Services
Our Fields of Expertise
Our geotechnical expertise underpins our work on projects from building design to infrastructure for water, energy, mining, rail, highways and aviation. To the full range of geotechnical needs, we bring interconnected skills in foundation and landfill engineering and environmental geotechnics.
Geotechnical tools and methodologies define, analyse, quantify and predict the behaviour of what lies beneath the surface. We assess what effects the ground will have on built structures – or what effects works could have on their surroundings and that makes it a necessity for use to be contacted before putting up a structure
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Roads & Airports
Services we Provide under Roads & Airports category are as follows
- Centerline survey
- Pavement testing & evaluation
- Construction materials search
- Traffic counting
- Traffic analysis
- Pavement design
- Drainage structures design
Buildings
Services we Provide under Buildings category are as follows
- Normal residential buildings
- Multi-storey buildings
- Forensic geotechnical services
Bridges
Services we Provide under bridges category are as follows
- Geotechnical drilling
- Peak flood determination
- Hydraulic analysis
- Design of bridge piers and piles
- Design of concrete bridges
Water Pipelines
Services we Provide under Water Pilelines category are as follows.
- Pipeline centerline characterization
- Service centers geotechnical properties
- Access roads
- Geo-environmental constraints
Urban Infrastructure
Services we Provide under urban Infrastructure category are as follows.
- Materials investigation
- Excavation classes
Construction materials
Services we Provide under construction materials category are as follows.
- Gravel borrow pits
- Quarries for crushed stone
- Sand for concrete making
- Sand for pipe bedding
- Construction water
- Consultation with land owners
Waste Management
Geotechnical investigations for landfill site selection and development in accordance with “Botswana Guidelines for Disposal of Waste by Landfill, 1997”.
- Waste classification
- Landfill classification
- Hazardous waste identification
- Landfill site selection
- Landfill site investigation and characterization
- Landfill design
- Landfill operation
- Gas and leachate management
- Landfill restoration and after care
- Water quality monitoring (during operation and post-closure)
- Landfill audits
Urban Development Planning
Services we Provide under Urban Development Planing are as follows
- Topographical survey
- Geotechnical investigations
- Geophysics investigations
- Hydrological studies
- Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment
- Archeological Impact Assessment
- Land-use zoning
- Specialized investigations - cemetery siting, dolomite stability, ground earth fissures
Quality control testing at construction sites
We do provide Quality Controltesting at construction sites and Services we Provide under this category are as follows
- Establish and operate field laboratory facilities
- Conducting field and laboratory tests
- Hire out equipment for field and laboratory testing
Laboratory Tests
We provide Laboratory test inhouse and tests that are carried out on our lab are as follows
- Soils
- Crushed stone
- Roadstone
- Concrete
- Rock cores
- Bricks
Field Tests
We do provide field test and Services we Provide under this category are as follows
- Field compaction
- Concrete
- Dynamic Cone Penetration (DCP)
- Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
- Cross Hole Jacking
Borehole Drilling
Services we Provide under this category working hand in hand mainly with DIABOR BOTSWANA (PTY) LTd are as follows
- NWD4 & TNW Core drilling
- SPT testing
- Groundwater monitoring
- Core logging
Management
The firm is managed by the following experts:
- H U Gideon, BSc Civil Eng; MSc (Engineering): Managing Director. Mr Gideon has more than 30 years post graduate experience.
- A N Nanyaro, BSc Geology; PGD (Engineering Geology): Principal Geotechnical Engineer. Mr. Nanyaro has more than 25years post graduate experience.
- M E Chiwanga, BSc Civil Eng; MSc (Materials and Pavement Engineering): Quality Assurance Engineer. Mr. Chiwanga has more than 30 years post graduate experience.
Resources
We operates from our own premises located on plot no 4621 in Monarch Industrial area of Francistown. The property includes offices for professional staff and a laboratory warehouse. The staff compliment includes civil engineers, engineering geologists and laboratory technicians.
The company owns complete sets of laboratory equipment for testing of:
- Soils (classification and strength tests)
- Rock (strength tests)
- Crushed stone (classification and strength tests)
- Concrete (mix designs, workability, and crushing strength tests)
- Field tests including plate loading tests; field relative compaction; concrete coring; non-destructive tests on concrete; DCP soundings etc)
