Guides & Case Studies

Use the tactics Navy Seals have refined to help you analyze and navigate your HDD operations in uncertain times. This article provides characteristics, examples, and approaches you can take to confront each VUCA category: volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.

You wouldn’t limit yourself to the drill bit that comes with a handheld drill. The same idea applies to your HDD tools. It’s critical to only use a reamer designed to handle the specific conditions of a bore.

With so many years in the HDD business, we’ve seen just about every mistake that can be made on a job site. In this e-book, we share the most common mistakes drillers make, give tips on how to avoid these mistakes, and provide tips on how to improve the efficiency of your next job. Let’s dig in.

When you’re facing tough challenges on a job, there is no room for error. You need precision and the right HDD tooling. Find out how the FastBack System was used on a short bore job that required crossing six different utilities.

When you’re facing challenges on a job, you need the right tooling that will hold up to the ground conditions. Find out how the FastBack System was used on a short bore job that required crossing six different utilities.

We’ve put together this quick guide to share how you can make your HDD business function more smoothly, improve your productivity, and create lasting success. We’ve put together this quick guide to share how you can make your HDD business function more smoothly, improve your productivity, and create lasting success.

In our HDD Glossary, we’ve compiled 70 HDD terms along with clear definitions for each term to help expert drillers and new drillers to all talk the same talk and help streamline communication on your next job.

Synergy – the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. Erik Carlson, owner of Pinnacle Construction & Directional Boring, Inc. attributes success to having a good relationship with his team of suppliers, Tarheel Contractor Supply and Melfred Borzall.