Crux Subsurface Inc: A History of Problem Solving
Nick Salisbury, Scott Tunison and Ken Edmonds started Crux Subsurface, Inc. in April 1998. Experienced geotechnical drillers and fabricators, they sought to differentiate themselves by providing essential specialty drilling services that other contractors could not. This would require solving difficult logistical problems such as recovering core samples in remote, rugged, environmentally sensitive or otherwise hard-to-access locations. They also wanted to provide core recovery in poor soil conditions. To emphasize their mission, the partners chose the name Crux: "an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome (the crux of the problem."
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2003: Crux performs difficult-access geotechnical exploration for the 57-mile Swan Lake - Lake 
Difficult access and environmental protection
The first task was to design and build a drill that would help Crux win jobs in difficult-access locations. They designed a lightweight drill that was easily dismantled and transported, and was also minimally invasive to the environment. In May of 1998 the Washington State DOT awarded Crux its first project. Within two years, the company had added three new custom-built componentized drills to their inventory.
Landmark difficult-access geotechnical exploration projects soon followed, including the Hoover Dam Bypass in 2002, and the Swan Lake - Lake Tyee Intertie in Southeast Alaska in 2003. Both jobs required Crux’s customized drills, skilled helicopter support, and specially trained drillers.
By 2002, Crux had provided geotechnical exploration services throughout the western U.S. for tunnel, dam, highway and landslide/rockslide projects. As a natural extension of this work, Crux began providing related construction services. Crux also began applying its geotechnical expertise to foundation engineering and design.
Micropiles and transmission foundations
Crux first used micropiles in 2002 on a residential foundation project in Big Sky, Montana. Micropiles had been used to underpin existing structures since the 1950s, but Crux saw their potential for other applications. Micropile foundations could be built with minimal impact to the environment, and with maximum flexibility and efficiency for the construction team and job owner.
Crux began using micropiles in a variety of situations, including the Grand Canyon Skywalk in 2004, and on every transmission tower foundation along the 57-mile alignment of the Swan-Tyee Intertie. In 2007, Crux successfully designed and built the world’s first micropile foundations for lattice transmission towers, on Southern California Edison’s TRTP.
Today’s Crux
Crux has continued to develop micropile technology, and holds five patents pending related to micropile foundations. Starting with a single drill in 1998, Crux has completed geotechnical construction and exploration projects in more than 14 U.S. states, and operates more than 30 pieces of custom-designed equipment. Inland Pacific Drill Supply, the manufacturing division created by Crux in 2003, supplies Crux as well as the industry at large.
Crux became a Quanta Services company in late 2011, and continues to provide the same level of quality service to our customers. Job owners and general contractors come to us for innovative solutions to mission-critical challenges. Crux is recognized as a leader in micropile foundation design and construction, as well as in difficult-access solutions for geotechnical exploration and related construction services.
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CRUX SUBSURFACE, INC.: A HISTORY OF PROBLEM SOLVING
Nick Salisbury, Scott Tunison and Ken Edmonds started Crux Subsurface, Inc. in April 1998. Experienced geotechnical drillers, they sought to differentiate themselves by providing essential specialty drilling services that other contractors could not. This would require solving difficult logistical problems such as recovering core samples in remote, rugged, environmentally sensitive or otherwise hard-to-access locations. They also wanted to provide core recovery in poor soil conditions. To emphasize their mission, the partners chose the name Crux: “an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome (the crux of the problem).”
Difficult access and environmental protection
The first task was to design and build a drill that would help Crux win jobs in difficult-access locations. They designed a lightweight drill that was easily dismantled and transported, and was also minimally invasive to the environment. In May of 1998 the Washington State DOT awarded Crux its first project. Within two years, the company had added three new custom-built componentized drills to their inventory.
Landmark difficult-access geotechnical exploration projects soon followed, including the Hoover Dam Bypass in 2002, and the Swan Lake - Lake Tyee Intertie in Southeast Alaska in 2003. Both jobs required Crux’s specialty drills, skilled helicopter support, and drillers who could work in challenging situations.
By 2002, Crux had provided geotechnical exploration services throughout the western U.S. for tunnel, dam, highway and landslide/rockslide projects. As a natural extension of this work, Crux began providing related construction services. Crux also began applying its geotechnical expertise to foundation engineering and design.
Micropiles and transmission foundations
Crux first used micropiles in 2002 on a residential foundation project in Big Sky, Montana. Micropiles had been used to underpin existing structures since the 1950s, but Crux saw their potential for other applications. Micropile foundations could be built with minimal impact to the environment, and with maximum flexibility and efficiency for the construction team and job owner.
