Sourcing the best company for the job

Sourcing the best company for the job

The BDA is working with its members to ensure the right people get the right jobs on projects

Site Investigation

21 MAR 2019
Standards and specifications

Standards and specifications

The BDA's Mark Toye on the importance of standards and specifications within ground investigation

Industry voice

26 FEB 2019
What

What's been happening Down Under?

The Australian Drilling Industry Association's Peter Hall looks at the country's situation

Guest column

07 FEB 2019
(Trouble) Shooting from the hip

(Trouble) Shooting from the hip

Little Beaver's Joe Haynes offers a guide for in-the-field troubleshooting of well drilling issues

Wells & Boreholes

09 JAN 2019
The need for better site investigation

The need for better site investigation

Poor site investigation is almost worthless when it comes to designing worthwhile piling solutions.

Industry voice

01 NOV 2018
Addressing the skills shortages: the BDA Apprenticeship Scheme

Addressing the skills shortages: the BDA Apprenticeship Scheme

Charlie Allardyce tells GDI about the British Drilling Association's Apprenticeship Scheme

Guest column

03 OCT 2018
Getting girls into geoscience

Getting girls into geoscience

How the Girls into Geoscience project was established at the University of Plymouth

Guest column

13 SEP 2018
Nothing cagey about solving cage problems

Nothing cagey about solving cage problems

Phil Hines takes a look at health and safety issues relating to prefabricated reinforced cages

Industry voice

03 SEP 2018
Mitigating drilling contract award risks

Mitigating drilling contract award risks

Thomas Feehan considers what happens when project managers fail to balance cost and time constraints

Driller's bit

20 JUL 2018
A healthy and safe future for the drilling industry

A healthy and safe future for the drilling industry

Jon Christie explains the core mission of the BDA's Health and Safety Committee

Industry voice

14 JUL 2018
Favouring progress: Yemen

Favouring progress: Yemen's water scarcity dilemma

Muna Omar looks at the dwindling water supply in Yemen's capital city on behalf of RWSN

Guest column

06 JUL 2018
Keep drilling the messages home

Keep drilling the messages home

Anne Baxter looks back on her two years as chair of the British Drilling Association

Industry voice

21 JUN 2018
All change...

All change...

Alasdair Henderson reflects on his time as the head of the Federation of Piling Specialists

Industry voice

06 JUN 2018
Voyage of groundwater discovery

Voyage of groundwater discovery

The first 'Professional Management of Water Well Drilling Projects and Programmes' online course

Industry voice

29 MAY 2018
Revealing the unknowns

Revealing the unknowns

Ground investigation procurement is a broken process that can currently increase risk

Industry voice

17 MAY 2018
Time for a change

Time for a change

Nia Kajastie hands over reins of GeoDrilling International

Industry voice

03 MAY 2018