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History

1986
Founded

Double Star Drilling was founded in Edmonton, Alberta, with a primary emphasis on traditional cast-in-place concrete foundation piles.

1988
Expansion

Expanded services to include excavation shoring design & installation (secant & tangent piling, soldier pile & wood lagging, sheet piling, shotcrete & soil nails).

2011
Added More Services
Broadened our services further to include pile load testing.
2012
Further Expansion
Further expansion included the incorporation of low-headroom drilling rigs and in-house execution of tieback anchors, micropiles, grouting, and testing services.
2013
New Office

Established an office in Regina, Saskatchewan.

2015
More Locations
Established an office in Calgary, Alberta.
2016
New Services
Expanded our services to include continuous flight auger (CFA) piling.
2017
First Stone Column Project
Completion of first stone column ground improvement project in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2019
Developed Custom Equipment
Developed and manufactured custom equipment for the installation of elevated hollow bar soil anchors, reaching up to 24 meters (80 feet), to rehabilitate an existing MSE wall.
2021
Joined The Kichton Group
Became a part of the Kichton Group of Companies comprised of Double Star Drilling, Kichton Contracting, Kichton Construction, K Energy Services and Radium Technologies.