Directpipe 20" to 60"

Pipe Dia " Soil Distance m m/day

project reference
48" Clay/Sandy 464 90 Worms GerDIRECT PIPE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HDD, M
48" 283 35.375 Emden, Hamburg. Northern Germany
48" 540 38.57143 Hartelkanaal in Rotterdam. Below water
48" sand 1400 125 Hartelkanaal in Rotterdam. Below water in parts
42" cobbles & gr 130 26 Steuben County (N.Y.) and Tioga County (P.A.
permeable so 410 Aquashicola Creek and Wetlands Crossing’ in Monroe
42" 342
sand, clay, clay shale, 26.30769
boulders, Inter Pipeline Cold Lake and Polaris Expansion Program
shells and wood.
56" clay, sands, 850 42.5 R WASTEWATER CASING PIPE IN ENGLAND
48" gravel, sand 371 72 North-SoutINNOVATIVE DIRECT ‘PIPE METHOD’ – CASE
48" gravel, sand 470 72 North-SoutINNOVATIVE DIRECT ‘PIPE METHOD’ – CASE

42" bedrock and 143 Interstate 84 and US Highway 6 crossing located near
48" gravel 716 Rio Grande River from Texas into Mexico
48" 1067 33.34375 Sabine Neches waterway and Hurricane Flood Protecti

Sheet pile area???

A will be involved in carrying out welding of pipes, rolling pipe sections under crane, Carrying out necessary inst
7crew including technicians
2crane
1Backhoe
1truck

Resource Cost
Pipes 5600/section
Technicians
Worker
Crane (+operator) 61.45/hr
Thruster system 550/hr
Backhoe (+operator) 27.9/hr
Truck 51/hr
Water 17
Bentonite 21.6
Lubricants 28

Resource cost information (adopted from Luo R. and Najafi M. 2007)

Horizontal Directional Drilling Cobble, Gravel ^ Clay Soil. High c

Mobilisation & Demobilisation

Horizontal Drilling Crew

Slurry Pipes
Prearm bits
Resource Cost Information
Labour 5
Supervisor 1
Driller 1
Surveyor 1
Crane Operator 1
Truck Operator 2

Equipment
Horizontal Drilling Spre 1 2500
Crane 1
Backhoe Excavator/loa 1
Pickup 2
Downhole Survey Syst 1 1500

Pull Back Support Crew

Forman'Sideboom Operator
Backhie operator
Labour

Sideboom Tractor 2
Track mounted Backho 1
Roller Stands 1 set
Pick-up trucks 2

Miscrotunneling
Jacking Pipes
Slurry Pipes

Labours
Technicians 1
Surveyor 1
Crane Operator 1
Truck Operator 2
Worker 4

Equipment
Crane 1
Backhoe excavator 1
Truck 2

For 2m long pipe

Starting shaft 4m x 4m2 2m working space
Endind Shaft 3m x 2m2

Reinforcement
Waterproofing
Thrust Wall
Concrete Slab
2272.5
 PE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HDD, METHOD AND CASE STUDIES
orthern Germany
erdam. Below water
erdam. Below water in parts
.) and Tioga County (P.A.
nd Wetlands Crossing’ in Monroe County Pennsylvania
ake and Polaris Expansion Program. Canada
SING PIPE IN ENGLAND
IVE DIRECT ‘PIPE METHOD’ – CASE HISTORIES
IVE DIRECT ‘PIPE METHOD’ – CASE HISTORIES

Highway 6 crossing located near Matamoras, Pennsylvania. 30" concrete pipe installed
m Texas into Mexico
rway and Hurricane Flood Protection Levee in Port Arthur, Texas

crane, Carrying out necessary installation such as slurry line, feed line, electricity, data cable etc. It will also be involved in mixing lubric

Cobble, Gravel ^ Clay Soil. High chances of fauliure

be involved in mixing lubrication fluids. We assumed crew B of four workers. The crew is involved pipe thrusting related activities. Out
ting related activities. Out of these it has one technician and along with remaining three workers the crew will dismantle slurry and spo
ill dismantle slurry and spoil lines as soon as the direct pipe machine reaches target pit. The crew is also involved in slurry recycling equ
lved in slurry recycling equipment activity.