Company History

IPR Drilling Services was formed in 1987 by Philip Rands, who, following an extended period in the drilling industry, both in the UK and abroad, purchased drilling plant and equipment in order to offer his own service directly to clients.

After a number of years in the construction industry, IPR have specialised in water related projects, drilling Water Wells for various companies i.e. Spring Water Bottlers, fisheries, hospital, pharmaceutical manufacturers, golf courses, horse racing tracks, farms, hotels, caravan sites, private dwellings, etc, throughout the UK. Many of the larger contracts have been for West of Scotland Water and North of Scotland Water, now Scottish Water. We are involved in each project from the consultancy, design and construction through to the commissioning of the Water Well.

IPR is also involved in de-watering projects for the Civil Engineering Industry, having drilled large diameter shell/auger and rotary dewatering wells on both MEPAS Phase 1 and Phase 2 and the Kelvin Valley Sewer Pipeline. IPR have also installed wellpoints on numerous contracts throughout the UK, using both conventional methods and rotary duplex drilling methods under difficult ground strata conditions.

Key Personnel

All the works carried out by IPR Drilling Services are under the direct control of Phillip Rands (Director) who has 32 years experience in the well drilling and dewatering industries.

Each drilling Rig has an operator experienced in the relevant type of work being carried out. Experienced operatives are also available for ancillary work.