Recent Projects

SK Geotechnical on Junction 462 project east of Jordan, Montana with CME75HT Drillrig

Junction 462 – East & West

A total of 48 borings were performed along MT 200, approximately 17 miles east of Jordan, Montana by SK Geotechnical.  We also subcontracted ConeTec to perform seismic refection tomography at three proposed cut locations along the project to characterize the bedrock and further evaluation excavatability and blasting.  Other project…
SK Geotechnical drills boring for Chinook East project with B57 Mobil Drillrig in winter

Chinook – East

SK Geotechnical performed 31 borings for the Phase 1 portion of the project along US 2 east of Chinook for the Montana Department of Transportation.  Several of these borings were completed as vibrating wire piezometers.  We also subcontracted ConeTec to perform two cone penetrometer test soundings near two of…

Columbus Cell Tower

SK Geotechnical was honored to be chosen by Great Lakes Aerial and Hayward Baker to perform field and lab quality monitoring on cell tower structural improvements, including 5 foot spin lock anchors and 60 foot micropiles.  Torque, pull, and post-tensioning were verified, as well as geotechnical logging, micropile construction,…

Noble Lake Dam

This project consisted of performing a geotechnical reconnaissance of a 10 to 15 feet high 500-foot long earthen dam constructed about 100 years ago.  Access to the site was very challenging and was primarily only ATV accessible.  Our staff performed Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) Dam Safety…

Cut Bank Wastewater Treatment Plant

This project consisted of construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in Cut Bank, Montana.  The project included four outbuildings, a pump station, four large BNR basins, and two 40-foot diameter clarifier tanks.  The project is situated in a previously existing lagoon adjacent to two actively used lagoons.  Some…