BHP Laboratories provides Site Investigation services to clients in the construction industry, including main contractors, designers, consulting engineers, owners/developers, and other relevant parties. These services are made up of field-based work and laboratory work, and includes:

• Desk study
• Trial Pitting & Slit Trenching
• Dynamic Sampling (window sampling)
• Dynamic Probing
• Shallow Rotary Soil Drilling
• Soakaway, Infiltration, Percolation Tests
• Environmental Assessments & Sampling
• In-Situ Testing
  • Plate Bearing & CBR Testing
  • Nuclear Density Gauge Testing
  • TRL Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) Testing
  • Shear Vane Testing
  • Sand Replacement Density
• Ground Improvement / Stabilisation Trials
  • Lime & Cement addition
• Compaction Control Determination
  • Variable energy, assisted and automated hammering device for determination of insitu density. Allows for accurate measurement of cone resistance, qd (MPa) and estimation of bearing capacity (kPa).
  • Utilising a GRIZZLY machine, its use confirms to compaction control standard NF-P-94-063. Dedicated software makes it possible to automatically calculate anomalies for all materials.