CALL US TODAY Martinez, CA (925) 313-5800 | Signal Hill, CA (562) 427-6899 Menu ABOUT GREGG DRILLING Gregg Drilling, LLC. (Gregg) offers a wide range of services for environmental, geotechnical and marine site investigation and remediation. Since our inception, Gregg has been widely recognized as a leader and innovator in drilling, sampling, and subsurface investigation, providing clients in industry and government with the highest quality services. Throughout this time we have pursued one simple goal: “To provide our clients with high-quality, innovative services performed in a timely and cost effective manner.” Over the past 25 years, Gregg Drilling (Gregg) has earned the position of a leader within our industry by building a team of highly experienced personnel and management who reflect our mission and embody our commitment to providing the highest quality services. Everyone at Gregg has a vested interest in our success and is motivated to provide our clients with the most responsive and cost effective service. The Gregg companies are directed and staffed by geotechnical and environmental professionals with experience in industry, consulting, and research. All our personnel are highly trained, certified, and experienced in site investigation technologies and applications. These exceptional qualifications enable Gregg personnel to solve complex problems and create a seamless working relationship between our staff and our clients. OUR CLIENTS Many of our client relationships date back to the founding of our company. We’re proud of this fact. These long-term partnerships have been a collaborative effort built on trust and are a result of the high rate of client satisfaction with our overall performance. We work to earn our clients’ trust and satisfaction by consistently responding to their needs with sound technical advice and innovative solutions. We strive to set ourselves apart by continually delivering cost effective, client focused solutions to even the most complex project requirements. We have been able to uphold this level of performance by remaining focused on three fundamental principles of our corporate philosophy: Quality Delivering high quality services is a key focus of our business. Quality isn’t something we test for after the job is done. It’s a way of doing business, an integral part of our daily activities, something we instill in our personnel and something we build into our equipment and technologies. Safety Protecting our workforce, our clients and the general public from injuries and hazardous incidents is an esstential factor in all we do. Because of this a “safety first” policy has been integrated into all areas of our operation and is put into practice by all Gregg personnel on a daily basis. The emphasis we place on safety has enabled us to successfully manage the risks inherent in our industry, control costs and provide a secure, sensible, and productive work environment for our employees and our clients. Value We are committed to providing cost effective solutions that consistently meet or exceed project requirements. This commitment blended with the innovative thinking of our personnel and research backed equipment and technologies add significant value to the professional services we offer our clients. OUR PEOPLE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (HEADQUARTERS) John Gregg – President John Gregg founded Gregg Drilling in 1985 when he saw a need for high quality drilling services in the environmental site investigation market. His goal was to create a company to provide drilling and testing services to the California market while ensuring his three tenants of Quality, Safety and Value to his clients. In the past 30 years John has grown the company to over 160 people throughout California, operating up to 30 pieces of equipment daily. John has been active in the areas of research and development, employing engineers and industry professionals to develop new and progressive technologies to push the industry forward through advances in safety equipment, speed and efficiency, and technical capabilities. He sources equipment from across the globe to ensure that Gregg’s operators are on the cutting edge of site investigation science. Dr. Peter K. Robertson – Technical Advisor Peter has over 30 years experience as an educator, researcher, consultant and practitioner specializing is in the areas of in-situ testing of soils, earthquake design of geotechnical structures, soil liquefaction, pile design and soil structure interaction. Dr. Robertson is recognized as an expert both nationally and internationally in the areas of in situ testing and soil liquefaction. He was the Principal Investigator of the Canadian Liquefaction Experiment (CANLEX) from 1993 to 2000, a $2 million collaborative project between industry, universities, and consulting engineers to study the characterization of sand for liquefaction analysis. Dr. Robertson has been a consultant to various industrial clients and insurance companies in North America, Asia and Europe for projects involving liquefaction evaluation for major structures, stability of onshore and offshore structures, landslides, stability of natural slopes and tailings dams, deep foundations and use and interpretation of in-situ tests. Peter has been with Gregg Drilling for the past 11-years as a member of