Team FTG grabbed their fishing rods and hit the Chesapeake in search of fish and quality team time! The trip was through Miss Susie Charters, with Captain Greg Buckner, aboard a classic “Chesapeake Dead-rise” fishing vessel. Departing out of beautiful Solomons, Maryland, team members fished hard the entire afternoon and into the evening, all while […]
Drilled shaft installation has just begun for the retaining walls for the I-95 Express Lane Expansion. FTG is working with Hillis-Carnes Engineering, General Contractor Allan Myers and foundation contractor Clearwater Construction to implement inspection of the drilled shaft program that satisfies the specified structural demands of retaining wall foundations. FTG is on site to verify
Hovering through the Atlantic Coastal Plain region, FTG’s drone services captured timber pile driving operations for a project in Southern Maryland. As the Geotechnical Engineer of Record for the pile foundations, FTG provided installation driving criteria to support anticipated structural loads. Through the soft tidal marsh deposits of the coastal area, timber piles are suitable
Alex Bollinger joins team FTG, full-time, following his recent graduation from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Science, B.S. Geology. After three summers working on our team as a field technician, Alex discovered a particular passion for promoting project specific schedules by implementing design quality control. He especially articulated an appreciation
Concrete is the most common building material in the world due its strength and reliability. In modern times, with the incredible variety of concrete mix designs and uses, a good QA/QC program is integral to maintaining those characteristics. As strong as concrete can be, there are quite a few variables that can lead to reduced
Philip Rund interned at Foundation Test Group throughout multiple summers while he attended college at UMBC in pursuit of his Bachelor’s Degree in Physics. During his time at FTG, Philip adapted to every challenge thrown his way with the support from leaders of Team FTG. Whether he was performing CSL testing in the field or
SuperPile 2021 held in Philadelphia, PA from June 23rd-25th, 2021 was a great success. In the new world of Zoom and Teams meetings we often underestimate the importance of direct face-to-face meetings. While those platforms provide an important service, they can not recreate the full exchange of ideas that meeting in person does. It is
Over the Potomac River, floating docks and suspended jacking systems were used to carry out lateral load testing of driven pipe piles for a proposed Public Safety Pier at the nation’s harbor. As an industry leader in deep foundation testing, FTG got the call to develop a load testing program for structural pile design confirmation
Foundation Test Group, Inc. performed testing for bearing capacity of the soil that will be beneath a crane moving equipment at the CSX Coal Pier in Baltimore, MD. Checking the bearing capacity helps the contractor have important information to make sure they are using the correct crane mats to distribute the load of the crane
Ambient Air and Soil Gas Sampling A negative side effect of industrial activity is pollution, often in visible forms, but also through trace releases of potentially harmful chemicals into surrounding soil and air. These contaminants can persist for hours, years, or even decades, posing concerns for current and future land use. To evaluate site safety
