With a history of world firsts, providing innovative engineered solutions, and the personnel and equipment to deploy and perform them, Bluegrass is the nuclear core drilling leader.
Bluegrass’ diamond core drilling services allow for penetrations of any size, angle and depth as well as metal core drilling, over drilling, slot/line drilling and under cutting.
With 60 plus diamond core drills and 1000s of drill bits, Bluegrass can mobilize to your site with the necessary equipment needed to satisfy your coring requirements.
The experienced derived from 90 plus projects, ensures we understand the ramifications of your needs and the controlled environment in which the work must be accomplished.
Building on lessons learned and practical field experience we offer best practice solutions consistent with ALARA, waste minimization, dust and water control.
Our core drilling specialists operate with 40 hour hazwoper, 10 hour OSHA, Radworker, in addition to plant and site specific training. Daily safety meetings incorporating job hazard analysis are mandatory. Background checked, drug tested and US citizens, committed people are the backbone of our demolition company.
Supporting maintenance activities, outages, SGR’s and plant decommissioning, we offer advanced technology combinations to match your controlled demolition tasks or challenges.
Core Drilling Projects:
Drilled (80) holes for wire access and rigging 6-12' in length, LaCrosse Boiling Water Reactor
Drilled holes through 5' of concrete with steel punchings for aggregate and 3" of solid lead liner, Georgia Tech Reactor
Drilled (40) 6" diameter holes 16' deep intersecting at 45° angles at 5 levels, Big Rock Point
Drilled (7) 18" diameter holes 8' deep for removal of ion guide tubes, Big Rock Point
