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DRILL CLASS 2008

Friday, February 22, 2007
 Crawler CME-55 Drill Rig drilling on a landslide.
Taber Consultants is proud to again to conduct their drill class for undergraduate/graduate students and industry professionals. Each year professionals from consulting firms and public agencies and students from UC Berkeley and  UC Davis converge upon the Taber Consultants home office for a day of instruction.  Presentations and explanations of drilling and sampling techniques typically used for Geotechnical and Environmental investigations are made to demonstrate the reasoning behind and utility of methods used in the field.
  • Drill Class sign-in on Febraury 23, 2007 will begin at approximately 9:00 a.m. Class goes to ~ 4p.m.
  • Lunch will be provided
  • If reserving your spot through e-mail, please provide your phone number, address and company

Demonstrations will include: 
    • Hollow and Solid Flight Auger Drilling 
    • Rotary Wash Drilling 
    • Electronic Cone Penetrometer Testing (CPT) 
    • Geoproduct Presentations

For More Information please contact Tonja @ 916.371.1690 or drillclass@taberconsultants.com or download an application form. The form requires Acrobat Reader... Drill Class application form (67 Kb)
Crawler CME 55 drill rig at the drill class with Taber Office in background. Simco Rig being lowered by excavator onto a slide for horizontal and vertical exlporation Truck mounted CME 45 drill rig in the hills near Soledad, CA. Crawler 55 drill rig at Drill Class 2000
Students gathered in Taber Consultants office for pre-demonstration lecture and safety meeting. Looking westerly at Robert's Ferry Bridge, near Modesto. Drill Class group observing hollow stem augering, Simco rig drilling at Alderpoint Road, Humboldt County, California.
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