Matthew Hansen Matthew Hansen

Benefits of Direct Push Sampling with a Geoprobe

Most environmental consultants would never allow soil samples to be taken with auger methods in soils that could would be conducive to direct push methods. It is important to carefully follow sampling protocols and to use proper decontamination techniques between sample locations.

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Matt Hansen Matt Hansen

Numac Drilling becomes Legion Drilling 2023

Legion Drilling was created for this buyout by Numac’ s long time General Manager. As part of the purchase agreement Legion acquired the rights to continue using the Numac name. This helped ensure a smooth..

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Epic Sonic Drilling Journey

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.

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Geotechnical David Garratt Geotechnical David Garratt

Geotechnical drilling on a small scale

Despite its small stature the Geo 205 is still capable of HQ coring to 30m quite comfortably and it automatic SPT hammer ensures safe operation. The tight squeeze is assisted but fully remote control operation allowing the driller to keep well out of harm’s way.

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David Garratt David Garratt

Does your drilling contractor hold the required drillers licence?

The bore shall be constructed by a suitably qualified driller who possess the appropriate experience and the relevant class of licence that the state or territory deem necessary. An appropriately licenced driller shall be on site at all times during bore construction and decommissioning activities.”

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HRSC, Environmental Drilling David Garratt HRSC, Environmental Drilling David Garratt

Sustainable site investigation with Direct Sensing Tools (HRSC)

At this point, 20+ years into the development of direct sensing technology there have been a multitude of arguments presented touting the technical and financial advantages of High-Resolution Site Characterisation (HRSC) using Membrane Interface Probe (MIP), Ultra-Violet Optical Screening Tool (UVOST) and Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT). 

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David Garratt David Garratt

A typical day at Numac Drilling Services Australia!

This short video is a small window into what kinds of drilling projects are going on at Numac on any given day. As a tier 1 drilling contractor we can provide high quality drilling services including Sonic, remote access diamond coring, geotechnical, overwater and contaminated land investigations with Geoprobe machines.

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