Cable percussion drilling is the UK’s most common form of drilling for standard geotechnical and ground investigations.

Boreholes are formed using a shell or clay-cutter (the drill bit which is used depends entirely on the formation being bored into). Then, as the percussive drilling progresses, steel casing is lowered into the borehole to ensure the integrity and stability of the surrounding borehole walls.

One of the main benefits to cable percussion drilling is that it can tackle most types of ground situation, both consolidated and unconsolidated substrate formations.

Cable percussion drilling can also drill deeper, and drill further into the water table than other drilling methods.

The rig is typically towed into position using a four by four vehicle, and is subsequently erected into the correct position via an electronic winch. To avoid any potential service disruptions, hand pitting is also carried out beforehand.  

At Borehole Solutions Ltd, our fleet of Cable Drilling rigs are widely used on various public, private and governmental construction projects.

Each crew typically also carries with them a tablet and mobile printer, so that logging can be performed on site, we can provide logging in PDF and AGS format for importation into systems such as Holebase, etc.   

 

For a full introduction of the Cable Percussion Drilling process, Rig Measurements & Model Types available please see the below links…