Work for the first-ever high-speed rail system in the nation is underway in California, creating tremendous demand for expertise of all types, including geotechnical drilling.
The PITCHER SAMPLER is designed to recover accurate samples from formations that are too hard for thin-wall shelby samplers or too brittle, soft or water-sensitive to permit satisfactory recovery by conventional core barrel type samplers.
Recently, I went to a jobsite in the mountains to watch the drilling of a new well. Upon arriving, I saw some drilling equipment that I didn’t recognize.