Geotechnical Engineering
We offer comprehensive geotechnical consultancy services ranging from feasibility to design and construction supervision. Early understanding of ground conditions can yield economy in design and construction and can prevent cost and time overruns. We MCS pride ourselves on our ability to offer clients practical, cost-effective and innovative foundation solutions. Our team of geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists and civil engineers have a wealth of experience in different industry segments which ensures greater reliability of all engineering parameters.
Geotechnical Investigations
Our Geotechnical Investigation capabilities include:
OFF-SHORE SERVICES
We are extended our offshore geotechnical services to meet the increased demand for integrated geological and geophysical surveys from Shore to Deep Ocean including In- Situ testing, soil sampling and rock coring in water depths up to 150mtrs. Some of our geo-technical investigation capabilities are as below:
- Drilling in all types of Soil & Rock
- In-situ testing including downhole CPT
- Continuous CPT using seabed operated unit
- Rig based coring
ON-SHORE SERVICES
The Geotechnical engineering space for on-shore and off-shore projects for Residential Commercial Buildings, Dams, Coastal works, Ports and Jetties etc.
Our range of services for Geotechnical includes:
- Standard Penetration Test
- Mechanically/hydraulically operated rotary/wireline drilling rigs Single, Double and Triple Tube Core Barrels
- In-situ Vane Test
- Compaction Tests (Proctor and Modified Proctor)
- Field Permeability Test
- Field CBR Test
- Piezometer to Monitor Pore water Pressure
- Plate load test
- Cone penetration test (SCPT, DCPT, ECPT)
TESTS ON PILES
- Static Pile Load tests using kentledge, anchor or load-frame method
- Pull-out and Lateral Pile Load Tests
- High-strain Dynamic Load Test
- Bi-directional static load tests (BDSLT) using hydraulically driven, high capacity, sacrificial pressure cell, pre-installed into the test pile
- Instrumented pile load tests using strain Gauges & Accelerometers
- Low-strain Pile Integrity tests to quickly assess structural integrity and length of all types of piles.
- Vertical Pile Load Test using Kentledge method
LABORATORY TESTS
Tests on Soil:
- Grain Size Analysis & Hydrometer
- Moisture Content and Density
- Void Ratio
- Atterberg Limits & Shrinkage Limit
- Specific Gravity
- Swell Index
- Swelling Pressure- oedometer and constant volume methods
- Direct Shear Tests
- Direct shear test on remoulded specimen
- Permeability (Falling head and Constant head)
- Unconfined Compression (UCS)
- Unconsolidated undrained (UU Triaxial)
- Consolidated Undrained (CU triaxial) with pore pressure measurement
- Consolidated Drained (CD triaxial) with volume change measurement
- Standard and Modified Compaction Tests
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
- One- dimensional Consolidation
Tests on Rock:
- Density dry / saturated
- Moisture Content
- Water absorption
- Specific Gravity
- Porosity
- Unconfined Compressive Strength
- Point Load Strength
- Triaxial Compression
- Modulus of Elasticity
- Brazilian Test
- Slake Durability
- Joint Shear Test
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
Geophysical survey is a cost-effective, non-intrusive and relatively quick way of detecting and assessing sub-surface features on both offshore & onshore.
- Electrical resistivity Test (ERT)
- Ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
- Bathymetric Surveys
- Topographic surveys
REPORTING CAPABILITIES
As a pioneer in the offering of Geotechnical engineering is also backed by market leaders in our industry. a pioneer in offering Geotechnical and Engineering is also backed by market leaders in our industry. Our reporting capabilities include.
- Preparation of Factual Report
- Preparation of Engineering Report
- Shallow and Deep Foundation Analysis
- Estimation of Pile Capacity
- Foundation Assessment
- Liquefaction Potential Assessment