Directional Boring & HDD

No ReKeying — Every Service Agreement Renewed, Every Visit Logged Automatically

Maintenance agreements are your most profitable recurring revenue — and the ones most likely to slip through the cracks. Renewal dates buried in a spreadsheet, missed visits never billed, customers who forgot they had a contract. No ReKeying means every agreement visit is dispatched, logged, and billed without manual follow-through.

Uncle Steve on maintenance agreement 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

How Maintenance Agreement Tracking Actually Looks in Directional Boring & HDD

The Scenario

A boring contractor has maintenance agreements with three utility clients for annual drill rig inspections and emergency response SLAs. One client's inspection date passed without being scheduled — discovered when the client called to ask where the tech was.

The Real Impact

Missed maintenance agreement obligations on utility contracts can trigger SLA penalties of $500–$5,000 per missed window and damage the relationship with a client worth $150K–$400K/year.

Does This Sound Like Your Directional Boring & HDD Operation?

  • !Maintenance agreement visits get skipped and nobody notices until the customer calls
  • !Renewal dates are tracked in a spreadsheet that someone forgets to check
  • !Agreement customers get treated like one-off jobs — no priority scheduling

The Cost of Doing Nothing

A missed maintenance agreement visit is lost revenue and a broken promise. If 10% of your agreement visits are missed, a $50K/month agreement base leaks $5K/month — $60K/year — in unbilled work.

What Directional Boring & HDD Companies Typically Use

BOSS811UtilocateProcoreHeavyJob

These tools are great at what they do — but they don't eliminate the maintenance agreement 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
Common roles:Owner/OperatorProject ManagerDrill OperatorLocator

How We Fix Maintenance Agreement Tracking for Directional Boring & HDD — No ReKeying

1

Map Your Workflow

We study exactly where maintenance agreement tracking happens in your directional boring & hdd operation — the forms, the handoffs, the re-entry points.

2

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.

3

Prove It Before You Pay

You test the prototype on a real job. If it doesn't eliminate the maintenance agreement tracking problem, you don't pay.

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