Midyear 2006 finds the HDD industry to be in reasonably good health. Expanding fiber optic deployment, much of it in developed urban and residential areas where HDD offers important benefits, should keep compact drilling equipment busy for the immediate future. (read more)

The companies listed after each article are featured in the article (click on the web address to link to the company website):

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HDD Contractors
Jackson Creek Enterprises,
(641) 873-6500, jackson-creek.com

Southern Diversified Technologies,
(770) 554-4011, sdt-1.com

Laney Directional Drilling,
(281) 540-6615, laneydrilling.com

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Site Development Contractor Enters HDD Culvert-Cleaning Market
Sometimes things happen for a reason.
That’s what Jarod L. Wintermyer thought when a week after reading an article about the invention of culvert-cleaning attachments for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) machines, he received a call from a local engineering firm asking if his father’s company, Leon E. Wintermyer Inc., performed such work. (read more)

Culvert cleaning equipment
and HDD rig:
Vermeer,
(888) 837-6337, vermeer.com

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Evolution, Proper Prodecures Enhance Small-Rig HDD Productivity
With plenty of competition for available work and prices still below levels that contractors would like, it’s more important than ever to maximize productivity on every horizontal directional drilling (HDD) project. (read more)

HDD Equipment
Astec, (800) 527-6020, astecunderground.com

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Mears Group Completes Sub Aqueous Forcemain Crossing
In March 2006, Mears Group successfully completed replacement of the entire sub aqueous forcemain crossing of the Intercoastal Waterway from Indian Rocks Beach to Largo, FL, for Pinellas County Utilities. (read more)

Mears, 800.632.7727, mears.net