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Vertex Demonstration Day

Kodiak Drilling — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:02:16 +0000

Vertex Environmental held another demonstration of their equipment on a beautiful October day. It was a great opportunity to get up close to lots of equipment used in site investigation and remediation projects. Additionally, there were several demonstrations of drilling equipment and techniques.

It was good to mingle with others from our industry and to have drilling talk with our colleagues at Groundtech Solutions and Strata Drilling, who hosted the event.

It was a great turnout that even included lunch. If you’re interested in this, we suggest contacting Vertex directly to get on their mailing list for the next event.

Click here to link to Vertex Demo Day.

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Client Photo Contest

Kodiak Drilling — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 17:35:14 +0000

Want the chance to win a 2-night weekend trip to Muskoka?

We are conducting a photo contest for our clients, where the winner will be awarded a 2-night weekend trip on beautiful Lake Muskoka.

Since we are limited access drillers, we take our drills to unique, interesting, and often challenging locations. We’ve taken the Big Beaver into a bathroom, the GeoTool down a railway embankment, the MiniProbe into a factory, the 420 into a basement, the MiniMoles into backyards, the GeoProbe into excavations…the list goes on and on. Our crews love to brag about the tricky spots they encounter and one-up each other on the challenging locations; a photo can tell that story. Although sometimes we get the chance to grab a photo while there, we are usually too busy doing the actual work to snap one.

We know that many of our clients have shot some great photos of us while at their sites and we want to see them.

If you send us your photos, we will enter them in our photo contest, where the winner receives a 2-night weekend trip to the Marriott Residence Inn on Lake Muskoka in Gravenhurst. At the end of each year, we will have our photo contest committee review the photos and pick the winner.

We would also love to consider submissions for our blog, website or social media if you agree to it.

Click here for information on your possible weekend at the Marriott…

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Limited Access Drilling Article Series

Kodiak Drilling — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:32:35 +0000

If you have drilled with Kodiak over the years, you have likely had Ryan at your site. Ryan has operated all of our drills over his 18+ years at Kodiak and is quite likely the most experienced limited access driller in Ontario. What you may not know is that Ryan is also a published author.

For those of us in the drilling industry, National Driller (now called, The Driller) is a popular trade publication. The magazine published a 3 part series on limited access drilling, authored by Ryan, back in 2013. Although the articles were written quite some time ago, the concepts he discusses are still relevant today and should be helpful to consultants undertaking drilling projects.

You can now access the article series online at their website by clicking on the titles below.

Part 1 – Location, Rigs for Limited Access Drilling Jobs Demand Creativity

Part 2 – Rig Access Can be Half the Job for Geotechnical, Environmental Drilling

Part 3 – Safety Just as Big on Small Drilling Jobs – Escape Plan Can Prove Crucial for Confined Spaces

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