Trenchless Drilling Experts Q&A

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• What's the future of UV cured-in-place pipe rehabilitation?

• Can you trust your tap water during self-isolation?

• What are the biggest risks involved with trenchless crossing installations?

• When should I use slurry microtunneling on my trenchless project?

• What is geomapping and how is it used in trenchless technology?

• How does rock mechanics help engineers better understand how rocks will react to tunneling projects?

• Is shoring and other trenching safety methods required during trenchless construction?

• When should engineers take skin friction into account when writing mud specification for an HDD project?

• Why is bottom hole treating pressure important to monitor?

• What are the different types of gel strengths?

• What is the role of bypass pumping and when is it used?

• What are the best trenchless rehabilitation procedures to consider?

• What equipment has improved wastewater management?

• Why Is a steel casing pipe recommended for pipe ramming in the horizontal boring method?

• What are the most common causes of residential water or sewer disruption?

• What are the differences between a TBM and a MTBM?

• How does a tunnel boring machine (TBM) control the subsidence of the ground above the trenchless installation?

• Are rheological properties important in the drilling fluid on HDD projects?

• How does ground penetrating radar equipment work?

• Why Is the sequential excavation method (SEM) preferred where existing structures such as sewers or subways can't be relocated?

• What are the 7 steps involved in a standard sliplining procedure?

• Why is horizontal directional drilling better for the environment?

• When should I use ground freezing in trenchless construction?

• How can I identify an inadvertent return and how can I fix it?

• What is IR mitigation and what does it entail?

• What’s the difference between microtunneling vs. guided boring?

• What advantages does jet cutting have over other trenchless methods?

• When should I choose pipe ramming as my preferred trenchless method?