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The services performed by our Test Boring Division include but are not limited to the following:

TEST BORINGS

CRAIG TEST BORING CO., INC. is experienced in all types of Geotechnical and environmental soil sampling, rock coring and subsurface investigations.  Our experience also includes the installation of slope indicators, porous stone piezometers and pneumatic packers. 

Our soil drilling procedures utilize hollow stem and solid stem augers, driven casing, and mud rotary drilling methods, which range from 2” to 12” in diameter and extend up to depths of 500’.  Our soil sampling methods include 2” to 3 ½” O.D. split spoon samplers, undistributed samples (both piston and stationary head), Denison and sidewall sampling.  Our rock drilling equipment includes both conventional and wire-line drilling systems, which range in size from “B” through “H.”

MONITORING WELL INSTALLATION

CRAIG TEST BORING CO., INC. is experienced in the installation of   PVC, steel, and stainless steel monitoring wells, which range in diameters from ¾” to 8”.  Methods of installation include the use of hollow stem augers, driven casing and mud rotary methods.

Our licensed well drillers are qualified to install all forms of approved monitoring wells at Superfund, ECRA and Underground Storage Tank (USTS) sites throughout Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.  In addition, our drillers are certified to abandon and seal existing groundwater wells.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

CRAIG TEST BORING CO., INC. has an in-house professional engineering staff, which provides a wide range of services. Such services include full-time supervision of test boring and monitoring well installations. In addition, our staff provides test boring data analysis, subsurface soil’s evaluation, foundation design/recommendations, consultations, and field inspections.  Our field inspection services include footing bottom inspection, bearing capacity verification, pile monitoring, load testing, and fill placement inspection.