Projects & Clients

Environmental Drilling Services, Federal Superfund Sites: Lakeland, Port Salerno, and Lake Park, Florida

ATI Companies conducted environmental drilling services for Black & Veatch Corporation to help determine extent of contaminated soil and groundwater at three separate hazardous waste sites located in Florida. ATI used multiple drilling methods that included conventional auger boring, rotary wash boring, and direct-push technology (DPT), along with sonic drilling provided through a subcontracted company. ATI collected continuous soil samples using a split-spoon sampler and undisturbed soil samples using a Shelby tube. ATI also collected groundwater samples at specific depth intervals using a DPT sampler device and in sonic borehole, using packers. Wells were installed using stainless-steel casing to total depth down to 200 feet. ATI also provided well abandonment and waste drum handling and staging services.

Environmental Drilling Services, Forensic Investigation, Tampa, Florida

After two months of pre-project engineering and preparation, ATI Companies performed a direct-push technology (DPT) forensic study at a site suspected to be the burial location of a missing woman. ATI was contracted to do the work by a local police department and worked in coordination with the University of South Florida’s (USF) Forensic Anthropology Department. Prior to initiation of the work, ATI helped develop a soil sampling plan intended to recover lipid fat evidence from specific x, y, and z coordinates using the DPT tool. ATI advanced horizontal boreholes to collect undisturbed soil samples from below a concrete building slab. ATI used Geoprobe’s 2.25-inch diameter rods with LB piston and a new dual-tube system that ATI designed in-house.