Water intake
50m Offshore Water Intake
An offshore water intake installed 50m out to a minimum 4m water depth — months of permitting, and the bore itself completed in a single day.
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The only trenchless contractor in NE Nova Scotia
Complex crossings.
Capable crews.
One accountable contractor.
Horizontal directional drilling and complete trenchless installations across the Maritimes. WM brings the equipment, field experience, and owner-level accountability to deliver challenging crossings from planning through completion.
Fast to mobilize
No cut corners
On time, on budget
Adapts to the unforeseen
Trenchless specialists since 2021
Why work with WM
01
Owner-led accountability
The owner is on the hook for the result, quote to commissioning.
02
Fast to mobilize
On site quickly, ready to work.
03
On time, on budget
No cut corners, even in hard ground.
04
Adapts on the fly
Different tools and techniques for the unforeseen.
What we do
Complete trenchless capabilities
Every service complements the core: getting your pipe in the ground without digging up what’s above it.
Core service
Horizontal Directional Drilling
State-of-the-art guidance systems and drill rigs handle anything from a 19mm water service under a lawn to a 500mm casing under a highway or waterway — distances up to 300m.
Water & sewer
Fibre & electrical
Highway crossings
Trenchless Pipe Bursting
Replace and upsize existing lines in place — no open trench.
HDPE Pipe Fusing
Certified technicians fuse monolithic HDPE — no buried fittings.
Excavation
Entry and exit pits, tie-ins and site work by experienced operators.
Fitting & Commissioning
Pipe fitting, tie-ins and commissioning of new utilities.
How trenchless works
We go under, not through.
A drill rig steers a bore in a shallow arc between two small pits — pulling your pipe underneath roads, rivers and yards without tearing them open.
Cross-section · not to scale — swipe to pan on a phone
01Pilot bore
Steer the arc
A tracked head is pushed from the entry and steered along a shallow curve, tracked to the surface the whole way.
02Ream
Open the hole
A reamer is pulled back through, enlarging the bore to comfortably clear the diameter of your pipe.
03Pullback
Pull the pipe
Your pipe is fixed at the exit and drawn back through the reamed hole in one continuous length.
Built for hard ground
Sized for the crossing in front of us
500mm
Casing diameter — down to a 19mm water service
300m
Single-crossing bore length
HDPE
Monolithic systems for corrosive soils
Winter
Cold-weather drilling procedures in place
Recent work
Projects across the Maritimes
Highway crossing
Trans-Canada Hwy 105 Crossing
Two 100mm HDPE conduits pulled under the Trans-Canada Highway through clay, gravel, cobble and sandstone — in February, on time and on budget.
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Subcontract
Eskasoni Bridge Mains
Sewer and water mains relocated clear of a new bridge — completed on schedule so the general contractor could keep building.
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The team behind the work
“The important details don’t get lost in the process — because you’re talking to the people who do the work.”
WM Directional Drilling has been putting pipe in the ground across the Maritimes since 2021. Whether you’re a contractor who needs a difficult crossing handled, an engineer specifying trenchless, or a customer who wants a turn-key install — you deal with the owner before and throughout the project, and the crew on site works to the same standard.
Request a quote
Tell us about the crossing.
Send the basics and we’ll follow up fast. Know your specs already? The full quote form lets you add pipe size, depth and soil up front.