Pitcher Drilling Company - Industry Professionals

Terry Shewchuk serves as the Operations Manager for Pitcher Drilling, where he has been employed since 2001. Pitcher originated in 1933 and invented the Pitcher Barrel, which is used in the geotechnical industry throughout the world. Pitcher Drilling transitioned into the geotech industry in the 60’s. Pitcher Drilling was purchased by John Gregg in 2001. With John’s help the drill fleet has been re-tooled allowing Pitcher to provide clients multiple sampling or testing methods including geothermal loop installations. From the company’s headquarters in East Palo Alto, Terry manages the logistics and scheduling for a drilling fleet of six truck mount and two track mount drills with a full complement of support trucks. He is responsible for the day to day operations of 20 office and field staff.

The Pitcher Company is owned by Gregg Drilling, and its geotechnical and geothermal work covers all of northern California, from Eureka to Alturas, and southward to points below the Bay Area. Recently, Pitcher Drilling installed a 110-loop borehole field for the NASA-Ames research facility in Mountain View, installed geotechnical instrumentation and cored deep concrete pilings for the San Francisco TransBay Terminal project and performed rock exploration on Calaveras Dam part of Hetch Hetchy Water Infrastructure improvement project. Currently, Pitcher Drilling is working on State Route 36 highway exploration, so that stabilization engineering may proceed in order to better anchor this “often migrating” road bed.

Terry is Canadian born and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba.