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Foundation Drilling Projects | Batten Drilling, Inc.

A few of our most recent foundation drilling projects:

Prairie View Arts and Architecture Building

Prairie View, Texas
General Contractor: Bartlett Cocke, L. P.
Contact: Jerry Bell 713-996-9510
427 vibro-cased shafts 18", 24", 30" and 36" by 45' deep
Job to be completed in November 2003

Dansby Power Plant

Bryan, Texas
General Contractor: Austin Industrial / Black & Veach
Contact: Joe Usery A.I. 713-641-3400 / Paul Upton B. V.
74 - 36" Slurry shafts by 45' deep
Job completed in September, 2003


Pleasanton ISD Gym

Pleasanton, Texas
General Contractor: Browning Construction
Batten Drilling was a subcontractor to Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd.
Contact: Mike Zezula 210 490-0090
68 straight shafts ranging from 24" X 25' to 60" X 40' processed by the slurry
displacement method.
Job completed in April, 2003

Blinn College Phase III

Bryan, Texas
General Contractor: Bartlett Cocke, L.P.
Batten Drilling was a subcontractor under Prieto Construction Company
Contact: Leonard Norris 713 655-1009
95 belled shafts ranging from 18" X 42" X 24' to 42" X 120" X 24' with approximately one-half of the shafts requiring casing

St. Joseph Bed Tower Project

Bryan, Texas
General Contractor: J. T. Vaughn Construction, Inc., Houston, Texas
Contact: Bill Vaughn 979-260-7600
167 belled shafts ranging from 24" X 36" X 30' to 66" X 198" X 30'
Job completed in December, 2002

Katy ISD High School No. V

Katy, Texas
General Contractor: Gilbane Building Co.
Batten Drilling is a subcontractor under Baker Concrete Construction
Contact: Frank Martin 713 864-0657
1400 belled shafts ranging from 12" X 24" X 10' to 42" X 96" X 10'
Job completed in 2002.

BP Amoco Plant

Texas City, Texas
General Contractor: Fluor Daniel and Kellogg, Brown & Root
Batten Drilling is subcontractor under Monitor Drilling
Contact: David Withers 800-274-4052
400 slurry drilled shafts ranging from 24" X 50' to 36" X 80'
Job completed in 2002

Tomball ISD, Junior High School No. 2

Tomball, Texas
General Contractor: Drymalla Construction Company, Inc.
Contact: Robert J. Lowther, 979 732-5731
878 belled shafts ranging from 12" X 24" X 10' to 36" X 84" X 10'
Job completed in 2002.

Magnolia Elementary School #6

Magnolia, Texas
General Contractor: Brae Burn Construction Co.
Batten Drilling is a sub under MBC Management
Contact: Wayne Blair, 979 690-1915
776 belled shafts ranging from 18" X 36" to 40" X 80" X 10'
Job completed in 2002.

Crowley Substation

Joshua, Texas
General Contractor: Electrical Power Specialists, Inc., Montgomery, Texas
Contact: Mike Jeter, 281 259-9922
46 straight shafts: 24", 30", 42" & 48" X 22' - drilled through marl/limestone
Job completed in 2001

Southside Elementary School

Cleveland, Texas
General Contractor: Sedalco, Inc.
Batten Drilling was a sub under T.A.S. Commercial Concrete Construction
Contact: Larkin Head, 281 350-0832
465 belled shafts: 18", 24", & 30" with various bell sizes X 16'
Job completed in 2001

Coastal Engineering Laboratory

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
General Contractor: Acklam Construction Co., Inc., College Station, Texas
Contact: Tommy Barnes, 979 960-8500
160 belled shafts: ranging from 18" X 42" to 36" X 102" with depths to 30'
Job completed in 2001

A number of past projects:


Longview Higher Education Center

University of Texas at Tyler
Longview, Texas
General Contractor: RPR Construction Co., Inc., Tyler
Contact: Ron Bussey, 903 592-7166
73 straight shafts: 18", 30" & 48" X 20-29' processed by the slurry displacement method
Job completed in 1999

Pilgrim Pride Processing Plant Expansion

Nacogdoches, Texas
General Contractor: J. E. Kingham Construction, Inc.
Contact: Michael Goff
100 shafts: 36" & 48" with various bell sizes X 25'; all holes were temporarily cased because of soil conditions
Job completed in 2001

Callaway House Dorm Project

Adjacent to Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
General Contractor: J. T. Vaughn Construction Company, Inc., Houston, Texas
Contact: Bill Vaughn, 979 260-7600
157 belled shafts: ranging in size from 24" X 48" X 18' to 48" X 138" X 20'
Job completed in 1999

Dashiell/TXU


Mt. Enterprise, Texas
RPR Construction Company, Inc., Tyler
Contact: Greg Fitzsimmons, 903 592-2349
141 straight shafts: 26", 48", & 72" X 8-27'; some holes required processing by the slurry displacement method, some rock drilling with core barrel
Job completed in 2000

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