Drilling Pine Hills What Kind of Drilling Happens at Construction sites?

There are many individuals and industries who can benefit from the skills and services of professionals that specialize in geotechnical drilling. One of the more regular industries that often require work from a professional geotechnical drilling company is construction companies who are tasked with new construction or building up existing infrastructure.

Many people mistakenly believe that construction companies will handle their own drilling. Pine Hills residents should know though that construction equipment oftentimes does not include drilling rigs and drill bits that a geotechnical drilling company will have at their disposal.

This also brings up questions from individuals such as what type of work do drilling companies perform for construction companies when they are out on location? Some of these services are more popular than others, and may be done at nearly every instance of a drilling company being contracted out to do work.

Foundational Drilling for New Construction

One of the most important services that a professional drilling company will perform for new construction buildings is foundational drilling. Pine Hills residents should know that a new structure of any type should have a solid foundation in order to make it as safe as possible for construction crews while working, and all people that will be using the building afterwards.

Foundational drilling needs to be done precisely in order to have the best results when creating a safe structure. That can include an appropriate amount of holes that may need to be at a specific depth.

Foundational drilling can sometimes reveal issues that could affect further construction of a new building, such as finding a sinkhole. This is something that needs to be addressed and corrected before any construction should be started. 

Drilling For Sample Collection and Testing

Apart from foundational drilling, another kind of drilling that is done on construction sites is for sample collection. This is very important for a few different reasons, but the most apparent reason is to give drilling professionals a good idea of what ground conditions look like before any steps are taken for more significant drilling, such as foundational drilling. Pine Hills drilling professionals will often do this type of drilling first.

When a sample of the ground at a specific location, it can tell drilling professionals about what types of soils and sediments are present. This is important information to know because it can help drilling professionals figure out what is the best equipment to use for drilling efforts.

Drilling professionals will have many pieces of equipment for the various type of soil and sediments that can be found.

*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Amdrill Inc*