CORE DRILLING

Core drilling is the core of our business. Nichols has cored the columns at Stanford in the main quad, most of the Bay Bridges and local landmark buildings for seismic strengthening.

Phil Nichols worked in the machine shop industry before switching to the new technology called metal merging that impregnated diamonds evenly throughout a metal power saw during the casting of segments.

This technology revolutionized the concrete cutting industry. It created highly productive, fast cutting diamond-core drill bits that would wear out evenly, having fresh diamonds exposed throughout the life of the segment.

Phil Nichol’s experience and understanding of the process often gives Nichols the edge – our ability to come up with innovative solutions comes from our in-depth knowledge of how to core drill.

When you need holes cut for

• plumbing,
• electrical,
• fire sprinklers,
• HVAC ducts,
• Seismic retrofitting of existing concrete

  give us a call.

The technology of core drilling equipment has greatly improved productivity and allowed our pricing to remain virtually the same for the past 20 years.

Nichols uses both electric powered core-drill motors and hydraulic core-drill motors to turn the drills, the drill sizes are from ¼” round up to 36” round.

The standards bit depth is 14” allowing us to core through a standard 6”, 8” 10” 12” walls. If you need holes to go deeper, the concrete inside the bit is removed allowing the bit to penetrate deeper into the concrete.