Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) continues to grow in acceptance as more utilities gain experience and the number of skilled HDD contractors expands. In many parts of North America, HDD has closed the installation cost gap versus direct bury. At the same time, pipe material choices in water and wastewater systems have remained largely stagnant. At the nexus of these two trends is Fusible PVC pipe. It provides a tensile strength for HDD installations that allows it to fill the gap between the other two most popular HDD pipe materials - steel and high density polyethylene.
Thursday January 21, 2010 8:30am - 8:55am EST
Room 19
