cant challenges. It is how he
approaches them in a com-
mon sense manner.”
MARATHON
DRILLING TODAY
Under the new leadership,
Marathon Drilling acquired
Can-Bore, a company with an
expertise in rock boring, and
developed the skill which be-
came their core competency
shortly after. They went on to
do bigger projects, acquired
new tools and technologies
and moved into various ven-
ues. “We pushed the enve-
lope of our own services and
developed a proficiency in
rock- which sounds easy but
it a different level of techni-
cal challenge and risk.” Today,
the company is a full-service
‘trenchless technologies’ ex-
pert – the methods used
for utility tunneling of both
earth and rock. This alterna-
tive method of utility instal-
lation offer a niche solution
to the traditional open-cut
construction method; offer-
ing large diameter horizon-
tal earth boring, rock boring,
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