Drilling Service Company is a specialty contractor involved in the construction of drilled shaft foundations, pile driving, earth retention systems, rock anchors and tiebacks, pin piles, dewatering systems, limited-access drilling, and pressure grouting.
Our work takes us deep underground to construct the support structures that are invisible to the street population, but are nonetheless essential for the integrity of the places where people live, work and entertain.
With drilling experience in every conceivable subsurface condition, the personnel at Drilling Service Company are longtime experts in the field. From the simplest drill-only job to the most difficult turnkey project, the company has the equipment and personnel required for any drilling project. Repeat customers regularly request that certain employees be assigned to future projects, confirming the caliber of our employee base.
Drilling Service Company was founded in 1955 by Clifford W. Murphy - appropriate ly from the basement of his home. In 1979, Clifford's brother and longtime employee Marshall R. Murphy bought the company. Marshall's three sons, Mark, Bruce, and Jeffrey Murphy now own the business and have worked for the company since they were teenagers.
Our company's headquarters are located on 20 acres in Bridgeton, Missouri. Most of the company's work is located within a 300-mile radius of St. Louis, though recent projects have taken its crews to Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi and Kansas.. Drilled Shaft Foundations
Drilling Service is proficient in all methods of drilled shaft design and construction. We are a full service contractor offering a wide range of drilled shaft services to meet the needs of our clients.
Dewatering Systems
Drilling Service Company can design,install,operate and maintain systems for construction dewatering and permanent groundwater control. Construction dewatering systems include open pumping,deep wells,jet educator wells,well points,slurry cutoff trenches,and other special methods. Permanent groundwater control systems include gravity flow,passive,and pumped systems. Groundwater control allows for construction activities to take place below the water table and allows permanent structures to remain free from flooding and uplift damage due to groundwater pressure.
Earth Retention Systems
Earth Retention Systems are methods of retaining the earth while an excavation takes place inside the confines of the system. Retention systems come in many shapes,styles and sizes. The best type of system is determined by many factors including the condition of the soil being retained,adjacent structures or roadways (if any),the nature of the excavation (what will it be used for) and whether the system will be permanent or temporary. These systems include soldier beam and lagging,sheet piling,soil nailing and secant piles and usually include tiebacks or soil anchors depending on the depth of the excavation.