MAIN DRILLING, SAMPLING AND FIELD TESTING FACILITIES

Drilling Rigs

Offshore Geotechnical Investigation

• JACK UP PONTOON MARINE I –Hydraulic Jacking System, with a deck of 10m x 8.5m, capable to operate in 5-20m of water.
• JACK UP PONTOON MARINE II –Hydraulic Jacking System, with a deck of 8m x 6.5m, capable to operate in 5-10m of water. 
• JACK UP PONTOON MARINE III –Block Chains Jacking System, with a deck of 8m x 4m, capable to operate in 1-7 m of water.
• SPEED BOATS (3 Nos). – Double Engine, 26ft. Long.
• Transport Boat (1 No.) - Double Engine, Deck of 42 x 10ft.

Geotechnical Investigation Field Testing

• MENARD PRESSUREMETER SET (NFP 94-10) conforming with ASTM D4719-94.
• HIGH PRESSURE DILATOMETER,ELASMETER 2, OYO CORP.,Japan.
• EXPLOFOR SET (Data Logging System for Drilling Parameters).
• PAGANI Static Cone Penetrometers TG 73-200 Self Anchoring & Self Propelled Type and Truck Mounted types, Capacity 200KN, with mechanical and piezocones).
• Field Vane Shear Test Apparatus - various dimensions.
• Manual Dynamic Penetrometer (Mackintosh Probe) and (TRLL Probe).
• Pocket Penetrometer.
• Pneumatic Borehole Packer for Permeability (Luegon)Testing in Boreholes .
• Electrical Earth Resistivity Meters.
• Soil Thermal Resistivity Meter, Laboratory & In-situ.
• Radio Detection Pipe & Cable Locator.
• Groundwater Monitoring Probes (Various Lengths).
• Plate Bearing Testing Apparatus .
• Field CBR Testing Apparatus.
• Split Tube Triple Tube Core Barrels .
• Double Tube Core Barrels for Hard Soil and Rock Coring (Diferent sizes : SWF, HWF, 412, TNW, NWF).
• Wireline Core Barrels (HQ3 Triple Tube Core Barrels, 89mm outside and 61mm inside diameter; and HQ Double Tube Core Barrel, 89mm OD and 66mm ID).
• Pneumatic down the Hole Hammers with various diameters.
• Split Barrel Tubes with Cone accessory for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) Open  & Solid Cones.
• Thin Wall Tubes for Soil Sampling (shelby tubes) 3 inch diameter.
• U 100 Sampling System with Heavy Duty Sliding Hammer for obtaining 4 inch soil samples.
• Piston samplers 3 inch diameter.
• Drilling Rods with various diameters and lengths.
• Auger Rods with various diameters and lengths.
• Hollow Stem-Augers, different sizes (OD 7 & 9 inches) with pilot pits and possibility of coring from inside.
• Hand Augers.
• Portable Auger Machine .
• Casing with various outside diameters and lengths.
• Water and Mud Pumps with various capacities.
• Air Compressors with various capacities.

Geophysical Testing

• Primary & Shear Wave Probe.

Pile Testing

• Pile Dynamic Testing Devices, PDI, USA.
• Sonic Pile Integrity Testing Devices, PDI, USA. 
• Cross Hole Analyzers, PDI, USA.
• Digital Inclinometer Sensor - Slope Indicator Company.
• Pile Instrumentation.

Topographical Surveying

• GPS Leica 530 (Dual Frequency, RTK)
• GPS LEICA SR 1200 (Dual Frequency, RTK)
• GPS LEICA GX1230/RX1230T(Dual Frequency, Gloness, RTK)
• GPS LEICA GX1230/RX1230T(72 Channel, Dual Frequency, RTK)
• Leica Total Station TC 1102
• Leica Total Station TC 1202
• Leica Total Station TC 405
• NIKON Field Station, DTM – 821
• NIKON Auto Level AC-2S
• Leica  NA2/NAK2 (Automatic Level with Micrometer meter)
• Radio Detection System for underground utilities, RD400
• Radio Detection System for underground utilities, RD4000
• ECOSOUNDER- DESO 20 with digital 2 way communication
• Navigation software NAVIPAC

MAJOR LABORATORY TESTING FACILITIES

 Soil and Aggregate

                  Complete set up for performing of the following tests:

• Proctor Test (MDD/OMC Relationship)
• CBR Test
• Direct Shear Test
• Point Load Test
• Unconfined Compression Test
• Odoemeter / Consolidation Test
• Triaxial Compression Test
• Permeability Test (Constant & Falling Head)
• Los Angeles Abrasion Test
• Aggregate Impact Value
• Aggregate Crushing Value
• 10% Fines
• Flakiness & Elongation
• Specific Gravity, Atterberg Limits (Casagrande & Cone Penetration App.), Grain Size Analysis, Speedy Moisture  Content, …etc

Concrete

·        Concrete Compression Testing Machines.

·        Compression frames for manholes cover, pipes and flexural testing.

·        Water Permeability testing apparatus, according to DIN 1048.

·        Fully computerized complete set-up for electrical measurement of concrete ability to resist Chloride Ion Penetration, AASHTO T-277/ ASTM C 1202.

·        Initial Surface Absorption of Concrete According BS 1881 : Part 208.

·        Electromagnetic Covermeters.

·        Half Cell Potential Devices.

·        Ultrasonic Instrument for non-destructive testing of concrete.

·        A unique patented field system for measuring the rate of corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete and measuring of concrete resistivity ambient temperature and relative humidity.

·        Pull-off Tester.

·        Rebound Hammers.

·        Coating Thickness Gauges.

·        Coating Holidays Detectors, Low Voltage.

·        Coating Holidays Detectors, High Voltage (Spark Tester).

·        Concrete Moisture Encounter to measure insitu concrete moisture .

·        Crack Detection Microscope.

          ·     Strain Gauge Sensors & Data Loggers for Monitoring Strain in Concrete

          & Rock.

          ·     Various testing equipment, mixers, moulds and tools for sampling and

          testing of concrete.

 

Cement

• Heat of Hyrdation Apparatus
• Blaine Air Permeability Apparatus
• Vicat Apparatus
• Le Chatelier Apparatus
• Atomic Absorption Apparatus, Shimadzu, Japan
• Spectro Photometer, JASCO, Japan

Asphalt

• Extraction Apparatus
• Marshall Stability Apparatus
• Flash & Fire Point Apparatus
• Ductility Apparatus
• Penetration Apparatus