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Article: Auger boring continues to fill important niche.(Productivity = Better Bottom Line)
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- Underground Construction
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Auger boring is perceived by many in the underground construction business as an effective but old-fashioned method of making short bores to install large-diameter pipe under highways, railroad tracks and other surface obstructions.
For the most part. this viewpoint is accurate. Indeed. auger boring predates the newer trenchless technologies of directional drilling, pipebursting and other innovative trenchless methods. Though there have been significant improvements, the essential components of an auger boring system are basically the same as they have been for years, and the procedure for making a bore is relatively simple and straightforward.
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Article: Auger Bores Into The Apple.(Editorial)
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......Icon Group suggested Bohrtec pilot tube guided auger boring, whereby only two pits at each end would be...America, prepared a proposal to use a three-stage auger boring method using Bohrtec's equipment to install...application of the Bohrtec pilot tube guided auger boring system. ...
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