the CPT quality assurance and quality control team, reviewing the CPT reports produced daily. In addition, he is actively involved in training staff and research and development of new tools, equipment and software. He spearheaded a partnership with a software company, Geologismiki to create CPeT-IT, a CPT interpretation software program and CLiq, a CPT liquefaction software program. probertson@greggdrilling.com Joanna McKeehan – Project Manager Joanna is a Project Manager for Gregg Drilling in Southern California. She had been with Gregg for 21 years and currently prepares proposals and scheduling for auger, direct push, development and CPT operations. jmckeehan@greggdrilling.com Joe Contreras – Project Manager Joe is a Project Manager for Gregg Drilling in Southern California. He had been with Gregg for 20+ years and currently prepares proposals and scheduling for auger, direct push, development and CPT operations. jcontreras@greggdrilling.com Brian Savela – Operations Manager Mr. Savela supervises scheduling, bidding, and preparing projects in Southern California. He has 26 years of experience in the drilling industry with a focus on environmental, geotechnical drilling. He also oversees training and health and safety in the Southern California office. bsavela@greggdrilling.com Gabriel Evans –Project Manager Mr. Evans serves as project manager for Gregg primarily on large complex projects involving rotary and auger drilling. Mr. Evans’ duties include project bidding, procurement, supervision of drill crews and support personnel and project scheduling. He is experienced with mud rotary, air rotary, hollow stem auger, dual wall percussion hammer and rotary, wire line coring, well installation, well development and rehabilitation and installation of geotechnical instrumentation. gevans@greggdrilling.com Alex Jernigan – Remediation Program Manager Alex oversees Gregg’s Remediation Services Division to ensure we are safely delivering result-oriented remediation services and utilizing best practices. As a project manager, Alex offers years of experience on In Situ Remediation projects across the U.S., as well as complex direct push projects. ajernigan@greggdrilling.com Kelly Cabal – Data QAQC and Marketing Manager Kelly has been with Gregg Drilling for 18 years and produces all the CPT reports for Gregg’s operations daily. With a degree in Engineering Physics and further education in multimedia design and marketing she is involved in many facets of Gregg’s operations behind the scenes. On a daily basis, she works with Dr. Peter Robertson to ensure the quality of Gregg’s CPT data and provides technical support and training to clients on the interpretation and use of the data. Kelly also produces most of the marketing materials for Gregg Drilling and aids in larger project bids and qualification packages. kcabal@greggdrilling.com NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Tim Boyd - Operations Manager Mr. Boyd’s responsibilities include the promotion of Gregg’s full suite of services, management of client relationships, project management and the preparation of commercial proposals and tenders. He holds multiple engineering degrees and has over 25 years of experience in geotechnical and environmental site investigation, for both on-land and overwater projects (overwater projects include nearshore and in-land marine projects and deepwater geotechnical site investigation projects utilizing seabed-based drilling equipment). He has experience with a wide variety of drilling and testing methods, including: cone penetration testing, hollow-stem auger /mud /air rotary drilling, sonic drilling, direct-push sampling and high resolution site characterization methods (using UVOST, MIP and HPT technology). tboyd@greggdrilling.com Jake Wilson – Project Manager Jake manages northern California’s remediation and direct push drilling services including down-hole high resolution site characterization technologies. He has a decade of experience in environmental site investigation and remediation, including time spent as a consultant and at the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board. He holds a bachelor of science degree in geology. jwilson@greggdrilling.com Brandon Moses – Project Manager Direct Push Services Brandon Moses is Gregg's Project Manager for Direct Push Services in Northern California. Brandon has 17 years experience with Gregg Drilling as a both a drilling helper and operator. Brandon's experience ranges from operating direct push rigs, to hollow=stem auger drilling and environmental remediation equipment. bmoses@greggdrilling.com Ryan Lea – Project Manager Sonic & Hollowstem Auger Services Ryan Lea’s responsibilities include creating quotes and management for Gregg Drilling NorCal’s hollow stem auger, sonic, development and air-vac truck services. Ryan has over a decades experience in hollow stem auger drilling and management. He also has experience in environmental drilling as well as geotechnical projects. rlea@greggdrilling.com Recent Posts Exploration and Mining Near-Shore Marine Services In Situ Remediation Advanced Site Characterization Water Well Services Recent Comments Archives April 2017 Categories Services Meta Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.org © 2017 Gregg Drilling LLC. All Rights Reserved. Site created by Logical Position