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Harry Dickinson, project coordinator believes that success and expansion is due to the overall team effort of all of its employees CREDIT:KAMLOOPS AUGERING AND BORING
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a nd B or i ng to t he Crossi ng Company. Trenchless installations and directional drilling are highly specialized fields with a close k n it com mu n ity made up of members that are well known to each other. Dickinson said
that the Bachand name is well respected in the industry, leading the way for health and safety and advancements in specific industry related technology. “We’ve always been on the cutti ng edge, i mplementi ng new technology and modifying equipment and processes to match clients’ needs.” Bachand said. “For example, with Gaunt’s
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additional input we patented equ ipment for d riv i ng la rge horizontal steel casings. We basically took an ex-offshore pile driving hammer, turned it on its side and mounted it into a very large boring machine to drive pipe horizontally.” The advancements made by KABL have allowed it to operate within a small footprint,
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minimizing the disturbance to the surrounding area and ecosystems. T rench less i nstallations are a process used specifically for that reason. “When services, like water, sanitary, storm and utilities, cannot be placed in a typical trench or it needs to go under sensitive areas, the developers want a trenchless option,” said
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Dickinson. “Getting service from one side of a road to another is a good example. You can’t always stop traffic, especially on a busy highway, so we are called in to drill under the road and to install casings that will hold the pipes or wires.” SEE KAMLOOPS AUGER | PAGE 31