Projects & Clients

Environmental Drilling Services, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida

ATI Companies conducted environmental drilling services for Earth Tech, Inc., MacDill AFB, in a buffer zone located between two solid waste management units (SWMUs) and an environmentally sensitive wetland area. The project objective was to monitor potential releases of hazardous material from unexploded ordnances in the two SWMUs. To meet this objective, ATI installed groundwater monitoring wells, using a track-mounted hollow-stem auger drill rig, which were completed with either stickup casings or concrete pads flush with ground surface, depending on site conditions. Since the site was a wetland area, ATI used the track-mounted rig for site access, which included constructing a temporary bridge over a canal and clearing a tunnel through dense vegetation to minimize impact on the wetlands. Prior to installing the wells, ATI decontaminated drill equipment and well casing materials in accordance with USEPA protocols.

Environmental Drilling Services, NASA Space Center Launch Complex, Former Air Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

ATI Companies provided environmental drilling services for Tetra Tech, Inc., at a site located adjacent to an active, commercial satellite launch pad on a former Air Force complex at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The objective of the project was to assist in 3-dimensional (3-D) modeling of several known groundwater contaminant plumes and in assessment of the plumes. To meet these objectives, ATI performed a series of soil borings, some to 100 feet, in a grid pattern in order to collect groundwater quality data that were used to develop a 3-D image of the plumes and to select groundwater monitoring well locations. In the borings, groundwater samples were collected every 10 feet as casing and screen were retracted from the borehole. The borings were advanced and samples collected using a direct-push technology probe. ATI then installed groundwater monitoring wells at locations based, in part, on analysis of the 3-D images.