1/10/07 - Connelly adds Acker Soil-Scout to drill rig fleet in Maryland.
The addition of this rig has opened our market to include limited entry, indoor and other drilling sites where access with a typical drill rig is impossible. Please visit our Equipment page for more information on our incredible new drill rig, T4, and our Project page to see it in action in a D.C. parking garage. Stay tuned to this page for more information as we complete our barge project and further our service offering to include over-water drilling. |
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11/1/07 - New location opens in Delaware!
We now have an office in Newport, DE with two ATV rigs and highly experienced personnel. This office covers all three counties in DE as well as New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania and NE Maryland. Call today to schedule work in your area. |
6/25/07
- Geoprobe Services Available Now!
We are now scheduling jobs for our
newest department, Geoprobe Services. Our 7720DT model
will be arriving July 1st and will be working July
9th. Contact our Maryland office for more information. Click
here for detailed information on this equipment. |
6/6/07 - VA Office Welcomes Experienced
Driller
Howard W. Roberts has been working in
the geotechnical field since 1996. With an interest in relocating
from Knoxville, TN to the DC metro area, he is joining our
company as operator of our D-50 track rig, T1. |
6/1/07 - Connelly Adds Second CME-550X
ATV rig to Maryland Fleet
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new rig will increase our access and production
capabilities. In our experience, the CME-550X is
one of the most versatile and powerful rigs on
the market. Its compact design allows for access
to difficult drilling conditions. Central Mine
Equipment (CME) promotes this rig's high floatation
which lets you negotiate mud, snow, sand, and rocks....
all with less damage to the terrain. Many of our
clients come to us with jobs that take place in
environmentally sensitive areas such as parks,
farms or golf courses where this will be very important.
For specifications, visit CME's website: http://www.cmeco.com/550xspec.html |
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Cracks in the road: Neighbors divided on widening, repaving project in Carroll
By Carrie Ann Knauer, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, May 12, 2007
ALESIA — When the county first told Falls Road residents it was planning to pave a gravel section of the road with blacktop, many were excited by the news that the dust and washouts would be a thing of the past.
But when the county announced at a public information meeting last month that the road will be enlarged to accommodate two lanes of traffic, some of the residents changed their minds.
Residents told county officials they didn’t want to lose property for the new road or invite speeding traffic, and some said they no longer wanted the project to go through.
J.R. Steger, a resident living at the corner of Hoffmanville and Falls roads, said he thinks his neighbors were naïve to think the county would put in a one-lane road with the pavement. He’s put a sign in his yard stating his position.
“If you don’t want a new road, eat the dust,” Steger read from his sign Friday.
Falls Road at Hoffmanville Road is paved, but the work was done more than 25 years ago and has had little upkeep since then, said Earl Marders, who lives across the street. When he bought his lot 25 years ago, he made sure to build his fence about 10 feet back from the road so that it would be ready for the new pavement, which had been talked about even then, he said.
A few driveways north of Hoffmanville Road, the street changes to gravel as it gets curvier and hillier, making it a little dangerous when there is oncoming traffic, said Michele Gribben, a resident in the 3900 block of Falls Road.
“My husband and I would very much like to have it paved,” Gribben said. “And if it gets paved it will get widened.” Dale Lusher, another resident in the 3900 block of Falls Road, said he never heard about the informational meeting and was angry when he heard he’d lose land for the road widening.
“We’re dead set against it,” Lusher said. “We’re in the gravel part and who cares? It keeps the traffic slow. I don’t want to lose 11 feet [of my property].”
Lusher, who said he has owned the property for 15 years, said he liked having the house far back from the road — and the country feel of the area.
“I don’t want a Harford Road type of situation,” Lusher said.
Mike Evans, county director of public works, said the road is still in the engineering phase. Contractors were out at the road Friday taking soil samples, which will help the engineers understand the stability and drainage of the area, he said.
The county is focusing on the Falls Road portion between Hoffmanville and Roller roads, Evans said, and will address the last, northern stretch of Falls Road, about another mile, at another time. This northern section of road is already wide enough for two cars to pass, Evans said, so the road will not be changed much when the paving is done. The county also plans to pave Turkeyfoot Road this year, he said.
Residents shouldn’t worry about Falls Road growing too big, Evans said. It is being engineered to preserve the character of the road, he said, but also to correct some of the drainage issues and make it wide enough for two cars to pass at the same time.
“I think there’s generally a lot of support for this type of project,” Evans said.
Chuck Ingram, civil engineering manager with the county bureau of engineering, said the Falls Road project is for 0.46 miles of pavement and is budgeted for $600,000. The engineering design, being prepared by A. Morton Thomas Inc., should be finished by the fall, Ingram said, and put out to bid over the winter with construction starting next spring.
Marders said the project makes sense for both the county and the residents.
“They’re out here with graders all the time,” Marders said. “Why keep putting money into something that can be fixed in one time?” |
Connelly Managers
Attend NDA Annual Meeting & Subsurface Investigation
Qualification Course
Drilling Managers Tom Chew (VA office) and Steve DeLosh (MD
office) attended the National
Drilling Association Annual Meeting & Subsurface Investigation
Qualification Course in Orlando, Florida November 28-30, 2006.
This three day course followed FHWA guidelines and practices
for subsurface investigations. |
Connelly Adds
Diedrich D-50 Track to Maryland Fleet
This rig, named T3,
replaced our CME 45B ATV and the Diedrich D-50 ATV. Our Virginia
office operates solely on the production of D-50 Tracks, T1
and T2. Diedrich Drill, Inc. promotes these track carriers
as using the latest hydrostatic drive technology resulting
in a carrier with low maintenance and high reliability. For
specifications, see the brochure at http://www.diedrichdrill.com/images/d50tbroc.htm |
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