Geotechnical
Geotechnical Services
Geotechnical engineering is a discipline within the broader field of civil engineering that focuses on analysing and determining earth materials’ engineering properties like soil and rock. Geotechnical engineers rely on their understanding of soil mechanics, geotechnics and rock masses to design foundations that can carry the load from a building or bridge to the soil that supports it. Subsurface conditions can vary greatly, even on different sides of a construction site, so geotechnical engineering is a very important branch of civil engineering.
Our services in subsurface exploration and analysis of existing conditions provides you with economical foundation designs and earthwork construction procedures and specifications. This service is custom designed based on the project and type of construction.
Geotechnical Engineering
Installation and Monitoring of Piezometers and Settlement Gauges
Slope Stability
Retaining Wall
Cement Treated Base or Lime Treated Sub-base
Earthwork Testing
Standard Proctor & Modified Proctor
California Impact Compaction
Soil Cement – Moisture/Density
Resistance Value (R-Value)
California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
Sand Equivalent
Durability Index
Classification Testing
Asphalt and Portland Cement
Moisture Content & USCS Visual Classification
Plastic & Liquid Limits (Atterberg)
Specific Gravity – Soil & Aggregate
Organic Content
Sieve Analysis
Percent Passing #200 Sieve
Hydrometer
Porosity Determination
Hydraulic Conductivity & Other Tests
pH (Soil or Water)
Permeability – Flexible Wall/ Constant Head
Volume Change Testing
Incremental Consolidation
Expansion Index
Swell Pressure & Percent Swell
Expansion Index
Swell Pressure & Percent Swell
Construction Observation and Testing
Grading
Driven or Drilled Piles/Caissons
Soil Nailing
Static Strength Testing
Unconfined Compression
Triaxial – Unconsolidated Undrained
Triaxial – Consolidated Drained
Triaxial – Consolidated Undrained
Direct Shear, Consolidated Drained