Our trained and experienced field operatives hold recognised working certifications including: CSCS, BDA, NVQ, First Aid and SSSTS.įield data is captured using our in-house data management mobile application, SILAS. How can SOCOTEC support you with drilling and sampling? Plus a range of different drilling rigs and techniques can be supplied to deal with operational limitations due to access, confined space, working on slopes, over-water, emission controls. Our near-shore or overwater marine ground investigation services can work in water depths up to approximately 25m subject to site conditions. Various methods and types of equipment are available to suit the depth of investigation, ground conditions, types of sampling and testing. What is drilling and sampling?īoreholes allow exploration of the ground to reveal the sequence of strata, take samples for inspection and laboratory testing, carry out in-hole testing, and installation of monitoring devices. We can take a leading role in organising and implementing all types of contracts, covering sites across the whole of the UK along with various sites across Europe. As a versatile company, we have a wide range of experience in our field of work, and with the variety of mini tracked machines we have available, we’re able to cover a wide range of drilling techniques. Our aim is to represent our clients to the highest standard possible and in turn ensure that our client's reputation is safe in our hands. SOCOTEC UK is committed to supplying highly trained and well-motivated crews to carry out Geotechnical, Environmental, Remediation and all types of drilling services. But how much longer can we call upon Ian Tolley's expertise? So we eagerly await his 300 page magnum opus on citrus which is due later this year.TOR Drilling Limited was acquired by the SOCOTEC Group in 2021, and has subsequently rebranded to SOCOTEC UK Ltd. He explains how long lived citrus trees are, with some 800-year-old specimens still going strong, so to lose a whole orchard in less than 20 years is a tragedy of ignorance.Īfter all we have just transplanted 20 year old trees into our Heronswood vegetable garden so easily they look like they were there all the time.
This tragedy reinforces the importance of matching soils climate, rootstocks and cultivars carefully and how much we rely on his skills to grow Australia's most popular fruit trees. It is a masterpiece of information with monthly fruiting charts, weekly water requirements and basic help about choosing varieties and their compatible rootstocks.īut there is an even greater volume to come with Ian now in the final stages of a record of his lifetime’s work on citrus and there are examples everywhere of where his knowledge could be applied.Īs we drive around the orchards we see lots of failures particularly by orchardists growing Imperial mandarins on incompatible rootstocks, which in less than 10 years strangle the uptake of nutrients leading to their premature death.
Ian has recently updated his book Citrus: A Gardener's Guide, first published in 1999 with Bruce Morphett. There is so much knowledge in Ian’s head that all citrus growers, both commercial and at home, can benefit from. Our discussions go on for 10 hours and we have only covered a fraction of the subject’s depth. We can now, through the Tolley's pioneering work, find heirloom citrus cultivars that perform better in our climate than the original imports of Lisbon lemons, Florida grapefruits or Mediterranean sweet oranges. We intend to establish a collection of all the best Australian climate adaptations resulting from the mutations that have occurred following 200 years of exposure to our intense ultra-violet light. Recently I visited Ian again for the purpose of establishing an arboretum of citrus cultivars (like the one pictured below) at Heronswood. Both have been honoured Ian an OAM and Noelle an AM. He is also an agricultural consultant, an author, an expert on irrigation and nursery practices, and he maintains a citrus arboretum where he specialises with his wife, Noelle, in the production of seed for citrus rootstocks. Many Diggers members know Ian through his Masterclasses where he translates an extraordinary knowledge by his showmanship into infectious enthusiasm for gardening, with sessions often lasting 2-3 hours. Intriguingly, both went to the same school where they shared a classroom and have lived their lives less than one mile from each other. Both today are internationally regarded world leaders in their fields, a very rare but well deserved recognition of their service to Australian horticulture.
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