Drilling

As geologists, we're trained that the most important part of our job is field verification. You go out in the field to look at outcrops, collect samples, and then put the field data into particular formats. Sometimes, this is easy. Sometimes it's hard. The main thing to remember is that you VERIFY your thinking (and those of others) with FIELDWORK. When you can't find an easy road cut, or see a surface outcrop, what do you do? You drill to get the information that you need. This is especially important in the case of foundations for buildings, highways, all sorts of civil works.

An engineering geologist most likely uses a geotechnical drilling rig. It gets what you need down to several hundred feet. Today, I thought I'd show a pic of one.


Until next time,

Trenchless Geologist