This new, best illustrated book covers every facet of the practical world of HDD technology. This includes the machines, the tools, the soil tests, the drilling fluid mixture, the job site preparation, the bore planning, the drilling process, the reaming, the pipe laying and pipe embedding in the ground, the job documentation, the range of different applications, and job sites reports from different parts of Europe and Arabia. This handbook is written for: planning engineers, construction engineers and technicians, pipeline and network engineers and technicians, network and pipeline owners, installation companies of mains, cables, fibers, ducts, sewers and complete networks; drilling fluid specialists; foundations specialists; and, all people engaged in the underground infrastructure who like to combine economical and ecological advantages by going trenchless and by using newest technological possibilities for underground construction.