Moling
Impact Moling is a cost effective and environmentally friendly solution for many underground installation projects.
Instead of digging trenches to lay pipes/ducts and cables a technique called Moling can be used.
This method involves excavating pits at intervals for the mole to be placed.
The mole is then entered into the earth on the horizontal face at the bottom of the pit. Destination pits of similar proportions are also dug, and this is where the mole emerges.
The mole is a steel cylinder, it works as a pneumatic cylinder with pulsed compressed air causing the head of the mole to repeatedly hammer against the soil in front of the mole.
The mole moves the soil creating a bore for the new services to then be pulled through. This reduces the installation time, disturbance and cost.
This trenchless method is ideal for the installation of shorter runs of cable and ducts, pumped sewer lines, water mains, oil lines and gas lines and all of the list below under roads, existing structures, congested areas, environmentally sensitive areas and waterways.