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SAN DIEGO PROJECT
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30 Years of Directional Experience Makes Trenchless Crossing by
I.D.S. LLC a Quick (and Sometimes Comical) Success
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With interference by everything from puzzled motorists to worried environmentalists,
the trenchless crossing under Interstate Highway 5 near Carlsbad, California was
still a total success. HMS Construction contracted I.D.S. LLC to drill 800 feet from
the east side of the highway in order to install a water main extension into a new
subdivision on the west side.
Initial challenges for starting and completing the project were thought to be
compliance with CalTran's regulations but it soon became clear that interference
would arrive on a more local level. Nearby homeowners were shaking their heads and an
environmental group with decibel counters humming soon arrived trying to close the
project down due to noise levels they claimed were disturbing the Netcatcher birds
inhabiting the bay. The environmentalists soon left the site in a despondent mood when
their counters showed freeway traffic was still much moisier than the drilling
equipment. The real
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Jay Martin is shown here with the Accu-Dril® motor that made the 800 foot crossing in 26
hours, hitting the target, a 5 foot window in the middle of the sbdivision street, in
the bull's eye.
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highlight, however, were the motorist who called the California
Highway Patrol when the spotted Jay Martin on the highway shoulder with a utility
scanner and several HMS crew members in tow. A patrolman arrived and said he was
responding to call that a ”disoriented blind man with a cane was walking on the side
of the freeway and there were several people trying to help him.” The provided much
comical relief for a job that technically was quick and on target. IDS return to
California in May to drill another crossing for HMS Construction in the same area.
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This map is the completion report of the trenchless
crossing for CalTran.
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Initial challenges for starting and completing the project were thought to be compliance
with CalTran's regulations but it soon became clear that interference would arrive on a
more local level. Nearby homeowners were shaking their heads and an environmental group
with decibel counters humming soon arrived trying to close the project down due to noise
levels they claimed were disturbing the Netcatcher birds inhabiting the bay. The
environmentalists soon left the site in a despondent mood when their counters showed
freeway traffic was still much moisier than the drilling equipment. The real
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highlight, however, were the motorist who called the California Highway Patrol when the spotted Jay
Martin on the highway shoulder with a utility scanner and several HMS crew members in tow.
A patrolman arrived and said he was responding to call that a ”disoriented blind man with
a cane was walking on the side of the freeway and there were several people trying to help
him.” The provided much comical relief for a job that technically was quick and on target.
IDS return to California in May to drill another crossing for HMS Construction in the same
area.
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Jay Martin brings 30 years of directional knowledge to the merger between Silver State
Surveys and Directional Drilling Services. Martin started his drilling career during the
oil and gas boom of the 1970's and has expanded his horizontal and directional drilling
expertise into the coal mining, environmental, water, construction and trenchless markets
since then.
Right: A view of Interstate Highway 5 near Carlsbad, California where crossing was made.
The bay waters and local birdlife posed a challenge for the drilling crew in order to
preserve the area's pristine environment.
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International Directional Services
12030 East Riggs Road
Chandler, Arizona 85249
Tel: 480.824.7100
Fax: 480.883.2010
E-mail: idsinfo@idirectionaldrill.com
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