Drilled shaft installation continues for the foundation of the new College of Health building at Towson University.

Foundation Test Group, Inc. is working with Gilbane and Atlantic Caisson to implement a drilled shaft program that satisfies the structural demands of the building foundations. FTG is on site to verify that the shafts are drilled to the proper depths to meet the structural requirements, as well as to confirm that the shafts are drilled through suitable rock. The underlying soil of the project site contains numerous boulders that could be mistaken for rock during production drilling. Therefore, before the drilling of production drilled shafts, FTG inspected the air track investigation in order to confirm the elevations of suitable rock at each drilled shaft location.

In order to redesign the foundations and reduce costs for the project without sacrificing quality, FTG conducted a boring to determine the subsurface soil/rock conditions and bidirectional load testing services in tandem with Loadtest.

Based on the information gathered, our team calculated an appropriate reduction in the required drilled shaft length in rock. This reduced the amount of time and cost it will take to drill each shaft and delivered savings to the project as a whole.

FTG prides itself on its ability to bring forward cost effective solutions to tackle the unique constraints that each project faces.

We have a widespread expertise in deep foundation testing & inspection that includes drilled shafts in dry or wet conditions. In addition to in-person installation inspections, FTG performs load testing, non-destructive shaft integrity testing, and downhole camera inspection including our Shaft Inspection Device (SID). Visit our Load Testing Services Page for more.