Geotechnical Drilling Services Across Florida

Five rig types. Every kind of site access.

SPT borings, auger and mud rotary drilling, rock coring, and monitoring wells, with five rig types that reach marsh, open water, and tight urban lots most drillers turn down.

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Phone 386.734.8444
Office
605 West New York Avenue, DeLand, FL 32720

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The fleet

Five rig types, because Florida isn't one kind of ground.

Access decides the rig, so we match the rig to the site. We run our own rigs for most work, and when a site calls for a specialty rig, we bring one in and it drills under our supervision.

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Truck-Mounted Rig

Production drilling on sites with maintained access. The fastest and most economical option when a truck can reach the boring location.

Best for commercial sites and paved or firm access.

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Mini Track Rig

"Buck Rogers"

Our compact crawler. Fits through gates, works in side yards and interior courtyards, and operates under low overhead clearance where full-size equipment can't set up.

Best for tight lots and gate width access.

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Tri-Pod Rig

Hand-portable and assembled on site. Goes where no powered rig can: inside buildings, on slopes, and in locations reachable only on foot.

Best for interior work and foot only access.

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Amphibious Rig

Floats and tracks. Reaches wetlands, marsh, retention ponds, and open water without staging a barge.

Best for wetlands and water.

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Low Ground Pressure Rig

"Mud Bug"

Built for soft and saturated ground. Works undeveloped sites and wet season conditions that stop wheeled equipment, without rutting finished surfaces.

Best for soft ground and unimproved access.

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Not sure which rig your site needs?

Send an aerial or a site plan. We'll tell you what can reach your boring locations and what it costs to get there, before you commit to anything.

Send a site plan

Our Engineers direct every boring. That changes your schedule.

Our own crews do most of our drilling, and specialty rigs drill under our supervision. Either way, the field date is ours to set, the crew logging your borings answers to the Engineer who signs the report, and every sample goes to our own laboratory.

Drilling methods

The method follows the ground and the sample you need, not what happens to be on the truck.

Method	What it does	Used when
SPT (ASTM D1586)	Drives a split-barrel sampler, recording blow counts	The default. Produces the N-values on every boring log
Hollow stem auger	Advances a cased hole while sampling through the stem	Shallow to moderate depths in stable soils; monitoring wells
Mud rotary	Circulates drilling fluid to hold the hole open	Deep borings, loose sand below the water table
Rock coring	Recovers intact rock core	Limestone evaluation, deep foundation bearing, karst work
Thin-wall tube (ASTM D1587)	Pushes an undisturbed sample tube	Consolidation and strength testing on cohesive soils
Hand auger & probe	Shallow manual sampling and depth probing	Percolation tests, shallow fill checks, restricted access

Sites other drillers decline

If you've been told your site can't be drilled, it's usually an equipment problem rather than a ground problem.

Over water

Lakes, rivers, retention ponds, and canals, amphibious and barge-supported.

Wetlands & marsh

Saturated ground with no road, without building a temporary causeway.

Inside buildings

Tri-pod rigs assembled on site for interior floor slab borings.

Tight residential lots

Mini-track fits through a standard gate to reach side and rear yards.

Low overhead clearance

Under canopies, power lines, and existing structures.

Finished surfaces

Low ground pressure tracking that won't rut turf or damage pavement.

What is geotechnical drilling?

Advancing boreholes to recover soil and rock samples and measure subsurface conditions, the field work that produces the data an Engineer writes foundation recommendations from.

What's the difference between a driller and a geotechnical Engineer?

A drilling contractor advances the hole and collects samples. An Engineer interprets the results and seals the report. We do both, and every boring, whether our crew drills it or a specialty rig does, is logged under the direction of the Engineer who defends it.

Can you drill on a site with no road access?

Usually. Track, tri-pod, and amphibious rigs cover soft ground, wetlands, and open water, and our mini-track fits through a standard gate for tight lots and interior work.

Can you drill borings over water?

Yes. Amphibious and barge-supported rigs reach lakes, rivers, wetlands, and retention ponds, and we drilled more than 140 borings in Lake Monroe for the Sanford RiverWalk.

How deep can you drill?

It depends on rig, method, and ground. Routine commercial borings run 20 to 50 ft; deep foundation and sinkhole work goes much further. Our deepest on record is 137 ft, drilled in Ocala to determine whether a site was suitable for a borrow pit.

Do you install monitoring wells?

Yes, temporary and permanent wells, developed and sampled, as part of environmental assessment work.