Collecting high‑quality soil and groundwater samples takes more than the right equipment, it requires informed decision‑making in response to real subsurface conditions. This two‑part webinar series brings together experienced field professionals to explore how drilling and sampling technologies are selected, applied, and adapted in environmental investigations. Across both sessions, you’ll gain practical insight into technology capabilities, limitations, and tradeoffs to help you deliver defensible sampling results in the field.
Soil Sampling Fundamentals: Methods, Tools, and When to Use Them
May 6, 2026 | 10 AM PST/ 1 PM EST
Presenters: Rob Danckert and Casey Moore
This introductory session provides a practical overview of the four most common drilling and sampling technologies used in environmental investigations: Direct Push Technology (DPT), hollow‑stem auger, sonic drilling, and rotary drilling. Rather than focusing on equipment mechanics, the webinar explores when and why each method is used, highlighting how depth, geology, formation behavior, and site access influence technology selection.
Sampling in the Real World: Adapting to Unpredictable Geology
June 10, 2026 | 10 AM PST/ 1 PM EST
Presenters: Nick Petrone, Jose Sagrero, Rick Alcartado, Chris Neal, and Bill Poupis
Sampling programs rarely follow a textbook, and this moderated, scenario‑driven panel focuses on how teams adapt when subsurface conditions don’t cooperate. Drawing from real project examples, experienced field professionals compare DPT, auger, sonic, and rotary methods under challenging conditions such as refusal, borehole instability, variable formations, and groundwater turbidity.
About the Presenters
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Bill PoupisSenior Vice President of OperationsBill Poupis is the Senior Vice President of Operations for the California and Northeast regions. He is a geologist and drilling expert who has worked in the industry for nearly 40 years, and ensures his clients have the right people and technologies on every project. Bill oversees more than 200 employees across six locations, and leads them in performing safe and high quality work that hits project benchmarks and budgets. |
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Rob DanckertCost Estimator, PFAS SpecialistRob Danckert has spent his 25-year career in the environmental consulting field managing site characterization projects across New England and New York. After joining Cascade in 2010, Rob focused his efforts on advocating for the use of high resolution site characterization tools and sonic drilling methods to support revised conceptual site models, remedial design, and action for our projects. |
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Casey MooreOperations Manager & Service Line Leader, Site CharacterizationCasey Moore is an HRSC service line leader and Operations Manager at Cascade with 12+ years of experience in the industry. He has managed a wide variety of complex projects utilizing HRSC tools in Cascade’s toolbelt including WaterlooAPS, MIP, OIP, UVOST, HPT & CPT. |
