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C&C Ltd (Bulmers)
Application: Groundwater for use in the processing of Bulmers Cider.
Location: Clonmel, County Tipperary.
Job Description: 3 No. 440mm Production Boreholes to 150m for groundwater extraction, 9 No.
200mm exploratory boreholes to 150m and 12 No. 125mm monitoring wells to 30-50m. Main Production Borehole output
in excess of 300,000 litres per hour.
Drilling Method: Mud Rotary, DTH Hammer and Foam flush.
Ground Conditions: Limestone
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McAvoy Construction Ltd
Location: Dundalk, County Louth.
Job Description: Supplied and installed 190 metres of 560mm duct for a pumping main beneath two roads gardens and buildings. Working depth was 8.4 metres.
Drilling Method: Jetting assembly and fly cutters
Ground Conditions: Running sands and silts, saline intrusion.
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Tristway Ltd.
Location: Arklow, County Wicklow.
Job Description: Supplied and installed 150 metres of 315mm duct from land to sea for the power cable coming from the off-shore wind farm. Working depth of 15.4 metres beneath the sea bed.
Drilling Method: Wireline tracking with jetting head and aggressive fluted reamers.
Ground Conditions: Running sands/gravels, peat and clay.
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B. Mullan & Sons Ltd.
Location: Limavady, County Derry.
Job Description: Supplied and installed 170 metres of 250mm foul sewer to a grade of 1.0 percent beneath a SSSI site. Working depth of 7.0 metres.
Drilling Method: Jetting assembly and fluted reamers
Ground Conditions: Running sands/gravels, and clay.