Geotechnical Laboratory Testing
Geotechnical testing is part of any ground investigation. Natural materials or made ground are sampled and sent for various site and laboratory tests to characterise the conditions that exist underneath a site. RSKโs in-house laboratories and site and monitoring teams are fully equipped and certified to conduct multiple types of geotechnical testing to assist clients in avoiding potential pitfalls.
A history of successful testing
Structural Soils, an RSK company, has been undertaking laboratory testing on soil and rock samples for more than 50 years. The company has an impressive list of clients ranging from government agencies, consultants and local authorities, to private entities and individuals.
Our geotechnical laboratories offer routine and advanced testing of soil, rock and aggregate; asbestos or other fibre-containing soil samples; hydrocarbon-or heavy-metal-contaminated soil; and biologically inactive but odorous organic soil or soilโsludge mixtures. These tests produce high-quality data that are incorporated into geotechnical reports.
Navigating unknown soil properties
Many of our clients seek a variety of testing for their projects to gain regulatory consent, design infrastructure and dispose of or reuse materials. Potential hurdles to this are budget restrictions, tight deadlines and unpredictability of the materials to be tested.
Our extensive experience enables us to help navigate these situations to avoid, or bridge, as many obstacles as we can. We also give our clients the assurance that the testing is rigorous and thorough.
A range of accredited and thorough testing methods
Our experienced technicians can perform a wide variety of accredited tests. Furthermore, we maintain a rigorous quality assurance protocol that involves many levels of quality checks, and we participate in national and international proficiency testing schemes. We have worked hard to develop an excellent reputation for trust, communication, fast response and personable client services.
We are dedicated to continually improving our services and willing to think outside the box to ensure our clients receive the testing services required.
Global capability
We have four UK geotechnical laboratories, in Bristol, Hemel Hempstead, Tonbridge and Castleford, which operate under a UKAS-accredited multisite status. The laboratories can test samples both from the UK and abroad: the Bristol laboratory is licensed to import and carry physical and mechanical testing of soils from anywhere in the world. We provide sound knowledge of all aspects of geotechnical engineering, and within the wider group, these services are another asset to the end-to-end bespoke service we offer to clients.
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Our Expertise
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Soil and rock
Our laboratory capability for soil and rock includes index properties and compaction; consolidation and swelling; compressive and tensile strength; shear strength; cyclic loading; elastic, electrical and thermal properties; abrasivity; and hardness.
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Earthworks materials and aggregates
For earthworks materials and aggregate, we can offer testing relating to sampling; grading and shaping; fragmentation and wear resistance; and durability (soundness).
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Site testing
In addition to laboratory work, we can travel to sites to provide testing for in-situ moisture and density; and soil bearing capacity, strength and stiffness; and soakaway tests.
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Monitoring
Our experts are also available for GPS borehole surveying; rising/falling head testing; topsoil (garden) validation; gas membrane installation validation; low-flow sampling (bladder and peristaltic); gas/flow monitoring; gas and vapour sample collection; landfill gas and leachate monitoring and sampling; flux monitoring/surveying; dust Frisbee gauge deployment and monitoring; and flame-ionisation detector surveys.
๐ฎ 80% of all brownfield development sites in the UK are impacted with asbestos in the soil or made ground at some level.
๐Join us on this webinar that will outline some of the major issues involved in the control of asbestos in made ground in site development, the potential impacts on options appraisal and techniques that can be used to minimise issues arising from these.
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ: Toby Gibbons, Operations Director of RSK Asbestos
๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ: Melissa Fox, Managing Director of RSK Asbestos
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๐ To respond to the ongoing climate crisis, we need more renewable energy.
๐ Recent global events have further highlighted the urgency of a smoother transition to net zero.
โ๏ธ In this edition of our series Climate Realities, RSK Renewable Energy Director Mike Kelly explores the opportunity for offshore wind to contribute significantly to the UKโs response to the climate crisis and national energy demand.
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RSK Staff had an amazing time attending the Tameside Careers and Apprenticeship Exhibition!
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#BikeChester was a success!
๐ It was a pleasure to sponsor this important community event close to our Chester, Helsby and Tattenhall offices.
๐ด Nearly 450 riders were part of this wonderful day in the Cheshire countryside and enjoyed our Tattenhall food stop.
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๐ณ How can businesses improve their relationship with nature?
๐ Join Dr Rossa Donovan, Technical Director at Nature Positive, on a webinar that will explore how well the business community understands its dependencies and impacts on nature and how that translates into corporate strategies.
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Jacques Carboni in Scotland visiting an exciting new site! ๐ด
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๐ข We are pleased to announce the addition of New South Wales-based integrated project management firm Projence to our rapidly growing Australian business
๐ค Projence will further grow our project management and commercial services capabilities within the region and expand our global portfolio of environmental, engineering and technical solutions businesses.
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๐ฃ Ecologia, part of #RSKGroup, installed emergency aeration equipment at fishing lakes following an accidental loss of agricultural leachate.
๐ง Thanks to their amazing team, there was no further loss of fishing stock and oxygen levels and ammonia concentrations have been brought in line with pre-accident conditions.
๐ Ecologia has extensive expertise in dealing with emergency response for Controlled Waters impacted by hydrocarbon/chemical and agricultural spillage as they have proprietary equipment specifically designed to deal with this type of incident.
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RSK Tanzania has been out completing a reconnaissance field study for a proposed solar farm at Kilambo village in Iringa.
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