Site Investigation Drilling
The Site Investigation (SI) Drilling division of Macquarie Drilling conducts geotechnical, environmental and shallow exploration drilling assignments for mining and exploration companies, geotechnical & environmental consultants, engineering and mining consultants, petroleum companies, utilities, government authorities, contractors and infrastructure providers. Our Site Investigation drilling programmes are carried out in a diverse range of environments such as busy city centres, Mining & Exploration Leases, remote areas, industrial facilities, airports, major road and rail corridors. Our operations are conducted with safety and environmental protection as key priorities. Macquarie Drilling offers the following SI drilling services:
- Solid and hollow flight augers
- Standard Penetration Test with solid or hollow flight augers
- Concrete coring
- Diamond coring (conventional and wireline)
- Direct push sampling (Macrocore, DT21, DT32)
- Rotary Air Blasting (RAB) and Down Hole Hammer (DHH)
- Rotary mud drilling
- Vertical and angle holes
- Monitoring well installation
- Packer testing
- Borehole grouting & decommissioning
- Groundwater profiling using Hydropunch at Waterloo profiler
- Soil gas sampling using PRT or direct systems