Geotechnical Services
Basic Engineering, Inc. earned its reputation as a premier geotechnical consultant and engineer by managing over fifteen hundred residential, commercial and governmental projects involving complex, technically challenging sites where highly specialized site preparation, foundations, and fast-track engineering solutions were required. We work closely with our clients and their design and construction team to engineer cost-effective geotechnical solutions appropriate for proposed structures and the governing site conditions.
Field Testing
- Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
- Cone Penetration Test (CPT)
- Dynamic Cone Penetration (DCP) Testing
- Handheld Cone Penetration Test
- Hand Auger
- Test Pits
- Ground Penetration Radar
- Floor Elevation Survey
Soil Testing
- Fines Content Test
- Grain Size Analysis
- Grain Size Analysis with Hydrometer
- Natural Moisture Content Test
- Atterberg Limits Test
- Organic Content Test
- Standard and Modified Proctor Density Test
- Lime rock Bearing Ratio Test
- Field Density Test, Nuclear Density Test
- Permeability Test Double-Ring Infiltrometer
- Rapid Determination of Carbonate Content
Material Testing and Inspection
- Compressive Strength of Concrete
- Compressive Strength of Grout
- Compressive Strength of Mortars
- Obtaining Drilled Cores of Concrete
- Compressive Strength of Concrete Cores
- Flexural Strength of Concrete Beams
- Absorption and Moisture Content
- Structural Steel Inspector