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Did you know that the water
line that runs from the street to your home is your
responsibility? Most people find out the hard way when
the line deteriorates and leaks,
and they are faced with flooding and high water bills.
New underground technologies are permanently altering
the landscape of the construction industry, capturing
the imaginations and budgets of water departments, cable
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public
utilities, and others. Although it's a revolution going
on right under our feet, the average water, cable, or
energy user is barely aware of it. In some cases, we can
even bore under driveways and sidewaks to preserve landscaping.
So what is putting all this sizzle in an industry that
has not exactly been known for its razzle-dazzle? The
answer is that now underground construction capabilities,
grouped under the heading of "trenchless construction,"
enable contractors to lay, rehabilitate, and upgrade pipe
and cable without digging open trenches. Aside from the
obvious aesthetic benefits, trenchless methods are finding
applications that would have been unthinkable even a few
years ago. In the process, it's saving significant amounts
in construction, labor, and restoration costs, eliminating
the frustrations and delays often associated with the
older open trench technology and even enabling multi-year
projects to come in on-time, on-budget and , often times,
under-budget.
Until the late 1980s, these miles and miles of pipe were
laid by the laborious excavation of trenches. However,
the need for alternatives to the open-cut methods for
installing underground utilities and other types of lines
was apparent to electrical and natural gas utility companies,
which often faced conditions where conventional trenching
was undesirable. A second impetus for developing trenchless
technology was the recognition that although much of the
nation's pipe infrastructure needed upgrading, the process
of digging up and replacing old pipe located under busy
streets and thoroughfares is often cost prohibitive.
To address these needs, equipment manufacturers, contractors,
engineers, and consultants began developing new methods
for installing, repairing, and replacing underground pipe,
leading to commercialization of new repair/replacement
materials and, by 1989, the first horizontal directional
drilling units for the underground construction marketplace.
Essentially, horizontal directional drilling equipment
enables contractors to bore through ground and then "pullback"
pipes or conduit through the pilot bores. Although relatively
simple in principal, the first machines were crude by
today's standards. Effective tracking methods had not
yet been developed and equipment was difficult to operate.
Pipeline and Utilities Construction magazine (recently
renamed Underground Construction) recorded the fact that
manufacturers of early models sometimes had difficulty
making successful demonstrations for prospective buyers.
Market acceptance of trenchless technology would depend
upon improvements in drill bits, backreamers, drill pipe
and fluid mixing and delivery systems. In addition, drilling
fluids had to be environmentally friendly and matched
to various soil conditions. Perhaps most important, crews
had to be educated in the use of the new machines.
Today, trenchless drilling has become the application
of choice for many contractors for laying, remediating,
or rehabilitating pipe and cable systems. Currently, only
five percent of contractors today can provide directional
drilling; that number is expected to jump to 40 percent
in the next five years.
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