Recently captured a couple of great shots with crews undertaking drilling works on the Sydney “Metro” project in New South Wales (NSW). The image above shows one of our Boart Longyear DB520 Multipurpose rigs completing an 50m HQ3 geotechnical core location in the shadow of the HMS Endeavour replica.

Sydney based R20 Sonic crews have been on a 13 week tour which included quarantine, 4 states, 4 projects and a total of 6400km mobilization. Project requirements included 150mm production bores, Environmental monitoring wells, and Vibrating Wire Piezometers for a Geotechnical client. The rig completed projects in Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory and New south wales.

Numac recently completed a mineral exploration drilling program with a sonic rig in unconsolidated formations for Nickel Laterite.

Our new Volvo FH13 540 Prime Mover looking smart in the her new skin. With the large distances we move rigs each year it is certainly nice to know that have reliable, safe and comfortable equipment making these long road-trips comfortable fro the drill crews.

One of the highlights of 2017 was being involved in the Sydney Metro Geotechnical investigation in Sydney Harbour. Numac was presented with an opportunity to use one of our Sonic drill rigs from an overwater in close proximity to the Harbour Bridge.

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Sonic Drilling is taking off in Australia and is quickly becoming the preferred tool in both Environmental and Geotechnical site investigations. After a couple of years of use this is the lowdown on where we see the value.