Geotechnical

Solar Testing Laboratories, Inc., a leading environmental and geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing and inspection firm since 1969, offers comprehensive geotechnical engineering to architects, developers, municipalities, government agencies, etc.

Services include:

  • Specification preparations and review
  • Preliminary site studies
  • Site development studies
  • Geotechnical, geologic, and hydrologic studies
  • Detailed site investigations
  • Unique physical evaluation
  • Site grading specifications
  • Drilling and sampling (rock and soil)
  • Slope indicator installation and monitoring
  • Slope stability analysis
  • Shoring and bracing design
  • Underpinning and soils stabilization design
  • Erosion control design
  • Subgrade inspection
  • Foundation recommendations
  • Foundation inspection (footings, caissons, piles, etc.)
  • Structure performance monitoring
  • Pile and drilled pier load testing
  • Construction sequence evaluation
  • Groundwater monitoring
  • Dewatering systems design
  • Evaluation of proposed borrow
  • Borrow availability studies
  • Earth dam design
  • Dam safety inspections
  • Grout injecting studies
  • Soil laboratory testing
  • Compaction test strip evaluation
  • Pavement design
  • Failure investigation analysis
  • Expert testimony

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