Field Exploration 

• Soil Test Borings (SPT) – land and water

• CPT and DMT probes

• Soil and shear wave velocity testing for seismic site class determination

• Hand auger borings 

• In-situ permeability testing

• Test pit excavations

• Geo-probe sampling

• DCP testing

• Pavement coring

Foundation Design

• Footings Design: bearing capacity, settlements, uplift, eccentric
        loading

• Pile Design: timber, concrete, auger cast

• Pile compressive and tensile capacity

• Pile lateral loading and deflection (L-Pile)

• Pile installation criteria & PDA testing

• Subgrade modification and improvement design and analysis (surcharge and dynamic compaction)

• Groundwater control design

Bulkhead and Retaining Structures Design and Analyses 

• Foundations (deep and shallow)

• Stability (lateral, overturning, global)

• Tie back analysis

• Settlement and failure inspection and analysis

• Modular/segmental retaining wall design (reinforcing w/geogrid)

Pavement Design & Testing 

• CBR sampling and testing

• Soil test borings

• Traffic Data Analysis

• Subgrade stabilization design

• Geotextile/geogrid stabilization

• Lime stabilization

• Soil-cement and CTA stabilization

• Bridging design over yielding subgrade

• Flexible and rigid pavement design

• Existing pavement condition determination

• Pavement construction specifications

• Pavement construction testing (roller patterns & density)

• Pavement mix design

• Pavement coring

• Asphalt laboratory testing (extraction/gradation, Marshall
        stability, density)

Construction Material Testing For Special Inspections

Concrete:

• Review delivery tickets

• Field sampling of fresh concrete (slump, air, temp., cylinders, unit weight, etc.)

• Concrete mix designs

• Batch plant inspection

• Laboratory curing & strength testing of cylinders and cores

• Soluble chloride ion content testing

• Placement and curing monitoring

• Reinforcing steel placement inspection

• Concrete aggregate testing

• Concrete coring & testing

• Floor flatness/levelness testing

• Form work inspection

Soil: 

• Field density testing

• Laboratory testing

• Subgrade stability determination and proofrolling

• Subgrade improvement & stabilization design

• Backfill placement monitoring

 Structural Steel: 

• Fabrication shop inspection & review of quality control procedures

• Welded and bolted connections inspection

• Magnetic particle & ultrasonic testing

• Welders certification

• Materials markings identification

• Decking inspection, mechanical fasteners and tack welds

• Inspect details in field and at fabricator shop for compliance with
   contract document

• Visual inspection of steel erection

• Bolt torque testing

Fireproofing testing 

• Cohesion/adhesion testing

• Density and thickness testing

• Substrate evaluation and placement observation

Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) 

• Observe the substrate prior to application

• Observe application process

• Material verification and storage

• Observe installation for conformance with specifications and 
        manufacturer’s  recommendations