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Member Info 04/2026                                       
DCA-Members' Forum - still places available
Information about the Annual Congress 2026

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

With today's Member Info 04/2026, we would like to inform you that registration for the 8th HDD Members' Forum HDD Technology 2026, focusing on the topic of "Categorisation of HDD-Drillings" on Thursday, 30th April 2026, has already begun. If you have not yet registered and would like to participate, please use the registration form below.

The registration deadline is April 17, 2026
Room contingent at the hotel Novotel: Until April 7, 2026.

Further information: Registration forms for the 30th DCA Annual Congress from 30th Sept.- 02nd October 2026 in Rome will be sent to the members via Member Info at the end of July, as usual. Registration is reserved exclusively for members until the registration deadline in beginning of September. A few sponsor slots are still available in the GOLD, SILVER, and BRONZE categories. Please contact the office if you are interested.

We wish you and ourselves a good start to spring and a successful collaboration in line with our association's goals.

Kind regards
Your DCA-Team
8th DCA-Members' Forum HDD-Technology in Aachen

Topic: „Categorisation of HDD-Drillings“

In the current edition of the DCA guideline, Chapter 10 divides HDD projects into two categories depending on their complexity, i.e. their degree of difficulty. This classification can be used to determine the scope of the required engineering and preparation works as well as the corresponding responsibilities. The aim of this classification is to ensure that the scope of this project preparation is proportionate to the effort involved in the construction work and is therefore practicable.

During the DCA Annual Congress 2025 in Bamberg, this categorisation was already one of several topics discussed at the workshop on Thursday afternoon. The contributions showed that there is a need for further discussion on this topic. Among other things, the following questions will be addressed with the participants of the members' forum:

  • Is the number of two categories (standard and complex) adequate?
  • Are the classification limits for these criteria appropriate?
  • Should exceeding one limit already lead to classification in the ‘complex’ category?
  • Are the responsibilities correctly defined?
  • Is such a classification generally practical and compliant with other applicable regulations?

Within the framework of this members' forum, we would like to continue the discussions that have been started and lay the basis for further revision of this chapter of the DCA guideline as part of the next revision.

Forum venue

NOVOTEL Aachen, Peterstraße 66                                                                              D-52062 Aachen, Tel.: +49 (0)89 121 406 255

Registration

Registration for the members' forum is exclusively online, just like last year! 
Participation is free and reserved for DCA members only. Participation is limited to two people per company.

Please use the link below.

The registration deadline is April 17, 2026. Please note!

Room reservation

There is a room contingent for DCA members at the NOVOTEL Aachen.

Password: “DCA Members’ Forum 2026”. The rooms are available until 07th April 2026.

Contact: aachen.reservierung@accorhotels.com
For further questions, please contact our office in Aachen - a.quante@dca-europe.org.
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