UK Interactive Tour Buy Training & Equipment Careers Client Login In Situ (Field) Testing and Monitoring Contact us Quick links With over 80 years’ experience of in situ testing, SOCOTEC offer a high level of technical knowledge and practical support. In situ testing (also known as field testing) provides a complementary means of determining ground conditions and material parameters to supplement testing carried out by sampling and laboratory testing. The approach has advantages where recovery of undisturbed samples is problematic (eg sands and gravels), and where the ground behaviour may be controlled by structure (eg bedding and discontinuities) on a larger scale than visible in sampling. In situ testing is also used to obtain information for highways pavement design and for earthworks construction validation. In situ tests are generally quicker to perform and often provide a depth profile rather than just a single result. SOCOTEC offer a wide variety of test types which may be performed within boreholes and installations, and as standalone activities on the surface and intrusively. IN SITU (FIELD) TESTING AND MONITORING Probing Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Dynamic probing (eg DPH, DPSH-B) Mackintosh probing Dynamic Cone Penetration (DCP) Mexecone Peat probing Get in touch IN SITU (FIELD) TESTING AND MONITORING Geophysics Wireline geologging (eg televiewer, P-S suspension sonde) Downhole and crosshole seismic Tomography Find out more - Materials Testing IN SITU (FIELD) TESTING AND MONITORING Borehole Tests Standard Penetration Test (SPT) Borehole vane Permeability (see below) Pressuremeter Geophysics (see below) Get in touch IN SITU (FIELD) TESTING AND MONITORING Permeability Testing Variable (rising and falling) head test Constant head / constant flow test Slug test Packer (water pressure) test Pumping test Soakaway / soil infiltration test Get in touch IN SITU (FIELD) TESTING AND MONITORING Loading Tests Plate bearing test Skip test Zone test Take a look at our Materials Testing services IN SITU (FIELD) TESTING AND MONITORING Highway/Earthworks California Bearing Ratio (CBR) In situ density (sand / water replacement) Nuclear density gauge Falling weight deflectometer Dynamic Cone Penetration (DCP) Take a look at our Materials Testing services IN SITU (FIELD) TESTING AND MONITORING Monitoring Groundwater (standpipe, piezometer, VWP, data logger) Groundgas (standpipe, gas clam) Inclinometer Extensometer etc Click here for Geotechnical and Structural Monitoring IN SITU (FIELD) TESTING AND MONITORING Data Processing Data processing carried out to derive (according to soil type): Soil behaviour type Undrained shear strength, Su Relative density Angle of friction, f' Equivalent SPT N60 value Consolidation parameters (from dissipation tests using piezocone) Contact us Want to find out more about SOCOTEC's Site Investigation services? Click here You might also be interested in: ALL NEWS PRESS RELEASES WHITE PAPERS BUSINESS CASES TESTIMONIAL News Water Services Equipment Updates Water Equipment Available for Purchase on SOCOTEC’s Online Shop WED 03/11/2021 - 14:53 News Facilities Environmental Science Equipment Updates SOCOTEC Investment in Bretby Laboratories WED 20/01/2021 - 16:02 News Water Services Equipment Updates Member of SOCOTEC’s Water Team Co-Authors Academic Study THU 10/09/2020 - 15:20 News Water Services Equipment Updates SOCOTEC Completes Cooling Tower Replacement Work for Defence Client in the East Midlands THU 23/07/2020 - 16:03 News Public Sector Water Services Equipment Updates SOCOTEC Awarded Preferred Supplier Status with Jaguar Building Services MON 23/03/2020 - 13:26 News Ground Investigation Equipment Updates SOCOTEC Develops New Wireline Instrumented Packer System for Permeability Testing FRI 13/03/2020 - 13:33 News Equipment Updates Water Services SOCOTEC Carries Out Remedial Work on Cooling Towers as Part of Major Recommissioning Project WED 18/12/2019 - 17:00 News Equipment Updates Geotechnical & Geophysical Ground Investigation SOCOTEC Boosts Rig Fleet with Investment of New Rotary Drill Rig THU 04/07/2019 - 11:03 Load more Drilling and Sampling Discover the section Underground Utility Surveys Discover the section Pied de page Your Sector Our Services Case Studies Digital Innovation News and Media Who We Are Work for SOCOTEC View our brochure Employee Login Contact Us Pied de page (secondaire) UK Privacy Policy Modern Slavery Policy Cookies Policy Sitemap