Geo- Technical Investigation

Survey & Investigation Facilities

EDMAC is equipped with wide spectrum of Modern state-of-art survey and Investigation Equipment. These include sophisticated computerised topographic survey equipment, Modern Geotechnical, Soil and material testing equipment.

• Electronic Total Station 2 sec Accuracy
• Auto Level of 1 mm Leveling Accuracy
• Theodolite 20 sec
• Dumpy Level
• Global Positioning System(GPS)

Soil, Geotechnical and Material Testing Equipment

• Auger/ shell/ percussion/ wash rotary boring
• Drilling through rocks for a depth of upto 3 meters for establishing the continuity of rock strata
• Field/Lab. CBR Test assembly
• Static Cone penetration, dynamic cone penetration
• Vane shear test, standard penetration test
• Classification test and density test of soil samples
• Triaxial ( UU,CU ) test, box shear test
• Consolidation test
• Standard and modified proctor test as per IS: 2720
• Core cutter
• Rebound hammer
• Corrosion meter
• Elastic resistively method and seismic method for bridge foundation resting on rock
• Visual identification of rock course for texture, structural composition, color and grain size, specific gravity, porosity, moisture content and consolidation