The navigational lock system for the dam, built during the New Deal civil construction boom of the later 1930s and early ’40s, accommodates 600-foot barges. Drillers are helping the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers open up that bottleneck to barges twice that size.
We recently got the results back from our latest email survey, and we found that more than six in 10 contracting firms either strongly agree or agree that the shortage of good help has limited the amount of work they can take on.
This spring, Schramm is releasing the T455 series drilling rig, their first Tier-4 Final compliant offering, for the water and mineral exploration sectors. The Driller spoke with Michael Dynan, vice president for portfolio and strategic development, about the new rig, demands on contractors to meet updated emissions standards and more.
Direct push has always produced good samples. But at Horizon Construction and Exploration LLC in Wisconsin, they've found that larger-diameter samples can make things on the jobsite even more interesting.
Raise your hand if you like profits. I bet everyone has their hands up. But do you really understand what profit is, why you might have losses or how to read an income statement?
