Bound Brook, N.J.’s Summit Drilling Co., one of New Jersey’s largest environmental and geotechnical drilling firms, has merged with Environmental Remediation Contractors of Delran, N.J.
Ice cores drilled from southern Greenland have revealed the first evidence of an ancient – and surprisingly lush – forest, findings which suggest that the ice sheet may be much more stable against rising temperatures than previously thought.
To keep the water supply flowing at Britain’s largest grower of root vegetables, ITT Flygt, the pump and fluid-handling specialist, has supplied a three-pump system at Albert Bartlett & Sons in Cambridgeshire, a company that produce potatoes, carrots, parsnips and onions. The Flygt submersibles are part of a water supply, distribution and pumping system installed by Panks Engineers, which had to meet strict environmental guidelines.
The International Association of Concrete Drillers and Sawers re-elected Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association executive director Patrick O’Brien as president.
Hydrogeologist F. Michael Krautkramer will examine methods for answering critical well design questions as the 2008 William A. McEllhiney Distinguished Lecturer in Water Well Technology.
Making drinking water out of seawater is a growing trend but a potential threat to the environment that could exacerbate climate change, according to WWF, a prominent conservation organization.
Layne GeoConstruction installed approximately 1,500 drilled micropiles, averaging 42 feet in length, in karst geological conditions for new foundation support.
Two geologists from the Geological Survey of Norway will drill into 2 billion year-old rocks in Russia to seek to understand the interaction between geological processes that created the modern-day Earth.
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