Pipeline
Communities rely heavily on the flow of natural gas and crude oil to provide the comforts and necessities of modern living. Natural gas heats our homes and is widely used to generate the electricity for residential, municipal, commercial, and industrial use. It also fuels our vehicles and public transit systems. Oil is not only a fuel source and lubricant, but also the key ingredient behind the vast array of plastic products we use on a daily basis. It is all made possible thanks to the impressive network of pipelines that run across the cities and countries.
Utility
A vast network of underground utility lines brings the services we could not live without to homes and businesses. Clean tap water is delivered through a series of pipelines, while sewage and runoff are returned through the cavernous storm water system. We can access the wonders of the internet, stream video and watch cable television thanks to a vast web of fiber optic and wire cable that spans the continent. Think cellular technology has eliminated the need for wires? Think again. Wires connect cellular towers to the grid. While electricity is largely transmitted through above-ground transmission towers and power lines, buried lines bring it to meters and into our homes.
MARINE
Marine construction projects take place in environmentally sensitive ecosystems and often involve challenging terrains – complicated by the presence of water. The HDD Division specializes in marine construction involving desalination projects and the installation of fiber optic cable. Coastal communities with limited access freshwater are now using desalinated seawater for drinking water. This requires intake systems to deliver it to desalination plants – and return the concentrated saltwater back to the sea. The demand for bandwidth keeps growing. Companies such as Google and Facebook are upgrading infrastructure and are working to physically connect clients across all continents with faster, more reliable, higher capacity data. Hard wire fiber optic infrastructure remains the most dependable solution.