• SLC (801) 270-9400
  • DRAPER (801) 748-4044
  • ENGLEWOOD (303) 986-3370
  • igesinc@igesinc.com

GEOTECHNICAL LAB SERVICES OVERVIEW

IGES maintains a state-of-the-art geotechnical testing laboratory with services ranging from index testing to advanced strength and permeability testing. Complete geotechnical testing services are available in our 5,000 square foot testing facility located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

IGES has the ability to design and perform specialty tests to meet unique project needs and design requirements.

The IGES geotechnical testing laboratory is distinguished by:

  • Direct supervision by a professional engineer
  • Highly qualified, experienced, and educated staff
  • Quality assurance program
  • State-of-the-art automated testing equipment with data acquisition and remote access
  • Electronic and user friendly laboratory reports
  • Experience testing for advanced strength and constitutive models including: SHANSEP, Hyperbolic, and Cam-clay
  • AASHTO re:source accredited since 2012 (formerly AMRL)

If you would like more information or have project specific testing needs please contact our laboratory director Dan Seely: dans@igesinc.com.

LABORATORY CAPABILITIES

  • Water Content and Unit Weight
  • Grain Size Distribution/Particle Size Distribution
  • Specific Gravity
  • Atterberg Limits
  • Organic Content
  • Compaction
  • Standard Proctor
  • Modified Proctor
  • Harvard Miniature
  • Expansion Index
  • California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
  • Consolidation
  • Swell/Collapse
  • Time Rate of Settlement
  • Secondary Compression (Creep)
  • Constant Rate of Strain Consolidation (CRS, CRC)
  • Permeability
  • Falling Head
  • Constant Head
  • High Volume Permeability (Sands and Gravels)
  • Flexible Wall Permeability (Backpressure Saturated, Triaxial)
  • Soil Strength Testing
  • Triaxial Shear
  • Unconfined Compression
  • Unconsolidated Undrained (UU) Triaxial
  • Consolidated Undrained with Pore Pressure Measurement (CUPP) Triaxial
  • Consolidated Drained (CD) Triaxial
  • Stress Path Triaxial
  • Isotropic, Anisotropic, and Ko Consolidation (Triaxial)
  • Cyclic Triaxial
  • Resilient Modulus
  • Direct Shear
  • Residual Direct Shear
  • Direct Simple Shear (DSS)
  • Ring Shear (Residual, Fully-Softened)
  • Torvane
  • Pocket Penetrometer
  • Rock Strength Testing
  • Uniaxial Compressive Strength with Strain Measurements
  • Point Load Strength Index
  • Brazil Test (Tensile Strength)
  • Capillary Moisture Relationships
  • Soil Water Characterization Curve (SWCC)
  • Ceramic Pressure Plate
  • Chilled Mirror Hygrometer
  • Stabilized Soil Testing
  • Dispersivity Testing
  • Pinhole Dispersion
  • Double Hydrometer
  • Thermal Conductivity/Resistivity of Soil and Rock
  • Corrosion Testing
  • Resistivity
  • pH
  • Soluble Sulfate
  • Soluble Chloride
  • Carbonate Content
  • Field Sampling Equipment Rental Program

 

  • Phone:
    SLC 801.270.9400


  • Phone:
    DRAPER 801.748.4044


  • Phone:
    ENGLEWOOD 303.986.3370


  • 2702 South 1030 West, Suite 10
    South Salt Lake, UT 84119


  • 12429 S. 300 E., Ste. 100
    Draper, UT 84020


ABOUT US

Intermountain GeoEnvironmental Services, Inc. (IGES) focuses on geotechnical engineering, waste management, environmental remediation and environmental compliance. IGES’s staff of technical professionals is composed of senior geotechnical and environmental professionals located in Utah and Colorado.

PROJECTS
  • Commerical / Residential
  • Energy / Mineral / Industrial
  • Resort / Lodging / Hospitality
  • Transportation
  • Waste Management Facilities
  • Water Supply / Wastewater Facilities
LOCATIONS
  • Salt Lake City, Utah - Corporate Office and Geotechnical Laboratory

    2702 South 1030 West, Suite 10
    South Salt Lake, UT 84119
    Phone: 801.270.9400
    Fax: 801.270.9401
    General E-mail : igesinc@igesinc.com

  • Draper, Utah

    12429 S. 300 E., Ste. 100
    Draper, UT 84020
    Phone: 801.748.4044

  • Englewood, Colorado

    Phone: 303.986.3370

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