About Us - Saxon Drilling

Saxon Drilling is a family owned and operated business based in Cairns and the Atherton Tableland North Queensland. Established in 2006, we provide an extensive range of geotechnical drilling and slope stabilisation services to varied clients, not only in Queensland, but throughout Australia.

Our Team

Our multi-disciplined company is headed up by Director, Brett Saxon, with a proven track record of exceptional quality work, and over 30 years of industry experience.

He leads a team of licensed drillers and operatives, all with experience across a range of disciplines in the Drilling Services sector.

This allows us to specialise in working on hazardous, challenging and inaccessible sites throughout Australia. We draw on our extensive experience and utilise our fleet of purpose built innovative machinery to find economical and efficient solutions for our clients, whatever the challenge.

Health and Safety

Saxon Drilling is absolutely committed to working with high standards of health and safety and we operate in accordance with workplace health and safety regulations. Our team maintains detailed, project specific quality assessment, safety documentation, work method statements and job safety analyses.

Protecting the environment is also paramount to us and all work is carried out using ethical, environmentally friendly practices and with detailed documentation for each stage of every project.

Our Projects

We’ve successfully completed projects across the east coast of Australia, from the Forth River dam systems in Tasmania, to Alpine regions in New South Wales and Victoria, as well as South East and Far North Queensland to Torres Strait Islands and the Northern Territory, including remote and outback regions, in some of the most challenging conditions the country has to offer.

Our Equipment

Saxon Drilling understands the importance of reliability in all aspects of our services. As such, we only use well-maintained, top quality equipment, and all of our vehicles and machinery undergo regularly scheduled service and daily on-site safety checks before any work is started.

Completed Works

DOUGLAS PARTNERS CAIRNS FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND REGION

Various projects ranging from shallow boreholes for structures to deep boreholes for bridge investigation, such as at Babinda Creek to barge drilling at Bloomfield Crossing.

PENSAR (TMR) KURANDA RANGE (2014)

Over 10,000m soil nail and passive dowel, and 6,000m² rockfall mesh installation at 14 sites upslope (up to 23m high) and downslope along the Kennedy Highway north of Cairns. Drill holes of 150mm diameter up to 10m deep.

NT – DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE HAYES CREEK (2013 & 2012)

Slope stability treatment of a 190m long slope along the Stuart Highway at Hayes Creek. The project comprised scaling of the slope, soil nail and anchor installation, rockfall netting and shotcrete installation. Saxon Drilling was the principal contractor on site.

DOUGLAS PARTNERS TOWNSVILLE MT ISA AND MERLIN MINE (2014)

Drilling of boreholes to various depths with the truck mounted hydropower scout and the trailer mounted Gemco.

HEH (TMR) GILLIES HIGHWAY (2013)

Over 2,500m of soil nail installation at various sites along the Gillies Highway south of Cairns. Drill holes of 125mm diameter and up to 8m deep.

SRK CONSULTING / RIO TINTO ALKAN WEIPA WEIPA MINE (2013 & 2014)

Installation of standpipes at various locations at the mine with the truck mounted hydropower scout.

AECOM BLAKEYS CROSSING (2013)

Geotechnical drilling with the truck mounted hydropower scout and track mounted DB525 for Blakey’s Crossing in Townsville.

EARTHTEC (TMR) KURANDA RANGE (2013)

Over 10,000m soil nail, passive dowel and micropile, and 10,000m2 rockfall mesh installation at various sites along the Kennedy Highway on the Kuranda Range both upslope and downslope.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS TOWNSVILLE (2013)

Geotechnical drilling for the Townsville ring road with the track mounted DB525.

COLPO (TMR) MT MOLLOY (2014)

Soil nails of up to 6m length installed at two sites along Mossman – Mt Molloy Road, north of Port Douglas.

CIVILTEAM (TMR) COOK HIGHWAY (2012)

Over 4,000m soil nail and passive dowel, and 13,000m² rockfall mesh installation at Suicide Bend.

COFFEY ABBOT POINT AND CURTIS ISLAND (2012 & 2013)

Geotechnical drilling for developments associated with growth in the coal sector. The drilling at Curtis Island included a PQ size 70m deep inclined borehole.