SOIL TESTING SERVICES
GGPL provides Geotechnical services includingin-situ Geotechnical field investigations and laboratory testing. The in-house Soil Testing services laboratory caters todetermination of various geotechnical parameters as per relevant IS Codes.
GGPL also offers services for ground improvement/slope protection work. The ground improvement/ slope protection work is performed either for natural landslide or manmade vertical/ steep excavation for underground basement work, where there is no space for excavation in stabilized slope. Such services are performed using appropriate techniques like Soil/Rock Nailing, Piling, Shotcreting and Grouting.
The details of services offered are as follows:
1. Geotechnical Field Investigations/ Soil Testing Services
- Soil boring of 65 mm to 600 mm diameter borehole
- Rock core drillingof 65 mm to 450 mm
- Geologging of boreholes; and trial pits
- Subsurface sounding for soils: Dynamic method using 50mm cone without bentonite slurry, and 5mm cone with bentonite slurry
- Static Cone penetration test (2 to 3 ton & 10 ton capacity); Standard penetration test for soils (SPT)
- Plate load test on soils for determining bearing capacity of foundation
- In-situ Field Permeability test – overburden material
- In-Situ Field Permeability test – Bed rock using packers
- In-Situ Vane Shear Test for soils
- Determination of modulus of subgrade reaction (k – value) of soils in field
- Pressure meter test
- Field determination of California Bearing Ratio
- Conducting pull – out test on Anchor bars and Rock bolts.
- Geological appraisal of site
2. Laboratory Testing
- Determination of water content (Moisture contents), specific gravity, liquid and plastic limits, shrinkage factors, unconfined compressive strength, Relative density, consolidation properties, CBR, permeability
- Grain size analysis
- Direct shear test
- Measurement of swelling pressure of soils
3. Ground Improvement / Slope Protection
- Soil/ Rock Nailing
- Piling
- Shotcreting
- Grouting