Precision Drilling Australia provides experienced trained and certified backhoe operators for test pitting services across Western Australia servicing the Geotechnical & Environmental Fields.
Oftentimes, factors such as project budget, site access, subsurface composition, and/or drill rig availability, make geotechnical soil boring/coring methods impractical, inappropriate, and/or cost-prohibitive.
Therefore, we often employ mechanical excavating equipment to conduct subsurface explorations in the form of open test pit excavations. Excavation equipment is fairly commonplace (even in more remote areas), relatively inexpensive to operate, and tracked excavators (with skilled operators) can negotiate almost any type of terrain. Therefore, mechanical excavators play an important role in geotechnical exploration.
Test pit excavations can reveal a lot of visual information about the shallow subsurface that soil boring/coring cannot, including (but not limited to):
However, test pit excavations have several drawbacks, including (but not limited to):
With experience in all aspects of Exploration, Geotechnical, Environmental drilling, and Hydro and Water Well Drilling, we are here to look after our clients in a professional, ethical, and reliable manner, while maintaining safe, environmentally responsible practices.
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