Trenchless Drilling: Why Minimising Surface Excavations Is So Important
Posted on: 28 April 2017
If you need to bore deep into the ground to locate water or any other natural resource such as oil and gas, it is important that you be aware of the cutting-edge drilling methods available out there. One of the newest and most advanced drilling technologies available on the construction and civil engineering world right now is trenchless drilling. Trenchless drilling involves the installation of pipework below the ground without the need to perform extensive surface excavations. Why is it important to avoid carrying out these excavations?
Let's discuss some of the key reasons as to why minimising excavations during bore drilling operations may be good for your particular bore drilling project.
Environmental benefits
One of the major reasons why many bore drilling projects have faced a lot of resistance from environmentally conscious individuals, businesses and communities in the past is because the traditional methods of bore drilling that were employed usually disrupted the landscape a whole lot. Dig contractors would excavate large quantities of earth that made work sites looking messy. Thanks to the use of highly sophisticated software, drilling contractors that employ the trenchless technology are able to find a clear trajectory for the installation of pipework that is used to access natural resources located underground. This leads to minimal disruptive impact on the natural landscape, which is good for functional as well as aesthetic purposes. In addition, less excavations means less clean up required upon project completion. This means that the land can be restored within a relatively shorter length of time.
Cost-saving benefits
Keeping excavation levels down does not just benefit the environment, it reduces project execution costs as well. To start with, trenchless drilling is an almost no-dig drilling solution, meaning that project managers can save money that could have been spent operating heavy excavation machinery onsite. Second, the presence of huge heaps of earth and debris excavated from the worksite can restrict easy movement of workers and work equipment, thus slowing down operations and costing money in terms of increased labour-hours and machine-hours. Third, drilling contractors that carry out major excavations at the jobsite often have to meet the costs of major cleanups as a required by law to demonstrate their continued commitment to protect the environment. Trenchless drilling allows drilling professionals to avoid a significant amount of the huge financial costs attributed to excavation jobs.
Having learned about a few important reasons as to why trenchless drilling is the way to go, you should seriously consider employing it during your next bore drilling project.
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