Geotechnical Services

With a team size of 20 people, Treavic Geosystem has varied experience of carrying out geotechnical investigation for railway tunnels, various Metro projects all over Kenya and other African Countries as well as other infrastructure projects in water, industrial and commercial markets. We specialize in the following areas:

  • Onshore and offshore site investigations
  • Foundation investigations and design
  • Residential/Commercial Complexes
  • Industrial Complexes
  • Construction of High-rise buildings
  • Bridges/Jetties
  • Water Supply Schemes
  • Highways and Rail Tracks

1. Geotechnical Investigation

Drilling & Sampling

  • Auger Boring

  • Percussive Drilling

  • Collecting Disturbed and Undisturbed Samples using U100 and Shelly Tube

  • SBC – Safe Bearing Capacity

  • Soil Boring

  • Core Drilling

  • Standard Penetration Test

  • Trial Pitting

  • Horizontal Drilling

  • Destructive Drilling

  • Non-Invasive Structural Integrity Analysis

  • Foundation Analysis and Design

  • Geotechnical Environmental Engineering services

  • Pile Load Test

  • Deep Foundation Analysis and Design

Foundation Recommendations

  • Shallow Foundations

  • Deep Foundations

  • Ground Improvement

  • Deep Excavations

  • Retention Systems

  • Pile Foundations

Tunneling Investigation

  • Deep Drilling

  • RMR, RQD Calculation

  • Specialised Lab Testing

  • Hydro Fracture Test

  • Borehole Televiewer Studies

  • Geological Mapping

  • Dilatometer / Pressure  Meter Test

  • Piezometer Installation

Specialized In Situ Field Testing

  • Borehole Televiewer

    • Acoustic Televiewer
    • Optic Televiewer

  • Hydraulic Fracturing –  Hydro Fracture Test (permeability testing)

  • Wenner Soil Resistivity Test

  • Block Vibration Test

  • Pressure Meter Test / Dilatometer Test

  • Vane Shear Test

  • Plate Load Test

  • Cone Penetration Test (CPTu & SCPTu)

  • Infiltration Test (Double Ring method)

  • Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (Light, Heavy and Super Heavy)

  • Piezometer and Standpipe Installation

  • California Bearing Ratio Test (CBR)

  • Thermal Resistivity and Conductivity Testing

  • Flat Dilatometer Test (DMT)

  • Well Pumping Test

  • Macintosh Probe Test

  • Non-Invasive Test

2. Geotechnical Contracting

  • Drilling and Grouting Works

  • Anchoring

  • Micro Piling

3. Pile Load Testing

  • Static Vertical Pile Load Testing

  • Reaction Anchors Up To 2000 Tons

  • Gravity Loading With Sandbags/concrete Blocks

  • Lateral Load Test

  • Pile Pullout Test

  • Pile Integrity Test

  • Dynamic Pile Load Test

4. Collection and Testing of Ground Water and Soil

5. Installation of Monitoring Wells

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