Cost and risk evaluation for horizontal directional drilling versus open cut in an Urban environment

Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Woodroffe, Neil J A ^a   Ariaratnam, Samuel T ^b  

^a STANTEC   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling; Pipelines; Risk management; Underground construction; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING (HDD); URBANIZATION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRILLING; RISK ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 42449114553     PISSN: 10840680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0680(2008)13:2(85)     Document Type: Article

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