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removal of—the tracking electronics. With its innovative, high-ﬂow design, TriHawk has the power and volume neces-sary to also run two other types of trenchless systems: mud motors and air hammers.

Available in four sizes, the TriHawk HD housing is compat-ible with Ditch Witch and Vermeer drills.

Four TriHawk bits are available for use with the new Tri-Hawk HD housing:

• The TriHawk I is designed for soft rock conditions up to 8,000 psi and is also productive in dry, compacted soils as well as cobble and broken formations.

• The abrasion-resistant TriHawk III features powerful, car-bide-core cutting teeth designed to efﬁciently cut through soft to medium rock up to 12,000 psi and cobble.

• The TriHawk IV drill bit is designed for use in heavy, over-burdened cobble or fractured rock.

• The TriHawk V drill bit combines torque-edge steering with thrust-face steering for exceptional performance in round rock cobble, ﬂat river stone, hardpan, and loose ﬁll.

All TriHawk bits are reinforced with ample amounts of strategically placed carbide grit. Also available are the dirt bit adaptor and the Hawkeye quick connect system. These are designed to enhance the performance of TriHawk downhole tools.

Dexter + Chaney Marks 30 Years in Business D

exter + Chaney, developer of Spectrum Con-struction Software, recently marked the 30th anniversary of the company’s founding with a staff party at the Dexter + Chaney campus in Seattle, Wash. Spectrum addresses the accounting, opera-tional, management, and reporting needs of more than 1,000 construction companies throughout the United States. Partners Mark Dexter and John Chaney started the busi-ness in 1981 in the spare bedroom of Dexter’s Seattle apart-ment. The duo had worked together as certiﬁed public ac-countants in the consulting division of Arthur Andersen (now Accenture) on a huge maritime project involving pricing change orders and mark-ups—a manual process at the time. They ﬁgured there had to be a better method and decided to apply the emerging technology of electronic spreadsheets to the construction market.

Today, Dexter + Chaney employs more than 80 people who work in two buildings on the company-owned, 2.3-acre campus in north Seattle. While the company has experienced many changes over the past 30 years, its dedication to serv-ing the needs of its customers has remained constant. “Our founding principles—making Spectrum the last software our clients need to buy, and our commitment to making each client a customer for life—apply today as they did in 1981,” said Chaney, the company’s president. “Produc-ing software that our clients never need to re-purchase is a commitment that we’ve upheld for 30 years. It’s been true for all of our past releases and upgrades, and we will continue to do likewise with future versions of Spectrum and for the life of the product.”

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