“The bores we were outsourcing were usually located in tight urban areas,” Bird explained. The gas service installs that Brandon Bird Utilities Construction usually performs does not warrant the need for a large HDD since most of these projects are smaller-diameter short bores.
So, he decided it was good timing to get back into the HDD business. However, as infrastructure work around the area has increased in recent years, those subcontractors are busy with other jobs, and Bird doesn’t have the time to wait. At one point the company owned and operated several drills, but Bird determined several years back that at the time it was more economical to enlist HDD subcontractors to do the trenchless work when needed. Horizontal directional drilling isn’t new to Brandon Bird Utilities Construction. “However, there are still times where we need to bore gas service lines, which is why we added the compact Vermeer D8x12 HDD unit in the spring of 2018.” “With the size of the installs we normally do and the location, open-cut installation methods usually make the most sense for the majority of our jobs,” Bird explained. Bird employs more than 50 highly trained individuals and owns a fleet of equipment that includes excavators, several Vermeer trenchers and one D8x12 Navigator horizontal directional drill (HDD) from Vermeer, a NUCA Sustaining National Partner. Now, with 23 years under his belt, his company, Brandon Bird Utilities Construction, is responsible for installing and rehabbing gas lines throughout the Lubbock, Texas, area. When Bird graduated from Texas Tech a few years later, he knew exactly what he wanted to do - start his very own pipeline company. Growing up on a ranch just outside of Post, Texas, Brandon Bird discovered his passion for pipelining while working with his dad in junior high and high school. The Vermeer D8x12 HDD has plenty of power to do 200- to 400-ft small-diameter shots under roadways and in areas where trenching is not an option.
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