July 26, 2000 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Jim Farrell, PR First, 781-681-6616, prfirst@hardlink.com

WAREHAM, MA, ISSUED JULY 26, 2000…DRAGIN Drilling, a full-service company that provides environmental, geotechnical, construction, landfill and water supply drilling services, has posted a 33% increase in sales for their fiscal year ending June 30. The 13-person firm, which was founded in November 1996, ended their recent fiscal year with overall sales of $2 million, up from $1.5 million for the previous fiscal year.

Sales increase tied to additional clients and expanded services; firm added a Residential Well Division to company offerings

Carrie Collins, the firm's president, attributed the increase to additional client demands and expanded services offered by the company. In particular, the company provided specialized services for the Central Artery Tunnel Project, the Massachusetts Military Reservation Superfund Project on Cape Cod, the MWRA (Massachusetts Water Resources Authority) Metrowest Tunnel Project, the Niagara Falls Chemical Remediation Project, and the Bourne Landfill Project.

Additionally, the firm expanded its scope of services in several areas, including the development and implementation of a proprietary 24-inch hollow-stem auger, allowing for the installation of larger diameter wells, in particular, gas vent wells. DRAGIN Drilling also recently implemented a Residential Well Division to expand its offerings to include residential drinking water and irrigation wells.

"This last year has been an exciting one for us, and we look forward to continued expansion over this coming year, as we continue to increase the scope and nature of the services that we can provide," Collins said. She added, "We are very pleased at both the innovations that our design and research/development people have come up with, and the clients we have been able to assist."

DRAGIN Drilling is a SOMWBA-Certified, Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) drilling company. The company's name was originally created as an acronym to describe its scope of services, "Deep Remedial And Groundwater Investigation Needs." A custom-designed fleet of vehicles, several of which are one-of-a-kind, accommodate virtually every drilling need. Unique capabilities include auger drilling to depths up to 350 feet; screened auger sampling; collection of both discrete water and soil samples from a single borehole; 24-inch landfill auger drilling; all-terrain drilling; angle drilling, and more. DRAGIN Drilling is one of the only drilling firms in the United States with this 24-inch auger capability.

Their services have been used by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Massachusetts Highway Department, the Massachusetts Military Reservation, the South Weymouth Naval Air Station, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the City of Boston's Central Artery, and others. DRAGIN Drilling maintains headquarters at 2696 Cranberry Highway, Wareham, MA 02571. For additional information, please contact Carrie Collins, President, or David Quagliaroli, Vice President, at 1-888-372-4461.

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