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Field Investigations

SITE INVESTIGATION/IN SITU TESTING

 

Terrapex’s Geotechnical Engineering division, formerly known as Alston, was one of the first in North America to acquire a mini crawler-mounted multipurpose drilling rig. The “Terrier” rig is capable of conducting a wide range of percussion & rotary drilling in areas normally inaccessible by larger conventional drilling rigs.

We also have our own Marchetti Flat Plate Dilatometer which is a sophisticated in-situ testing device that incorporates a pressure cell to record direct measurements. This data is used to accurately derive the geotechnical parameters and engineering behaviour of soils, which in turn enables reliable design innovation.

SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Confined Access Drilling (Terrier)
  • Conventional Auger Drilling
  • Rock Core Drilling
  • Test Pitting
  • Slope Stability Evaluations

IN SITU TESTING

  • Standard Penetration Testing (SPT)
  • Dynamic Cone Penetration Testing (DCPT)
  • Flat Plate Dilatometer (DMT) Soundings
  • Undrained Shear Strength Determinations
  • Packer Infiltration Testing

 

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TORONTO OFFICE
90 Scarsdale Road
Toronto, Ontario
M3B 2R7 , Canada

Tel: (416) 245-0011
Fax: (416) 245-0012

toronto@terrapex.com
geotechnical@terrapex.com

HAMILTON OFFICE
65 Nebo Road
Hamilton, Ontario
L8W 2C9, Canada

Tel: (905) 632-5939
Fax: (905) 632-6793

hamilton@terrapex.com
geotechnical@terrapex.com

OTTAWA OFFICE
20 Gurdwara Road, Unit 1
Ottawa, Ontario
K2E 8E3, Canada

Tel: (613) 745-6471
Fax: (613) 745-0796

ottawa@terrapex.com
geotechnical@terrapex.com

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