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Everyone at Phoenix Drilling was delighted to welcome Christopher Gillies to the team last month! The previously self-employed, 42-year-old joins the business in a dual role of Geotechnical Manager and Engineering Geologist. Having previously worked as a senior...

Another day and another exciting unveiling here at Phoenix Drilling as we took delivery of our new vacuum excavation unit earlier this week. Our T-Vac 1 tracked machine is a powerful, compact unit capable of excavating most types of ground (wet or dry) by utilising...

Whilst our incredibly hard-working, talented team of staff keep Phoenix Drilling ticking day-to-day, our 22-vehicle fleet are the next the most important branch of the Phoenix family and we were all very excited to welcome our new flagship vehicle to the fleet – the...

We’re not only very proud to be the main sponsor of Livingston Football Club, we’re also the front of shirt sponsor for both Livingston Women FC and Livingston Women Development FC. Whilst the women’s first-team currently sit top of the SWF Championship table after...

Phoenix Drilling are delighted to announce that we have been awarded CHAS Premium Plus Certification, fantastic effort from all the team! CHAS Premium Plus accreditation places a the focus on maintaining high standards of health and safety within our business. The...

Phoenix Drilling is delighted to announce that we have successfully passed our migration assessment to the international health and safety management system ISO 45001. In addition to achieving ISO 45001, we have also successfully passed our recertification assessment...

As part of a Ground Source Heating Project in South Lanarkshire, Phoenix Drilling was commissioned to drill and install two 200m deep boreholes within a landscaped garden. The project had to be carefully planned to ensure all...

Phoenix Drilling have been appointed to drill beside Glasgow’s iconic Science Tower and I-Max cinema. This follows on from previous works undertaken by Phoenix Drilling as part of the ongoing redevelopment of the former Garden Festival site.

Our Fraste XL Max and crew arriving on site at Glenmore, Glenborrodale which is a coastal community on Loch Sunart in the South of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the Highland area of Scotland. The project consisted of several 200m deep Geothermal borehole installations...

Our soils crew setting up our light weight Consallen Forager soils rig mounted on a Hagglund BV206. The rotary works were also assisted by use of a Hagglund mounted Comaccho 305 rotary rig and compressor. The crews made short work of accessing what was a particularly...

One of our rotary drilling crew hard at work on a particularly soft terrain in North Lanarkshire. This site required the mounting of our Commachio 305 rig and compressor onto two Hagglund BV206’s to enable us to negotiate very soft localised areas of peat, all credit...