conduits placed in a 24 in. borehole drilled in the sandy soil. Once again, these conduits would be encased in grout during the pullback. Security of the communications circuits for the U.S. Air Force Command was the underground electric reason. The number of U.S. Air Force circuits was not specified (classified information), only that they were Cape Canaveral Command Control Links. Personnel with M-16 emphasized the importance of whatever number of circuits existed! This project surpassed all previous multiple duct placements by 56% in length (425 ft.). While becoming the longest, it also became the river crossing deepest trenchless technology construction placement of this type of formation. The Port Canaveral horizontal directional drilling boring conditions of sandy underground electric river crossing clay with some shell fragments provided a much shorter interval to completing this crossing. Nine days were all that were required to drill the pilot hole. Made one pre-ream with a 24. fly cutter, and pulled the seven-duct formation into place. A grout slurry was again injected into the soil, to encase the annulus of the borehole around the trenchless technology construction conduits during pullback. Pullback lasted a total of two hours. Coordination at Cape Canaveral became very interesting and complex. The Space Shuttle, Atlas, Titan, and Delta rocket programs are presently active at the cape. this site offers horizontal directional drilling boring trenchless technology construction underground electric river crossing.

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Scheduling of all work activities were required around these flight periods. All personnel were required to obtain clearance and passes to enter the military base. Seventy-two hours prior to flight, restrictions classified as F3, F2, and F1 (three, two and one day prior to flight, respectively) began on construction operations. With each twenty-four hour period before launch, increasingly rigid restrictions on construction were implemented. Twenty-four hours prior to flight, F1 restrictions took effect and all digging ceased. A shovel was not permitted to enter the ground trenchless technology construction during the F1 interval. Such restrictions were to prevent any disturbance to below horizontal directional drilling boring ground communications and control circuits. The pilot underground electric hole was completed the morning of July 16. F1 restriction made it possible to be permitted to exit the surface, but no pit was allowed because the Space Shuttle was to lift off at 9:22 a.m., July 17. Clean-up and readying for the pre-ream trenchless technology construction was worked on through Saturday. Sunday was a day off since once again, F1 was imposed for an Atlas rocket launch on Monday at 6:09 p.m. Monday was spent readying the horizontal directional drilling boring reels and special pulling apparatus. On Tuesday July 20, the pre-ream completed. A pit for mud control was dug Monday evening, soon after the Atlas lifted off and Base Command authorized clearance to machine-dig. Wednesday was scheduled for river crossing pullback of the ducts. Once again, underground electric river crossing ECI was under limited construction activities (F3) since the Shuttle launch from the previous Saturday was re-scheduled for the following Saturday. this site also offers horizontal directional drilling boring trenchless technology construction underground electric river crossing.