Standard and Advanced Soils Testing

Fugro GeoConsulting's Soil Testing Laboratory provides a range of testing from basic classification tests all the way through to dynamic and cyclic tests. The laboratory is accredited for soil testing by UKAS and all tests are performed within our overall Quality System, which is certified to ISO17025.

Our soils laboratory has UKAS accreditation for the following physical and mechanical tests:

• Moisture Content
• Atterberg Limits
• Particle Density
• Particle Size Analysis
• Permeability
• Maximum / Minimum Dry Density
• 1-D Consolidation Properties
• Shear Box Testing
• Ring Shear Testing
• Total and Effective Stress Triaxial Testing

The Advanced and Dynamic Soil Testing Laboratory has the following range of equipment:

• 5 No. automated stress-path systems
• 5 No. cyclic simple shear systems
• 5 No. cyclic triaxial systems
• 1 No. resonant column apparatus
• Bender Element capability in triaxial cells
• Axial and radial small strain measurement capability

Projects that typically require our advanced and dynamic laboratory facilities include:

• Earthquake response studies for Bridges, Refineries etc
• Installation and performance of Wind Farm foundations
• Performance of Offshore Gravity Base Structures
• Installation and behaviour of Subsea Pipelines
• Seabed Slope Stability Assessments
• Suction Caisson installation and performance
• The response of piled anchors to cyclic loading