Specialty geotechnical drilling contractor, Crux Subsurface, Inc. of Spokane, Washington was acquired Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR), an S&P 500 company and a leader in infrastructure services for the electric power, pipeline and telecommunications industries according to an announcement made in Early April. Crux is well known for their difficult access drilling for geotechnical and environmental projects, but has increasingly gotten into the micropile market, particularly in support of the energy sector. [Source: Crux via National Driller. Image: Crux]
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