What is Horizontal Directional Drilling?
Horizontal directional drilling is a guided trenchless method of installing utility and ductings under roads, water courses and environmentally sensitive areas, this advanced solution eliminates the need for open cut trenching and in many places also for road closures, which makes it an even more environmentally friendly and less disruptive alternative to your installation.
Project scoping and planning
From initial contact about your project, HDD utilities will guide you through the process to bring your horizontal directional drill project to completion. Offering advice on pre-planning, assessment of ground conditions, best methods and products as well as full turnkey solutions including permissions that may be required, we can also arrange/provide utility mapping and ground penetrating radar scanning.
A site visit and survey will be arranged, and any follow up meetings or additional information required will be agreed prior to commencement of any planned works on site. All relevant certifications, along with risk/method statements and permissions will also be provided and agreed prior to any site works taking place.
HDD is ideally suited for installations under:
Benefits of HDD
Environmentally friendly
Quick and efficient process
Cost effective
Reduces social impact
Reduces the need for road closures
Generally unaffected by any surface obstacles
Reduces the need for deep excavations for utility installations
Has a small footprint of works
Utilities Installed
Water
Electrical cables
Gas
Fiber optic cables
Telcom's
Drains
Ducting’s
Installation process
Once our team arrive on site to commence works, prior to any drilling, the route will be established and any trial holes or launch and receive pits excavated. Distances of up to 100m+ can be achieved using our compact drilling rig with diameters of pipe up to 180mm installed depending on requirements and ground conditions.
Once the pilot bore is completed, the reaming and pipe installation will take place.
The drill head is tracked from above ground using a locating system with a drilling and tracking engineer working closely together to ensure all installations are completed in the safest manner.
We Install Under
Roads
Watercourse
Railways
Runways and taxiways
Existing structures
Environmentally sensitive aread
Services Provided (if required / requested)
Feasibility study
Radar Scanning
Utility plans
Site Survey
Project planning
Materials sourced
Directional drilling
Trenchless moling
Quality & Client Satisfaction
Our directional drilling engineers are fully trained and qualified to operate our hdd machines, reports will be produced showing depths of any pipe work and ducts installed. We pride ourselves on making sure all client needs are met, all works will be signed off on completion and follow ups made to confirm client satisfaction.
Easydrill FD10-G
Our Easydrill is light, compact and powerful, offering a perfect solution to all installations in tight and environmentally sensitive areas.
High performance drilling
Surface launch AND Pit launch capabilities
360 degree rotation, perfect for difficult to access areas
+ or – 90 degree launch angles
Quick set up – easy operation
Extremely steerable
It attaches to an excavator as small as 3 Ton’s
Reduces road closure & traffic control costs
600mm wide by 2.1m long