Directional drilling is a fast and efficient way to install underground pipe and conduit, but when a gas line is bored through a sewer lateral, disaster can ensue.
Cross bores — when a line bores through a sewer line — have been the cause of catastrophic events in the past. As a result, utilities, municipalities, contractors and the trenchless industry are joining forces to ensure proper pre- and post-inspections are conducted and disaster is avoided.
“There are always more connections than what surface observation suggests,” says Jason Walborn, business development manager for Professional Pipe Services, or Pro Pipe, headquartered in Mission