Crux began using micropiles in a variety of situations, including the Grand Canyon Skywalk in 2004, and on every transmission tower foundation along the 57-mile alignment of the Swan-Tyee Intertie. In 2007, Crux successfully designed and built the world’s first micropile foundations for lattice transmission towers on Southern California Edison’s Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project.
Today’s Crux
Crux continues to develop micropile technology, and holds five patents-pending related to micropile foundations. From a single custom-built drill in 1998, Crux has completed geotechnical construction and exploration projects in more than 14 U.S. States, and operates more than 30pieces of custom-designed equipment. Crux’s manufacturing division, Inland Pacific Drill Supply, supplies Crux as well as the industry at large.
Today, job owners, general contractors and geotechnical consultants come to Crux for innovative solutions to mission-critical challenges. Crux is recognized as a leader in micropile foundation design and construction, as well as in difficult-access solutions for geotechnical exploration and related construction services.
CRUX SUBSURFACE, INC.: A HISTORY OF PROBLEM SOLVING
Nick Salisbury, Scott Tunison and Ken Edmonds started Crux Subsurface, Inc. in April 1998. Experienced geotechnical drillers, they sought to differentiate themselves by providing essential specialty drilling services that other contractors could not. This would require solving difficult logistical problems such as recovering core samples in remote, rugged, environmentally sensitive or otherwise hard-to-access locations. They also wanted to provide core recovery in poor soil conditions. To emphasize their mission, the partners chose the name Crux: “an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome (the crux of the problem).”
Difficult access and environmental protection
The first task was to design and build a drill that would help Crux win jobs in difficult-access locations. They designed a lightweight drill that was easily dismantled and transported, and was also minimally invasive to the environment. In May of 1998 the Washington State DOT awarded Crux its first project. Within two years, the company had added three new custom-built componentized drills to their inventory.
Landmark difficult-access geotechnical exploration projects soon followed, including the Hoover Dam Bypass in 2002, and the Swan Lake - Lake Tyee Intertie in Southeast Alaska in 2003. Both jobs required Crux’s specialty drills, skilled helicopter support, and drillers who could work in challenging situations.
By 2002, Crux had provided geotechnical exploration services throughout the western U.S. for tunnel, dam, highway and landslide/rockslide projects. As a natural extension of this work, Crux began providing related construction services. Crux also began applying its geotechnical expertise to foundation engineering and design.
Micropiles and transmission foundations
Crux first used micropiles in 2002 on a residential foundation project in Big Sky, Montana. Micropiles had been used to underpin existing structures since the 1950s, but Crux saw their potential for other applications. Micropile foundations could be built with minimal impact to the environment, and with maximum flexibility and efficiency for the construction team and job owner.
Crux began using micropiles in a variety of situations, including the Grand Canyon Skywalk in 2004, and on every transmission tower foundation along the 57-mile alignment of the Swan-Tyee Intertie. In 2007, Crux successfully designed and built the world’s first micropile foundations for lattice transmission towers on Southern California Edison’s Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project.
Today’s Crux
Crux continues to develop micropile technology, and holds five patents-pending related to micropile foundations. From a single custom-built drill in 1998, Crux has completed geotechnical construction and exploration projects in more than 14 U.S. States, and operates more than 30pieces of custom-designed equipment. Crux’s manufacturing division, Inland Pacific Drill Supply, supplies Crux as well as the industry at large.
Today, job owners, general contractors and geotechnical consultants come to Crux for innovative solutions to mission-critical challenges. Crux is recognized as a leader in micropile foundation design and construction, as well as in difficult-access solutions for geotechnical exploration and related construction services.
CRUX SUBSURFACE, INC.: A HISTORY OF PROBLEM SOLVING
Nick Salisbury, Scott Tunison and Ken Edmonds started Crux Subsurface, Inc. in April 1998. Experienced geotechnical drillers, they sought to differentiate themselves by providing essential specialty drilling services that other contractors could not. This would require solving difficult logistical problems such as recovering core samples in remote, rugged, environmentally sensitive or otherwise hard-to-access locations. They also wanted to provide core recovery in poor soil conditions. To emphasize their mission, the partners chose the name Crux: “an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome (the crux of the problem).”
Difficult access and environmental protection
The first task was to design and build a drill that would help Crux win jobs in difficult-access locations. They designed a lightweight drill that was easily dismantled and transported, and was also minimally invasive to the environment. In May of 1998 the Washington State DOT awarded Crux its first project. Within two years, the company had added three new custom-built componentized drills to their inventory.
