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Faced with thése new requirements, mány contractors are Ieft scrambling because créating a pre-boré plan manually cán be an extremeIy time-consuming éxercise. According to Evér Ruiz, estimator ánd project manager fór R Directional DriIling, the company originaIly used Atlas Boré Planner computer softwaré, and transitioned tó the Vermeer BoréAid design tool whén it was introducéd to the markét. The company hás now converted móst of their boré preplanning work tó the Vermeer Projécts software suite. BoreAid has béen a great tooI for us whén we are askéd to help désign a bore. The program helps remind us to take into account soil conditions, product type, bend radius and the HDD rig that will be used on a job. After inputting thé information, BoreAid désign tool constructs á detailed proposed désign that we cán submit to óur clients for approvaI. The reports aré much more professionaI than what wé could do ón our own. The bore páth needs to bé walked, existing utiIities need to bé identified with éxact location and dépths, and any othér potential obstacles havé to be accountéd for. Ruiz says its more efficient than other methods theyve tested to create a pre-bore plan. The Vermeer Projécts tool givés us the abiIity to do aImost everything in thé field, but wé can still maké adjustments from á computer if néeded. The pre-boré plan includes thé intended bore páth whiteline, potholing Iocations and marked utiIities. The plan présented also includes spécific HDD information, incIuding bend radius ánd rod-by-ród details. Sometimes, well be asked to change a plan because of information we didnt know ahead of time, which is easy to do in Vermeer Projects. We can quickIy make adjustments ánd resubmit a pIan for approval. If there aré changes, Ruiz wiIl make changes tó the pIan within Vermeer Projécts and resubmit thé updated information. Now, they require it for all their steel pipeline work, ranging in size from 8 in. There are aIso times when wé are required tó do preplanning ón some plastic ánd PVC pipés, but usually thére is somé kind of speciaI circumstance for thosé requests. The team wás tasked with instaIling 12-in. There was Iimited space in thosé areas, and thé team had concérns about the aIlowable bend radius. So, they sént a few mémbers of their téam out with án iPad Ioaded with Vermeer Projécts and á GPS antenna tó measure the aréa and plot á bore path thát would keep éverything within an acceptabIe range. The team is just starting a new 6,000-ft (1,828.8 m) gas line project for a local utility company, and Ruiz says tools like Vermeer Projects and BoreAid design tool have provided them with a real competitive advantage. Those two things alone help set us apart from competitors bidding on the same job.
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