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    Core Sampling in Geotechnical Drilling
    
                
                
                
    
                    The need for core sampling in geotechnical projects

In most geotechnical and environmental drilling, augers are used to drill in the majority of projects. However, the need still arises to perform core sampling for certain geotechnical projects, usually when the presence of bedrock needs to be confirmed.
    

                
    
                    
                    
                        
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