Drilling Keystone Geotechnical Drilling at Beach Locations

Geotechnical or environmental drilling is an important service to many communities around the country. They can be found working in urban centers and cities, as well as in rural areas for people needing to gain access underground. One place that people might be wondering if drilling professionals work in are coastal and sandy location like the beach. Buildings built along the coast, including things like fishing piers and ports, all have drilling professionals working on them at some point or another. Beach locations are a little more challenging than people might imagine. They think that drilling to the sand would be easy with modern equipment, but this is not always the case. One of the most common reasons why a drilling company would be called a beach location is to perform foundational drilling for a new structure.

Sandy Locations Are Often Closer to the Water Table

One of the biggest issues that can happen to drilling professionals when they are drilling at a beach or in a coastal region is that the deeper, they have to drill, the higher chance there will be that they will hit water. Even though water doesn’t sound like a big deal, drilling through water can make things much harder. When it comes to Drilling, Keystone drilling professionals will have to use special equipment that is much more suitable for drilling through water or muddy sediment for future construction.

Special Equipment for Beach Locations

Even when water is not a main concern for drilling professionals when they are working at a beach, the loose and shifting sediment of sand can be a challenge in it of itself. When drilling, Keystone professionals will have a hard time keeping the boring hole intact if the sediments are constantly shifting to fill the void that was created by the drill rig and drill bit. In situations like this many drilling professionals will have special equipment to make the task much easier and efficient, similar to how drilling professionals would use special equipment in order to drill into locations with high moisture.

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