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    TEST PIT SERVICES

Edge drilling provides experienced trained and certified  excavator and backhoe operators for test pitting services across western Australia and Australia. Why u would use test pitting for your site investigation,

Oftentimes, factors such as project budget, site access, subsurface composition, and/or drill rig availability, make geotechnical soil boring/coring methods impractical, inappropriate, and/or cost-prohibitive. Therefore, we often employ mechanical excavating equipment to conduct subsurface explorations in the form of open test pit excavations. Excavation equipment is fairly commonplace (even in more remote areas), relatively inexpensive to operate, and tracked excavators (with skilled operators) can negotiate almost any type of terrain. Therefore, mechanical excavators play an important role in geotechnical exploration.

Test pit excavations can reveal a lot of visual information about the shallow subsurface that soil boring/coring cannot, including (but not limited to):

  • Vertical and horizontal material contacts;
  • Actual particles size of large-diameter soil particles (i.e., gravel/cobble/boulders);
  • Nature and extent of any buried debris;
  • Differentiate between bedrock and large boulders in the shallow subsurface;
  • The collection of large (bulk) samples.

However, test pit excavations have several drawbacks, including (but not limited to):

  • Excessive ground disturbance;
  • Limited exploration depth (depending upon equipment size and excavation footprint);
  • Lack of ability to conduct in-situ geotechnical testing/sampling such as SPT/MPT, Shelby tubes, etc.

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Safety
    • Capability Statement
  • Equipment
    • LS250 Sonic Drill
    • HANJIN D&B 8-D
    • HANJIN TM D&B 8-D (Truck Mounted)
    • GEOPROBE 6610DT
    • Landcruiser 2100 Rig
    • HANJIN D&B 10-D
    • EVH2100 Excavator Drill
  • Services
    • Aircore Drilling
    • Diamond Drilling
    • Earth Drilling
    • Environmental Investigation Drilling
    • Equipment
    • Exploration Drilling
    • Geotechnical Drilling
    • Packer Testing
    • Remote Drill Camps
    • Reverse Circulation
    • Sonic Drilling Technology
    • Test Pit Services
    • Vacuum Excavation
    • Vapor Pin Installation
    • Vibrating Wire Piezometer
  • Projects
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