Geotechnical Drilling Services

BACTEC International Limited offer Geotechnical Services which are flexible and designed to meet the client's individual needs. BACTEC provides cost-effective, reliable quality driven solutions for geotechnical drilling services.

BACTEC's range of Geotechnical Drilling Services include:

  • Coring
  • Monitoring Wells
  • Down The Hole Hammer
  • Auguring Open Flight and Hollow Stem
  • Rotary Open
  • Simultaneous Casing Installations
  • Inclinometer Installation Drilling

All BACTEC drilling staff are suitably qualified and experienced; as a minimum, staff are NVQ2 level and CSCS qualified:

  • As a minimum, staff are NVQ2 level qualified and, or CSCS qualified
  • Lead drillers all have a minimum of twenty years experience

BACTEC own and operate the latest Berretta drilling rigs including the T41 and T44; these will operate as self contained units for site investigation and or construction projects.

BACTEC also employs a number of technologies for other applications including:

  • Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) for the interrogation of suspect targets, to gain a more precise size shape and depth of an object
  • Ground Conductivity Meter for the delineation of waste dumps, man made or natural features
  • Time Domain EM techniques for mineral exploration and groundwater investigation
  • Seismic Reflection and Refraction for engineering and shallow exploration
  • IP and Resistivity for Mineral Exploration

    BACTEC's Geophysicists have experience on the full range of geophysical techniques.