What we do
Geotechnical services
We reduce risk in construction using scientific expertise — from site investigation and laboratory analysis through to foundation design, load testing, and survey. Open a service for full scope, process, and typical questions.
- Projects completed
- 40,000+ Projects completed Site soil testing projects to date
- Accredited testing
- ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited testing Certificate: NABLT0926TN193
- Soil mechanics laboratories
- 2 Soil mechanics laboratories Coimbatore and Chennai
- Registered engineers
- DTCP & CMDA Registered engineers Chennai statutory registration
Services
What we are most often engaged for.
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Soil Testing for Construction in Chennai
Borehole investigation, sampling, and laboratory analysis that establish safe bearing capacity and foundation requirements before you build.
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Pile Foundation in Chennai
Foundation design and construction supervision — from soil investigation through pile specification, load test verification, and quality assurance.
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Plate Load Test in Chennai
Field-based plate load testing to determine the bearing capacity and settlement characteristics of soil with high accuracy.
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Pile Load Test & Pull Out Test in Chennai
Verification of pile capacity under compression, tension, and lateral load — confirming that installed piles perform as designed.
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Bridge Load Test in Chennai
Static and dynamic load testing of bridges, flyovers, and culverts — verifying structural capacity, deflection, and strain under controlled load.
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Electrical Resistivity Test in Chennai
Non-destructive geophysical survey mapping subsurface soil, rock, and groundwater — for earthing design, borewell siting, and site investigation.
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Topographical & Contour Survey in Chennai
Every successful construction project begins with a thorough understanding of the land conditions. GeoDesign provides professional Topographical & Contour Survey in Chennai using Total Station, DGPS, and Drone Survey.
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Technical reference
The methods behind the work, grouped by discipline — 41 individual tests and procedures, with what each one measures and why it matters.
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Drilling & Sampling
Boreholes, sampling, in-situ tests, and bearing capacity — core methods for subsurface investigation.
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Foundation Recommendations
Shallow foundations, ground improvement, and deep pile foundations — recommendations aligned to your site data.
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Specialised Field Testing
Resistivity, vane shear, permeability, compaction checks, plate load tests, and water/soil chemical analysis.
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Laboratory Tests
Grain size, Atterberg limits, shear strength, consolidation, compaction, CBR, and fine-soil gradation.
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Tests On Rock
Elastic modulus, core recovery, RQD, point load, density, specific gravity, bearing pressure, and UCS.
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