OUR SERVICES

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

As a full-service geotechnical engineering firm, GFAC has the right experience and expertise in the subsurface conditions and local standards for every state in which we operate. Our experience and expertise are the foundations upon which we have developed proven and sound engineering principles. These core principles allow us to offer innovative and cost- effective solutions for their projects.

Engineering Services:

• Subsurface Exploration & Testing

• Foundation Analysis & Design

• Pavement Evaluation & Design

• Geotechnical Data Reports

• Micro Pile/Intermediate Foundations

• Forensic Evaluations

• Earth Structure Design

• Slope Stability Analysis

• Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls

• Independent Geotechnical Reviews

CMT & IBC SPECIAL INSPECTION SERVICES

Our team of certified and experienced personnel will handle all of your construction observation, testing and special inspection needs...ensuring that your project maintains continuity between the geotechnical recommendations and the real-time conditions during construction. We work with you to minimize risk, while keeping your project moving forward, on-time and on-budget.

Construction Observation and Testing Services:

• IBC Special Inspections

• Shallow Foundation Observation

• Drilled Shaft Observation

• Soil Compaction Testing & Observation

• Pavement Subgrade Observation & Testing

• Concrete, Mortar, and Grout Placement Observation & Testing

• Floor Flatness/Levelness Testing

• Industrial Floor Gloss / Roughness

• EIFS

• Vapor Emission Testing

• Fireproofing Observation & Testing

• Asphaltic Concrete Observation & Testing

• Reinforcement Steel Observation

• CWI – Bolting & Weld Observation

• CWI – Ultrasound Testing

• Other specialty observation & testing upon request

SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION & LAB SERVICES

Be it on-site or in the lab, the GFAC team of expert technicians can skillfully manage any subsurface exploration or laboratory testing you need. We give you unmatched reporting and service, in full accordance with all applicable and regional standards.

Subsurface Explorations: 

• Soil Drilling & Sampling

• Rock Coring

• Piezometer Installation

• Instrumentation Installation

Laboratory Testing:  

• Soil Testing

  • Classification

  • Indices

  • Permeability

  • Swell

  • Consolidation

  • Shear Strength (Unconfined, Triaxial, and Direct)

  • Moisture Density Relationship

• Asphalt

• Concrete

• Grout

• Mortar

• Chemically Stabilized / Modified Soils