Directional Boring & HDD
Your Trucks Are Rolling Warehouses With No Inventory System
Parts disappear from trucks, techs make extra supply runs, and no one knows what's on which vehicle until it's too late.
Uncle Steve on inventory & parts tracking in directional boring & hdd
The Directional Boring & HDD Industry at a Glance
Horizontal directional drilling contractors — trenchless underground utility installation crossing existing utility corridors daily.
12,000+
US Companies
$2M–$15M
Avg. Revenue
5–20
Field Crew Size
6.8%
Growth Rate
Bore logs on paper, locate verifications in camera rolls, 811 tickets printed and sorted by hand. The gap between the drill rig and the office is entirely paper.
Directional Boring & HDD Industry Data & Research
Key statistics shaping the directional boring & hdd market today.
- 38+ million 811 tickets processed annually in the US
- — Common Ground Alliance, 2024
- Cross-bore remediation costs average $150,000+ per incident
- — PG&E / GPRS, 2024
- CGA Index rose from 94.0 to 96.7 — trending wrong direction
- — CGA DIRT Report, 2024
Does This Sound Like Your Directional Boring & HDD Operation?
- !Techs make supply house runs mid-job
- !Parts shrinkage on service trucks
- !No idea what inventory is on which vehicle
The Cost of Doing Nothing
Untracked truck inventory leads to 8–15% parts shrinkage and 2+ hours/week of wasted drive time per tech.
What Directional Boring & HDD Companies Typically Use
These tools are great at what they do — but they don't eliminate the inventory & parts tracking gap. That's what we build.
Directional Boring & HDD Operational Challenges
- 1Every bore path must be cleared through 811 before drilling
- 2Cross-bore risk at $150K+ per incident
- 3Post-construction as-builts required but captured on paper
- 4Locate ticket expiration requires update/remark management
Compliance & Regulations
- A811 mandatory notification before excavation (federal)
- BState-specific locate ticket validity (10–45 days)
- CPHMSA pipeline safety for gas crossings
- DUpdate and remark requirements before ticket expiration
How We Fix Inventory & Parts Tracking for Directional Boring & HDD — No ReKeying
Map Your Workflow
We study exactly where inventory & parts tracking happens in your directional boring & hdd operation — the forms, the handoffs, the re-entry points.
Build a Working Prototype
Not a demo. Not a slide deck. A real, functional prototype that eliminates the pain point and works with your existing tools.
Prove It Before You Pay
You test the prototype on a real job. If it doesn't eliminate the inventory & parts tracking problem, you don't pay.
Get No ReKeying for Your Directional Boring & HDD Operation — Free Prototype
Tell us about your operation and we'll build you a working solution — no commitment, no credit card.
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