School C
Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)
January 25, 2027
Grapevine, Texas
Gaylord Texan Resort
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:45 | Overview of the HDD Process
Jeff Puckett, Senior Consultant, GEI Consultants, Inc |
| 8:45 - 9:30 | HDD Hydrofracture & Breakover Lift Development
Luke Bever, Project Manager, J.D. Hair & Associates |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Identification & Characterization of Difficult Ground Conditions for HDD
Nick Strater, Trenchless Practice Leader, Brierley Associates |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | HDD Tooling & Machine Operations
Weston Peters & Peyton Boyle, Vermeer Corporation |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Principles of HDD Walk-Over Locating
Mark Gallucci, Manager at DCI |
| 12:00 Noon | Distribution of Certificates |