A Serious Alternative for DFW Deep Foundations
The metroplex has plenty of drilling contractors — and plenty of projects stuck waiting on them. Big Shot Drilling runs out of Henderson County, an hour east of Dallas, which keeps our overhead country-sized while our rigs work Dallas, Fort Worth, and every suburb between. For GCs on the east side of the metroplex — Mesquite, Garland, Rockwall, Forney, Terrell, Kaufman — we're often closer than the contractor across town.
What We Do in the Metroplex
- Drilled shafts and bell-bottom piers in blackland clay — the foundation type DFW's expansive soil demands
- Auger cast piles for mid-rise, warehouse, and industrial projects
- Soldier piles, tiebacks, and soil nailing for urban excavations
- Micropiles for retrofits, underpinning, and limited-access interior work
- TxDOT Dallas and Fort Worth District shaft work as a sub to primes — signals, illumination, sign structures, sound walls
Built for the Blackland Prairie
Dallas–Fort Worth sits on some of the most expansive clay in America. When that clay wets and dries, it moves — which is why nearly every serious structure in the metroplex sits on drilled piers extending below the active zone, many belled for uplift resistance. This is exactly the drilling we do every week. Send plans and boring logs to bigshotdrilling@gmail.com and you'll have a competitive number fast.
Also serving Athens and Tyler.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why hire an East Texas driller for a Dallas project?
Two reasons: schedule and price. Our cost structure is lower than metroplex-based competitors, and our rigs aren't stacked ten jobs deep. From Henderson County we're on most DFW sites in about an hour — closer than a cross-metroplex mobilization in traffic.
Do you drill in Dallas blackland clay?
Constantly. Expansive blackland clay is the defining soil problem of DFW construction, and drilled piers below the active moisture zone — often belled — are the standard answer. It's the bread and butter of our work.
Can you handle traffic control and night work?
Yes. For TxDOT and municipal work we coordinate with the prime's traffic control plan, and we've drilled under lane closures including night operations where the TCP requires it.
Need pricing on your next project?
Send us your plans and boring logs — most bids turned around fast.
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