NEWS

Coming soon - Look for an announcement regarding Cascade Drilling’s
annual In-Situ Remediation Seminar series to be held at all four of our
West Coast locations during the Fall of 2007.

New Managers and Drillers

Cascade Drilling has just hired Terry Jacques as General Manager of our Portland office. A graduate of Portland State University with a Bachelors degree in Biology, Terry has over 13 years of experience in the drilling industry and is familiar with sonic, probe, auger, air/mud rotary and CPT methods. As Project Manager with Boart Longyears’ office in Tualatin, Oregon (formerly Geo-Tech Explorations), Terry coordinated the drilling for large-scale construction projects and municipal water systems. He is well versed in Environmental, Geotechnical, Construction, Dewatering, Well Rehabilitation and Clean Water drilling projects.

We would also like to welcome Ryan Galbreath and Joel Welsh to our Portland office. Ryan brings a superior attitude and over years of experience in direct push (probe) and auger drilling. Joel has been working in the drilling industry for years and is now working to improve our rock coring and mud rotary capabilities.

New Office Locations

Our Portland and Los Angeles (Norwalk) offices have recently moved to new locations. The new Los Angeles area office address is:

New Equipment

Cascade Drilling is continually working to maintain and update our fleet of drill rigs. Our state-of-the-art 2005 model Sonic Drill Rigs continue to impress clients with their safety features, high productivity, and unique capabilities.

In 2006 we added some new Rubber Track CME drill rigs in several locations. The NW Region now fields a powerful, full size CME 75 drill on a rubber track platform. This new addition has been indispensable in providing access to many shorefront, wooded, and sloped and rough terrain. Most of our locations are newly equipped with Rubber Track Limited Access Hollow Stem Auger (CME) Rigs. These impressive rigs have seen use almost daily for drilling inside buildings (min. clearance approx. 13 feet). They can also be crane-lifted into position, floated on small barges, and maneuvered around railroad tracks and over bridges (load restrictions considered).

Also in 2006, we added a brand new TH-60 Air Rotary rig. This rig is pictured elsewhere on this website with Mt. Shasta in the background. It is currently tasked with advancing a series of deep borings going 800 +/- feet into bedrock to install strain meters and other instrumentation as part of the non-profit UNAVCO Plate Boundary Observatory project.

Our newest additions are the 2007 arrival of Geoprobe rigs to several offices. Our Los Angeles office has acquired a Geoprobe 6620 Limited Access Rubber Track Probe Rig. The Northwest Region, encompassing Portland and Seattle offices, has added two brand new Geoprobe PC-111 van-style 6620 probes, a new Geoprobe 7730 Rubber Track Probe, and a dolly mounted Geoprobe 420M probe unit which should make hand augering a thing of the past.

Upcoming Events

Coming soon - Look for an announcement regarding Cascade Drilling’s
annual In-Situ Remediation Seminar series to be held at all four of our
West Coast locations during the Fall of 2007.

May 1-3, 2007 – Washington State Hydrogeology Symposium at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center.

October 13, 2007 – Northwest Geological Society 20th Anniversary Symposium at the University of Washington’s Johnson Hall.

October 17-18, 2007 – Northwest Environmental Summit at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center.

December 6-7, 2007 – Northwest Environmental Conference at the Red Lion Hotel, Jantzen Beach, Portland, OR.