When it comes to drilling, it is not so cut and dry and you might think when boring thru the Earth. The kind of ground conditions a driller encounters will play a huge role in how the project goes and the types of decisions that will need to made by…

The more you use a drill bit, the duller it gets, making it hard to drill through hard layers of sediment and rock. Unfortunately, there is no end all be all way or even an easy way for sharpening a bit that has been worn down due to geotechnical drilling.…

There are a wide range of reasons why soil needs to be tested. For some applications, it is important to get data about soil that is sub-surface, and in many cases getting data from deep under a site can be useful or essential. When most people imagine how you would…

One of the key parts of geotechnical drilling is obtaining soil and sediment samples from a location and having it analyzed in a lab setting for a multitude of different reasonings. Core recovery, and how to improve it, is a topic that comes up often in a discussion between many…

Depending on the task at hand, one of the more common tools that a geotechnical drilling company has to deal with are drill rods. Drill rods are a hugely important part of drilling equipment, and taking care of them can have a major impact on a company's drilling performance. The…

Cone Penetration Testing is starting to gain rapid accepting among the engineering community because it addresses many of the disadvantages of typical boring technique of geotechnical drilling. Saint Cloud Residents do not have to wait for samples to be sent to a lab to identify what is the composition of…

Geotechnical drilling companies do not just drill for the sake of making a deep hole in the ground. Many companies that drill are often taking samples of different areas of a property to get a full assessment what is going on below the surface. Farmers for example are one of…

In the state of Florida, sinkholes are a very common problem that may need to be addressed at some point in your homes existence. Repair methods can vary, and the method used depends largely on economics and the location of the sinkhole. The method and materials needed to fill in…

Drilling companies deal with a lot of  conditions that are not ideal for their team or their equipment. Of the many ground conditions that they may have to deal with, rock abrasiveness is probably one of the most common problems with geotechnical drilling. Winter Springs drill operators that have to…

More times than not, when a company is contracted to do work on drilling a well or some other service where drilling is necessary, Either the location they are drilling or the material they are drilling into makes it difficult to access and continue to do their jobs. When dealing…