Trenchless, HDD, & Infrastructure Drilling Fluids and Additives

How Di-Corp Drilling Fluids Successfully Support Micro Tunnelling

Are you planning a microtunnelling project that requires precise control, consistent jacking pressures, and stable fluid performance? Erritt Construction faced these challenges when completing a 726‑metre, 1200 mm‑diameter tunnel in Oakville, Ontario, one of the longest drives of its kind in North America. Maintaining stability in chemically impacted ground, managing fluid returns, and controlling pH demanded […]

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How a Two-Component Slurry Controlled Jacking Forces in Challenging Tunnelling Conditions

Are you tackling tunnelling projects where wet sand, gravel, and reactive clays push jacking forces to the limit? That’s exactly what Technicore Underground faced while installing 1,500 meters of 1,500 MM internal diameter sewer CPP along Highway 50 in Bolton, Ontario. These conditions risked damaging the pipe and delaying the project. Then Di-Corp implemented a

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How Tailored Drilling Fluids Overcame Unknown Soil Conditions in Horizontal Directional Drilling

Are you working on horizontal directional drilling projects where unpredictable soil and challenging terrain threaten your schedule? CC Underground faced just that when tasked with installing 800 meters of 18” PVC water main pipe beneath dense forest and residential areas, including an uphill drill shot passing 30+ meters below grade. Unknown soil conditions and shallow

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How Di-Corp’s Custom-Designed Drilling Fluids Achieve Hole Stabilization

Are you working on horizontal directional drilling projects where unknown soil conditions and steep bore slopes threaten hole stability and project timelines? CC Underground faced this challenge while installing a 24” steel liner beneath a busy six-lane highway and a southbound off-ramp on Georgian Highway 400 in Barrie, Ontario. The combination of silty clay seams,

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How Earth Pro Mud Terminator improved efficiency for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension tunnel project

Are you spending a significant amount of time and money on solidification products for your wet spoils? So was West End Connectors JV when they were working on a tunnelling/ micro tunnelling project that produced an overwhelming stream of wet spoils. The solidification product they were using required a very high dosage rate that significantly

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How Earth Pro Mud Terminator Helped Reduce Stormwater Pond Maintenance Costs, Site Footprint & Environmental Impact

The Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) must regularly dredge storm water management ponds when they reach their limit of sediment. To do so, they needed to reduce the environmental impact of removing wet dredged sediment and eliminate spillage of wet material in residential areas. Di-Corp had the solution to solidify the material using Earth Pro

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