MAIN DRILLING, SAMPLING AND FIELD TESTING FACILITIES

Drilling Rigs

• Atlas Copco (Craelius) Terramech 400 rotary rig mounted on Bedford 4 x 4 truck, capacity 250m.
• Acker Mark III Hillbery rotary rig, mounted on GMC truck, capacity 335m.
• Ardco I rotary rig, mounted on GMC truck, Capacity 250m.
• Ardco II rotary rig, mounted on Bedford 4 x 4 truck, Capacity 250m.
• Diament I rig mounted on Mercedes truck, Capacity 300m.
• Diament II rig mounted on Mercedes truck Capacity 300m.
• T-50 rotary rig, mounted on GMC truck, Capacity 250m
• Foraco rotary rig, mounted on Mercedes truck, Capacity 350m
• Boyles 37 rotary rig, mounted on GMC truck, Capacity 300m
• Boyles 27 rotary rig, mounted on GMC truck, Capacity 200m
• Bomack rotary rig, mounted on GMC truck, Capacity 250m
• Edeco 3 rotary rig, mounted on trailer, Capacity 150m
• Geodrill rotary rig, mounted on trailer, Capacity 150m
• Koken SD-3A rotary rig, mounted on trailer, Capacity 25m
• Lonestar LS 100, Portable Mudrotary drilling rig, Capacity 25m
• Boyles 37 rotary rig, mounted on GMC truck, Capacity 300m
• Boyles 30 rotary rig, mounted on GMC truck, Capacity 250m

Offshore Geotechnical Investigation

• Jack Up Drilling Pontoon (4 x 8m deck with extended legs up to 15m).
•  Boat – Double Engine, Mariner 115HP

Geotechnical Investigation Field Testing

• Menard Pressuremeter (NFP 94-10) conforming with ASTM D 4719-94.
•  PAGANI Static Cone Penetrometer TG 73-200 Self Anchoring & Self Propelled  Type, Capacity 200KN.
• Explofor Set (Data Logging System for Drilling Parameters).
• Pneumatic Borehole Packer for Permeability (Luegon)Testing in Boreholes.
• Electrical Earth Resistivity Meter.
• Soil Thermal Resistivity Meter
•  Wireline Drilling System
• Double tube core barrels for hard soil and rock coring (HWF core barrel;  98mm outside and 76mm inside diameter) according to ASTM D 2113-70.
•  Split barrel tubes with cone accessory for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Cone Penetration Test (CPT) according to ASTM D 1586-67.
• Thin wall tubes for soil sampling (shelby tubes) 3” dia. according to ASTM D 1587-74.
• Piston samplers 3 inch dia.
• Drilling rods with various diameters and lengths.
• Augured rods with various diameters and lengths.
• Casing with various outside diameters and lengths.
• Air compressors with various capacities.
• Water and mud pumps with various capacities.
• Plate loading testing.
• Evaluation of Cracking
• Temperature Monitoring of Concrete

Geophysical Testing

• Seismic Refraction Survey
• Electrical Imaging (Tomography Survey)

Pile Testing

• Low Strain Integrity Testing on Piles 
• High Strain Dynamic Testing of Piles
• Pile Instrumentation - Installation and Monitoring of Vibrating Wire Strain Gauges
• Cross Hole Sonic Logging
• Caliper Logging

 MAJOR LABORATORY TESTING FACILITIES

Soil and Aggregate

• Particle Size Distribution (Wet and Dry Sieving)
• Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregates for Concrete
• Clay Lumps and Friable Particles in Aggregates
• Light Weight Pieces in Aggregates
•  Flakiness & Elongation Index of Coarse Aggregates
• Shell Content in Coarse Aggregate
• Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coarse / Fine Aggregate
• Agg.Crushing Value & Agg.Impact Value
• Ten Percent Fines Value of Aggregates
• Los Angeles Abration
•  Soundness Test
• Chemical Testing of Soil (Sulphate, Chloride, pH, TDS, etc.)
• Drying Shrinkage of Aggregates
• Field Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil 
• Particle Size Distribution
• Dry Density-Moisture Content Relationship using 4.5kg Rammer
• California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
• One-Dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soils
• Determination of the Unconfined Comp.Strength
• Determination of  Shear Strength by Direct Shear
• Percolation Test
• Dynamic Cone Penetration (Mackintosh)
• Determination of Permeability by Constant Head Method
• Unconfined Compressive Strength of Intact Rock Core Specimens
• Determination of the Point Load Strength Index of Rock
• Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of Soil
• Unconsolidated-Undrained Triaxial Compression Test 

Concrete and Steel 

•  Destructive Testing
•  Non-Destructive Testing 

Destructive Testing

• Compressive Strength of Concrete Cubes
• Compressive Strength of Cylindrical
• Flexural Test for Modulus of Rupture of Moulded Concrete Beams
• Compressive Strength &Dimension of Masonry Blocks
• Compressive Strength &Dimension of Paving Blocks
• Comp. Strength of Concrete Cores
• Initial Surface Absorption
• Electrical Indication of Concrete's Ability to Resist Chloride Ion Penetration
•  Drilling Concrete Cores
• Dimensions & Transverse Strength of Kerbs, Flags, Channels
• Chemical Resistance of Ceramic Floor and Wall Tiles
• Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam with Center Point Loading)
• Modulus of Rupture of Brick & Structural Clay Tile
• Tensile
• Bending
• Rebending
• Chemical
• Epoxy thickness
• Epoxy adhesion

Non-Destructive Testing

• Covermeter
•  Half Cell Potential
• Ultrasonic Pulse velocity (UPV)
• Pull off / Pull out
• Carbonation
• Concrete Resistivity
• Schmidt Hammer

Cement

• Cement Type
• Cement Content
• Water Cement Ratio
• Setting time
•  Compressive strength
• Fineness
• Chemical

Asphalt

• Extraction and Binder Content
• Gradation
• Marshall Stability Testing
• Marshall Mix Design