Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is not a new technology when it comes to the installation of pressure pipe systems for water distribution or sewage conveyance. Michels crews worked 24 hours/day to complete six tie-in welds and the HDD pipe installation once the ramps were closed and had the ramps reopened within 10 days.ĭue to rough terrain and no cell phone service at the job locations, the crew had to pay close attention to weather and safety for access of the site.Posted in: Public Works | Tagged with: HDD Michels trenchlessly installed 1,500 feet of 24-inch natural gas pipeline under a highway, creek and pond in a residential neighborhood. To minimize disturbances to the area, the bore path extended 268 feet below the bottom of the Lake Sakakawea Reservoir in the Missouri River.
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Michels was contracted to install two new sections of a 10-inch pipeline beneath the Anchor River as critical links to complete an expansion project. Michels installed a 4,000-foot land-to-land and a 1,600-foot water-to-land installation of 16-inch pipe.
Ělternative delivery, project design and engineering.Our Horizontal Directional Drilling Contractor Capabilities Horizontal directional drilling is suitable for installing all types of product pipe including gas, oil, water and electric utilities. In addition to our land-borne HDD experience, we have also completed many marine crossings - both land-to-water and water-to-water. Since the early 2000s, we've been at the forefront of pilot hole intersects, an HDD method that allows us to essentially double the length of a borehole by drilling from each side of a project and meeting at a pre-designated point near the middle.Īs an HDD contractor, Michels has successfully completed crossings in all 50 states, Canada, along the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders, and internationally. In the hands of our skilled operators, these machines are capable of placing pipe up to 60 inches in diameter to distances of more than 15,000 feet.
Our fleet includes many sizes of rigs, including our largest with drilling thrust/pulling power up to 1.8 million pounds. We've become a world leader in directional drilling companies by design, building and mastering the use of powerful rigs to place utility lines substantially deeper than conventional trench construction, providing significant cover for crossings under waterways, existing utilities, and underground structures. Horizontal directional drilling, or HDD, is a versatile trenchless pipe installation technique we have been mastering since we first performed it in 1988. Maximum distance and precision, minimal disruptions
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