Geotechnical Instrumentation

FTG has extensive expertise in the design, installation, monitoring and analysis of the following geotechnical instrumentation.

Geotechnical Instrumentation services are tailored uniquely to site specific needs. FTG can design, install, monitor and analyze all instrumentation types. Our engineers and geologists specialize in geotechnical instrumentation, vibration monitoring, pre-construction surveys and their diversified analyses and applications. FTG, Inc. provides geotechnical instrumentation design, installation, monitoring and analysis services on a routine basis such as tunnels, bridges, slopes, retaining walls, and foundation load tests.

We have experience from small embankments to large fully automated robotic instrumentation systems.

Areas of Expertise

FTG has extensive expertise in the design, installation, monitoring and analysis of the following geotechnical instrumentation:

Inclinometers (Manual, Automated and Shape Arrays)
Piezometers
Observation Wells
Strain Gauges
Tilt Meters
Settlement Plates
Structural Monitoring Points
Earth Pressure Cells
Single and Multipoint Borehole Extensometers
Vibration Monitoring
Remote Systems
Automated Load Test Systems
Geophysical Methods

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