Landmark difficult-access geotechnical exploration projects soon followed, including the Hoover Dam Bypass in 2002, and the Swan Lake - Lake Tyee Intertie in Southeast Alaska in 2003. Both jobs required Crux’s specialty drills, skilled helicopter support, and drillers who could work in challenging situations.
By 2002, Crux had provided geotechnical exploration services throughout the western U.S. for tunnel, dam, highway and landslide/rockslide projects. As a natural extension of this work, Crux began providing related construction services. Crux also began applying its geotechnical expertise to foundation engineering and design.
Micropiles and transmission foundations
Crux first used micropiles in 2002 on a residential foundation project in Big Sky, Montana. Micropiles had been used to underpin existing structures since the 1950s, but Crux saw their potential for other applications. Micropile foundations could be built with minimal impact to the environment, and with maximum flexibility and efficiency for the construction team and job owner.
Crux began using micropiles in a variety of situations, including the Grand Canyon Skywalk in 2004, and on every transmission tower foundation along the 57-mile alignment of the Swan-Tyee Intertie. In 2007, Crux successfully designed and built the world’s first micropile foundations for lattice transmission towers on Southern California Edison’s Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project.
Today’s Crux
Crux continues to develop micropile technology, and holds five patents-pending related to micropile foundations. From a single custom-built drill in 1998, Crux has completed geotechnical construction and exploration projects in more than 14 U.S. States, and operates more than 30pieces of custom-designed equipment. Crux’s manufacturing division, Inland Pacific Drill Supply, supplies Crux as well as the industry at large.
Today, job owners, general contractors and geotechnical consultants come to Crux for innovative solutions to mission-critical challenges. Crux is recognized as a leader in micropile foundation design and construction, as well as in difficult-access solutions for geotechnical exploration and related construction services.
CRUX SUBSURFACE, INC.: A HISTORY OF PROBLEM SOLVING
Nick Salisbury, Scott Tunison and Ken Edmonds started Crux Subsurface, Inc. in April 1998. Experienced geotechnical drillers, they sought to differentiate themselves by providing essential specialty drilling services that other contractors could not. This would require solving difficult logistical problems such as recovering core samples in remote, rugged, environmentally sensitive or otherwise hard-to-access locations. They also wanted to provide core recovery in poor soil conditions. To emphasize their mission, the partners chose the name Crux: “an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome (the crux of the problem).”
Difficult access and environmental protection
The first task was to design and build a drill that would help Crux win jobs in difficult-access locations. They designed a lightweight drill that was easily dismantled and transported, and was also minimally invasive to the environment. In May of 1998 the Washington State DOT awarded Crux its first project. Within two years, the company had added three new custom-built componentized drills to their inventory.
Landmark difficult-access geotechnical exploration projects soon followed, including the Hoover Dam Bypass in 2002, and the Swan Lake - Lake Tyee Intertie in Southeast Alaska in 2003. Both jobs required Crux’s specialty drills, skilled helicopter support, and drillers who could work in challenging situations.
By 2002, Crux had provided geotechnical exploration services throughout the western U.S. for tunnel, dam, highway and landslide/rockslide projects. As a natural extension of this work, Crux began providing related construction services. Crux also began applying its geotechnical expertise to foundation engineering and design.
Micropiles and transmission foundations
Crux first used micropiles in 2002 on a residential foundation project in Big Sky, Montana. Micropiles had been used to underpin existing structures since the 1950s, but Crux saw their potential for other applications. Micropile foundations could be built with minimal impact to the environment, and with maximum flexibility and efficiency for the construction team and job owner.
Crux began using micropiles in a variety of situations, including the Grand Canyon Skywalk in 2004, and on every transmission tower foundation along the 57-mile alignment of the Swan-Tyee Intertie. In 2007, Crux successfully designed and built the world’s first micropile foundations for lattice transmission towers on Southern California Edison’s Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project.
Today’s Crux
Crux continues to develop micropile technology, and holds five patents-pending related to micropile foundations. From a single custom-built drill in 1998, Crux has completed geotechnical construction and exploration projects in more than 14 U.S. States, and operates more than 30pieces of custom-designed equipment. Crux’s manufacturing division, Inland Pacific Drill Supply, supplies Crux as well as the industry at large.
Today, job owners, general contractors and geotechnical consultants come to Crux for innovative solutions to mission-critical challenges. Crux is recognized as a leader in micropile foundation design and construction, as well as in difficult-access solutions for geotechnical exploration and related construction services.
