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The Royal Eijkelkamp Edelman auger is used all over the world for soil sampling, traditional soil mapping and soil research. But how did this hand auger get its name? To find out we have to travel back in time, to when the first activities for soil mapping took place in the Netherlands.
The ManipAll rod and casing handler is our answer to unsafe situations and physical discomfort while drilling with large rigs. In 2025, our efforts were recognized with the Ground Engineering Health and Safety Award for the ManipAll.
Soil compaction is becoming a major issue worldwide. Not only in the Netherlands but globally the soil is deteriorating very badly. Soil compaction is a form of soil degradation, in which the soil structure is lost because the soil is compressed.
SCPT is a useful soil investigation technique that can provide input for the design of monopiles for offshore wind farms or the tracks for high-speed trains, or to assess the potential impact of seismic activity in areas where that kind of activity is a relatively new phenomenon.
30 years of Sonic at Royal Eijkelkamp: an anniversary to celebrate. Although SonicSampDrill was founded in 2005, development of sonic drilling started much earlier. Just like we constantly innovate to respond to market challenges today, that is also how we first explored this technology. CEO Huug Eijkelkamp and his father Fons, head of the Board of Directors, look back on the early years and how Sonic was built into what it is today.
Toppling cranes, lorries getting stuck causing construction works to come to a standstill, personnel slipping or sinking and then staying home as a result of their injuries; these are some of the dangerous situations that occur when the ground of a construction site has insufficient load-bearing capacity.
