From tailing piles at remote mine sites to a contaminated site in a congested urban district, sonic drilling is becoming the method of choice for a variety of challenges.
Travis Roberts, vice president of Millstadt, Ill.-based Roberts Environmental Drilling, followed his father into the drilling business after high school. Although his official experience with drilling amounts to 11 years, he’s been around it since childhood.
It’s been 14 years since Sherri Marlo joined the drilling industry as a small business owner. The president and co-owner of Dupo, Ill.-based Bulldog Drilling and Terra Drill Inc. says, during that time, she’s gotten a first-hand sense of how valuable reliable employees are.