• Geotechnical investigation for roadway design to ODOT specifications (e.g. pedological soil survey, shoulder soils survey, pavement and subgrade soil survey, etc.)
  • Geotechnical investigation of bridges and related structures to ODOT specifications
  • Engineering geology studies
  • Slope stability studies
  • Evaluation of bedrock (e.g. rock dilatometer, RQD, etc.)
  • Wave equations and drivability of pile foundations
  • Field instrumentation and data analysis
  • Engineering evaluation for foundation design
  • Engineering evaluation for earth dam
  • Analyzing existing foundation problems
  • Transmission line foundation design
  • Site feasibility study
  • Retaining wall and bracing analysis and design
  • Foundation lateral supports

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  • Slope stability analysis (Galena)
  • GINT drilling logs drafting program, available in picture and Autocad formats
  • Consolidation test results analysis
  • Settlement analysis (embank)
  • Bearing capacity analysis for shallow foundation (Cbear)
  • Pile and drilled shaft analysis (Driven)
  • P-Y curve analysis (Lpile 5.0, comp 624)
  • Retaining Wall Analysis (PYWall)
  • Wave equation analysis of piles (GRLWEAP)
  • Sheet pile analysis
  • Vertical and laterally loaded pile analysis
  • Stability of retaining wall analysis (Galena)
  • Dilatometer analysis (WinDMT, Probex)
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Laboratory Testing Schedule

  • Routine laboratory testing of soils and rock
    (e.g. Atterberg limit, gradation, pH, electrical resistivity, proctor, etc.)
  • Slake durability of shales and similar weak rocks
  • Resilient Modulus test
  • Triaxial shear testing of soil and rock
  • Consolidation testing of soil
  • Evaluation of shrinkage and swelling of soil
  • Permeability of soil and rock
  • Direct shear testing of soil and rock
  • Residual shear strength test
  • Pin hole test
  • Elastic modulus of intact bedrock
  • Unconfined compression test of undisturbed soil samples
  • Point load test of intact bedrock samples
  • California Bearing Ratio Test (CBR)
  • Sand Equivalency
  • Asphalt testing (e.g. extraction and gradation, rice gravity, road cores densities, Hveem tests, etc.)
  • Concrete testing (e.g. concrete cylinders break load)

Drilling Equipment

  • CME 55 Drilling Rig On Truck
  • CME 55 HT Drilling Rig On Truck
  • CME 75 HT Drilling Rig On Truck
  • CME 45 B mounted on Bombadier All Terrain Vehicle
  • All Drilling Rigs Equipped with:
  • Solid stem augers
  • Hollow stem augers from 3-1/4 inch to 8-1/4 inch
  • Split spoon sampler
  • Thin wall tube samplers
  • Texas cone penetrometer
  • Tri-cone rock bits and drag bits
  • Diamond bits
  • 5 feet NWD 4 core barrel
  • CME Auto hammer (except CME 45)
  • Carbide Tipped drilling bit
  • 250 Gallon capacity water tank
  • 2000 F-350 flat bed support vehicle, equipped with additional 350 Gallon capacity water tank
  • 2004 GMC-5500 flat bed support vehicle, equipped with additional 550 Gallon capacity water tank
  

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