Alhoty

Geotechnical Test Matrix

Geotechnical Investigation – Onshore & Offshore

  • Drilling of boreholes
    • Cable tool percussion
    • Rotary drilling
    • Rotary coring
    • Percussion Diagraphy Boring (PDB)
    • Cavity probing and pressure grouting
    • Vibro coring
  • Collection of Samples
    • Disturbed samples
    • Undisturbed samples
    • Piston samples
    • Window samples
    • Rock Cores
    • Vibro coring
    • Grab sampling
    • Vibrocores
    • Seabed sediment sampling
    • Groundwater samples
  • Trial pits
    • Inspection pits for services
    • Geotechnical trial pits
    • Time and motion pits
    • Slit trenches
  • Description of samples
  • TCR/SCR/RQD
  • Borehole logs
  • Physical and chemical laboratory tests on soil/rock

Geophysical survey works

  • Ground Penetration Radar
  • Electrical Resistivity Tomography
  • Gravity surveys
  • 2D Seismic surveys
  • MASW

Open hole drilling

  • Earthing holes
  • Holes to install Lighting Poles
  • Groundwater monitoring

Hydrographical survey works

  • Bathymetric survey
    • Single Beam
    • Multi-Beam
  • Sub-bottom profile

Geotechnical laboratory tests

  • Direct Shear tests
  • Vane shear tests
  • UCS of soil
  • Triaxial tests – UU
  • Triaxial tests – CU
  • Triaxial tests – CD
  • Consolidation tests

Geotechnical in-situ tests

  • Standard Penetration tests (SPT)
  • Cone Penetration tests (CPT)
  • Dynamic Cone Penetration Tests (DCPT)
  • Dynamic Probing Super Heavy (DPSH)
  • Electrical Resistivity (ER)
  • Thermal Resistivity (TR)
  • Falling Head Permeability
  • Rising head permeability
  • Constant Head Permeability
  • Packer Permeability
  • Pressuremeter tests
  • Downhole shear wave tests
  • Crosshole shear wave tests

Instrumentation and monitoring

  • Standpipe Piezometer
  • Vibrating wire piezometer
  • Inclinometers

Engineers / Geologists

  • Piling works supervision
  • Ground improvement works supervision

Geotechnical Reporting

  • Desk studies
  • Factual reporting
  • Interpretive reporting

Water Wells

  • Drilling water wells
    • Production wells
    • Disposal Wells
    • Observation Wells
    • Beach wells
    • Injection wells
  • Maintenance of water wells
  • Installation of submersible pumps o Cleaning and development of wells
    • Air lifting
    • Clean out trips
    • Testing of wells
    • Step Drawdown tests
    • Constant Discharge tests
    • Yield tests
    • Water quality tests