Horizontal Directional Drilling

Hor­i­zon­tal Direc­tion­al Drilling (HDD) is a con­struc­tion process that is used in the pipeline con­struc­tion indus­try to install pipelines under water bod­ies, steep or unsta­ble slopes and oth­er envi­ron­men­tal­ly sen­si­tive areas. Despite the pro­lif­ic use of HDD in the Alber­ta oil and gas trans­mis­sion sec­tor, plan­ning and exe­cut­ing an HDD project remains a new exer­cise for many, and often rep­re­sents a steep and fast paced learn­ing curve for the own­er or con­sult­ing engi­neer. After com­plet­ing this course, stu­dents will have an in-depth and tech­ni­cal under­stand­ing of HDD through com­pre­hen­sive cov­er­age of the con­struc­tion, design, risk man­age­ment and con­tract­ing process­es. Design engi­neers, con­struc­tion man­age­ment engi­neers, own­ers and engi­neer­ing con­sul­tants will find this course most relevant.