SERVICES
SERVICES OFFERED
Listed below are the typical services which we offer:
- Geotechnical desktop studies
- Detailed geotechnical investigations
- Surface geological/geotechnical field mapping
- Underground mine development and stope geological mapping
- Geohydrological investigations and groundwater protocol assessments
- Slope stability assessments and recommendations for stabilization
- Logging and sampling of soils, bedrock and groundwater
- Test pits, auger holes, borehole/percussion drilling, Dutch Probes etc.
- Percolation tests and recommendations/design for subsoil wastewater disposal
- Dynamic probes (CBR Dynamic Cone Penetrometer tests, Dynamic Probe Light tests etc.)
- Geophysical (Seismic, Resistivity, Magnetometer)
- Supervision and analysis of Plate Load and Pile Load tests
Specialised geotechnical services offered for the South African mining industry include the following:
- Underground mine development and stope/reef geological mapping
- Fibre reinforced shotcrete specifications for gold mines
- Shaft stablility and support requirements for gold, coal and platinum mines
- Stope gully stability in gold and platinum mines
- Gas sampling and monitoring
- Analysis of rock mass ratings and mine design criteria for deep mines
- Block caving analysis and pillar design procedures for all types of mines
- Numerical modelling of different mining methods and compilation of Codes of Practice