GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LAB
Major Equipments Available
- Consolidation test Apparatus
- Compaction Test Apparatus
- Direct Shear test
- Unconfined Compression Test Apparatus
- Tri-Axial Shear test Apparatus
- Permeability Apparatus
- Afterbergs Limit Apparatus
- Cone Penetrometer
- Sand Replacement Apparatus
- Rainfall simulator and erosion study equipment
- Proctor Needle
- Rapid moisture meter
- Consolidation test apparatus
- Calibration Proving ring
Consultancy Areas
Soil investigation and recommending SBC for shallow foundation, Deep soil investigation, Foundation design, Compaction characteristics for soil fill (onsite as well as laboratory), Consolidation parameters, plasticity characteristics, shear characteristics of soil etc.
Major Clients
- Southern Railway
- PWD
- CPWD
- Tourism Department
- Irrigation Department
- KSEB
- KWA
- CWRDM
- Nirmithi Kendra
- Malabar Cements
- LSGDs
- Private consultancy firms
- Builders etc.