Load and Soil Testing

Our testing involves the direct measurement of pile head dislodgment in response to a physically applied load. A calibrated hydraulic jack loads the test pile which in turn applies the test load to the pile by pushing against a beam placed directly over the test pile.

The test beam is controlled by an anchorage system consisting of response piles installed in the adjacent ground to provide tension resistance. As per the testing-specified testing requirements, once the load test frame is in place and fully instrumented, the hydraulic jack applies the test load in a series of increments.

Brexol Group conducts SPTs to determine the type and nature of soils at vivid depths and to determine soil penetration resistance at various depths for geotechnical design purposes.

The test is useful for defining any soil’s bearing capacity, density, and angle of shearing resistance. It can be used to determine the assets of cohesive and cohesionless soil. The Standard Penetration Test method is ASTM D1586-11.