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Complex Project Coordination – 3 Tips
As HDD contractors, we have seen a complex project or two. Sure, most jobs only involve installing a couple of…
Vibrating Wire Piezometers Installed with HDD
Ellingson recently completed the installation of four vibrating wire piezometers (VWPs) beneath a shallow channel inlet of San Francisco Bay….
Sub Slab Depressurization Wells: Shallow Can Be Tricky
Ellingson-DTD recently completed the installation of three sub slab depressurization wells for the purpose of vapor mitigation at a medical…
Coal Ash Project Enters Another Phase
Ellingson crews are currently completing the installation of three horizontal capture wells at a coal fire power plant in the…
Utility Strike (Unmarked) Ruins Everyone’s Day
A utility strike represents one of the most common ways a horizontal directional drilling (HDD) project can quickly turn south. …
Horizontal Wells Project Highlight – California
Ellingson recently completed the installation of four horizontal wells at a former defense fuel support site in California. Project objectives…
Air Force Base Gets Horizontal Wells
Ellingson crews recently completed the installation of two horizontal injection wells underneath the active flight line area of an eastern…
Limited Access – Not Always About Space
Generally, when we think of the term “limited access” as it pertains to a drilling project we think of “tight…
Pilot Study to Full Scale – SVE System
Ellingson crews recently had the opportunity to install a “full-scale” soil vapor exctraction (SVE) system at a site where we’d…
Conductor Casing at an Angle – Part 2
Last month we shared a post about a project where our crews installed a horizontal gravity drain. The construction included…