Olympus Technical Services Brings Drilling Capabilities to Boise Office
Environmental and Geotechnical Drilling Services to Start May 2 BOISE, Idaho – Olympus Technical Services, Inc., a leading provider of environmental drilling and subsurface sampling services in Montana, has procured another combination drill rig and will have a geologist-led drilling crew based in Boise beginning May 2. “We’ve been receiving a lot of inquiries about…
Read MoreOur Statewide Term Contract Can Make Procuring Environmental Services Easier and More Cost-Effective for Local Governments and Tribes in Montana
Olympus Technical Services, Inc. has a contract (SPB19-0156T-OTS) with the State of Montana to provide environmental services statewide. What some may not realize is that Montana state agencies are not the only entities that can use this contract. The Montana Procurement Act permits local public procurement units to take advantage of certain existing state contracts,…
Read MorePast Project: Emergency Spill Response to Tanker Rollover Near Alberton, Montana
On April 20, 2016, a gasoline tanker truck towing a pup trailer was traveling westbound on Montana Highway 10 east of Alberton in Missoula County, Montana. At a bend in the road near mile marker two, the wheels of the pup trailer dropped off the paved roadway onto a soft shoulder, causing the pup trailer…
Read MorePast Project: Emergency Spill Response to Tanker Rollover on I-15 Near Clancy, Montana
On January 7, 2019, with temperatures hovering around freezing, the driver of a tanker truck towing a pup trailer on Interstate 15 lost control near mile marker 185, approximately 2.5 miles north of Clancy, Montana. In the accident, the pup trailer detached from the tanker and came to a rest on its side in the…
Read MorePast Project: Neihart Superfund Site Waste Rock Removal
The 9,000-acre Carpenter Snow Creek Mining District is a Superfund site in the Little Belt Mountains of southern Cascade County, Montana. Mining began in the area in the 1880s when silver deposits were discovered near what is now the town of Neihart. Mines in the district primarily yielded silver, lead, and zinc ores. Lead and…
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