PPI- BOREAID: A NEW POLYETHYLENE

PIPELINE HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL

DRILLING (HDD) DESIGN TOOL
 BoreAid
 PPI-BoreAid
 Partnership
 Project Status
 Project Details
 Complete HDD project design tool
 Developed at the University of Waterloo and
Centre for Advancement of Trenchless
Technologies (CATT) in 2006
 Now used by HDD contractors, consultants
and designers around the globe
 Version 3 released winter 2011
 Bore Planner

Pipe Design

Drill Fluid Calculator

Bore Pressure Estimator

Equipment /Tooling Selector

Cost Estimator

Framework consists of a sequential and systematic

methodology for the design of a HDD project
Allows the user to determine a suitable pipeline
pathway by taking into consideration site
constraints:
 buried utilities
 drill pipe entrance and exit angles
 obstacles, and
 drill pipe geometric constraints
 Easy add subsurface and underground
utilities and obstacles
 2 and 3 dimensional graphic showing
topography and soil conditions
Once bore path created
can automatically
create:
 drill rod co-ordinates
for construction
 Drill rod plans
 X,Y, Z Output files
 Users are required to input
pipe properties
 Pipe Operation and
Installation loads are
calculated at each drill rod
location in accordance with:
 ASTM F1962 - Polyethylene
For pilot bore and each ream
determine:
 Total drill time
 Volume of drill fluid required
 Number of drill fluid tanks
 Volume of soil cut
 Check to see if pump can
deliver volume of fluid
required for the drill time per
drill rod
 Provides estimate of maximum bore pressure
that will create inadvertent returns (frac-out)

In bore monitoring can confirm good drilling

practices are used by the contractor
In July 2010 :
 Plastic Pipe Institute (PPI)
 eTrenchless Group Inc. (owned and operated
by the developers of BoreAid)

Entered into an agreement to develop PPI-

BoreAid, a free web based software tool.
Develop a web tool that:
 Completes preliminary Horizontal
Directional Drilling pipe calculations
in accordance with Chapter 12 of 2nd
edition of PPI Handbook and ASTM
F1962
 Promote the use of PPI Handbook and
ASTMF1962 design methodologies
 Contains hyperlinks to PPI Handbook
 Easy and quick to use by novice and experienced
HDD users
 Guides users through HDD PE plastic pipe design
 Improve HDD PE pipe designs
 Be transparent by providing all detailed
calculations and assumed input values
 Provide users with typical input values and
ranges
 Be and HDD education tool
 BoreAidTM

Bore Pressure
Pipe Design Cost Estimator
• PE, PVC, steel •Mud volumes Estimator • Drill rig
• Topography •PE pipe •Drill rates • Limiting pressures • Bits/reamers • Project estimation
• Soil layering •Steel pipe •Pump capacity • Rod-by-rod soil • Drill fluid • Construction &
• Site conditions characterization engineering costs
• Custom reporting
Drill Fluid Equipment
Bore Planner
Calculator Selection

PPI - BoreAidTM

• PE pipe Pipe Design

• Flat topography
•PE pipe
• 2 level soil layers
• fixed material/ design
• Limited version
parameters
• Limited version
Bore Planner
 Fall of 2010, Version 1 of PPI-BoreAid tested by PPI
personnel and attendees at the Plastics Pipes XV Conference,
Vancouver.

 September 2010. Based on user feedback, a number of

software design modifications were implemented.

 November 2010, the revised PPI-BoreAid tool was presented

to PPI members so it could be balloted for public release

▪ PPI membership suggested additional modifications which were

implemented.
 In December 2010, PPI membership approved the release
of PPI-BoreAid to the public.

 On February 4, 2011, eTrenchless Group Inc. posted PPI-

BoreAid on http://ppi.BoreAid.com/, a public access
website, hosted and managed by eTrenchless Group Inc.
The web based tool consists of major steps

 Step 1. Pipe Selection;

 Step 2. Bore path Design;
 Step 3. Calculated Results;
Text hyperlinked to Chapter 12
Soil 1 or 2 tabs allows the following choice of soil types:
Sand, Silty-Sand, Clayey-Sand, and Lithified Rock.

Hyperlinked to Chapter 12
 Print calculated results to a PDF file

Download input parameter to a file that can be

uploaded into desktop PPI-BoreAid

Calculations with rollers and ballast for

one DR above and below selected value

Failed analysis highlighted

 PPI-BoreAid is a free online and desktop plastic pipe calculation
tool that allows users to complete preliminary HDD pipe designs
 The user friendly tool allows for quick assessment of HDPE and
MDPE pipe for a HDD project
 All text labels are hyperlinked to the appropriate sections of the
PPI PE Handbook to allow users to learn more about HDD PE
plastic pipe design.
 . It also allows users, consulting engineers, and municipal
personnel to learn about HDD pipe design.
 For a detailed HDD pipe design, users are referred to BoreAid or
other software programs and an experienced HDD professional
capable of understanding site conditions, project specific material
properties and construction issues.
 Larry Petroff at Performance Pipe
 Allison Crabtree at Polypipe
Thank you