Municipalities have long embraced open-cut as the method of choice for installing water and sewer systems, but a growing number of officials are now abandoning the “we’ve always done it this way” mentality.Leading the movement to challenge open-cut is horizontal directional drilling (HDD), an efficient and less disruptive approach that has significant advantages. The change has come as municipalities learn the benefits of trenchless technology and change their perceptions about its costs. As a result, they are adjusting the way they specify new projects and are updating their bidding processes.“I think it had a lot to do with comfort level,”
