High speed rail developments in California

High speed rail developments in California

In support of the California High Speed Rail project in the Central Valley, Pitcher Services has worked with Jacobs from 2018-2023 to support the geotechnical investigation for this important green infrastructure project. Pitcher Services has completed over 100...
Building beautiful open spaces in the mid-peninsula

Building beautiful open spaces in the mid-peninsula

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space has purchased or received gifted unused properties to create hiking and open space areas for habitat restoration and low intensity recreation. Many of these properties have old wells requiring destruction and abandonment. Pitcher...
High accuracy drilling into tunnels beneath the bay

High accuracy drilling into tunnels beneath the bay

In 2010 the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission awarded the contract to Michels for a new tunnel beneath the San Francisco Bay. This tunnel would be part of the Hetch Hetchy Water Improvement Program to upgrade the system’s aging pipelines. Due to difficulties...
Atmospheric river causes emergency repairs on HWY1

Atmospheric river causes emergency repairs on HWY1

In January 2023 California experienced a so-called atmospheric river causing severe rain and snow. The rainfall resulted in five slides in the Santa Cruz Mountains blocking the highway. Working for Caltrans and Granite Construction, Gregg completed (9) solid flight...
City slickers: SF drilling in the rainDelta Conveyance

City slickers: SF drilling in the rainDelta Conveyance

In March 2023, Pitcher Services completed four solid-flight auger and mud rotary combination borings ranging in depth from 30-175ft for this project. Initially, Pitcher used the solid-flight auger to drill until groundwater was encountered and then set casing and...