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 In 2011 Geopile Africa was established to deliver driven ductile iron piling services. A challenging geotechnical profile with river boulders required percussive pre-drilling and grouting to create a safe passage for the ductile iron pile to be driven
SITE INVESTIGATION

30 years of drilling in Africa

Dave Rossiter reflects on 30 years of running his drilling business, Geomechanics, in Africa

17 September 2019

 Drilling fluid or mud is a crucial ingredient to maximise an HDD crew’s efficiency and should be used whenever possible
INFRASTRUCTURE

Mud matters: Making sense of HDD drilling fluids

The importance of water and additives in the HDD industry and why you need to use them

16 August 2019

 Tekmar Group plc company Ryder Geotechnical has expanded into new headquarters on Collingwood Street in Newcastle, UK
PILING

New headquarters opened in Newcastle by Ryder Geotechnical

Expansion for Ryder Geotechnical following take-over by AgileTek Engineering

13 August 2019

 A Comacchio MC 28 HD with double-head system has been used to install temporary casing on the Flying Cloud Drive project in Minnesota
GROUND CONTROL

Repairing Flying Cloud Drive

Rigs supplied by Comacchio are being used in a North American highway restructuring project

19 June 2019

 Cased and ready to go; the PS Logger has been proven with data acquired from thousands of boreholes worldwide, often in the harshest of offshore applications
SITE INVESTIGATION

Sound practice means sound economics

The PS Logger is a cost-effective method of measuring P and S wave velocities in boreholes

12 March 2019

 As part of the KARL project, Bauer was commissioned to carry out a range of specialist works for building a deep excavation wall anchored in multiple layers
PILING

Bauer's German city centre work

An insight into some of the projects Bauer Spezialtiefbau is involved with in its native Germany

07 March 2019

 Deep Soil Mixing utilised its controlled soil mixing technique to stabilise the soil and contain asbestos fibre in the ground at a landslip site in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
GROUND CONTROL

Successful slope stabilisation on contaminated ground

How do you successfully stabilise a slope that has been contaminated with asbestos?

06 March 2019

 A curved core sample produced by Devico
CORE SAMPLING

Speed is at the core

Signe Hanson looks at the tools for core drilling, recovery and analysis and how to best use them

06 March 2019

PARTNER CONTENT

Geothermal Game Changer

Customer-inspired engineering leads to fieldwork simplified

PARTNER CONTENT

A Sneak Peek at the Future of Drilling Data

Drilling is the first step in an optimised mine value chain, so it is crucial to

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Gain Ground on the Competition

Rigs, tooling designed for direct push propel profits, production across industries

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Simplify your geotechnical Jobs

Multi-application drill rigs and enhanced tools boost productivity and profits.