RSV Engineering Group Ltd Material Testing, Civil Engineers, Construction and Geotechnical Engineering Services
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RSV CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS LABORATORY (Soil tests, Aggregate Tests, Asphalt Tests, Concrete Tests, Water Tests, Construction Quality Control Geophysical Investigation, and Geotechnical Investigations) RSV02102019-7 RSV Engineering Group Ltd Material Testing, Civil Engineers, Construction and Geotechnical Engineering Services ‘‘What do buildings and great companies have in common? It’s the synergy from all individual parts that make them up coming together to create something much bigger and greater than themselves’’ RSV Engineering Group Ltd is a multi-disciplinary firm that provides among others professional technical services by offering the most efficient Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory Testing, Geotechnical Engineering services and Geophysical Investigation to optimize resources on the side of our clients. WHO WE ARE RSV Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory is part of RSV Engineering Group Ltd that provides Commercial Laboratory Testing of Civil Engineering Materials such as soil tests, aggregate tests, asphalt tests, concrete tests and water tests. The laboratory also offers geotechnical design services, in-situ construction quality control, geophysical and geotechnical investigation services. The Laboratory now employs quite a number of specialist professionals and a good number of these are Registered Engineers. One of the founding engineers is an active member of Deep Foundation Institute (DFI). RSV Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory has a network of experts from different countries who contribute to the best practices in each and every project we handle as a Laboratory. Mission To help build a better tomorrow through safe and sustainable infrastructure projects. Vision Innovative spirit - we strive to be innovative and creative. Cohesiveness - we work together to achieve team-work mentality. Advancement - we advance through continuous learning through periodic training. Responsibility - we are responsible towards our staff, community and the environment. P.O. Box 10704, Kampala, Uganda Administration Plot 782 Kyebando Kampala Tel: +256 782943463 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www. rsvegroup.com RSV CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS LABORATORY (Soil tests, Aggregate Tests, Asphalt Tests, Concrete Tests, Water Tests, Construction Quality Control Geophysical Investigation, and Geotechnical Investigations) RSV02102019-7 Excellence - we strive for excellence in our service delivery procedures. Safety - We are all responsible for the safety of our employees, subcontractors and the public. OUR SERVICES At RSV Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory, we provide a range of specialist services in Commercial Laboratory Testing, Construction Quality Control, Geotechnical Engineering Services and Geophysical Surveys. Our major services are profiled on our website: www.rsvegroup.com. Please make a selection from our Services menu for detailed information on our complete range of services. LABORATORY TESTING OF CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS RSV Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory operates a fully-fledged laboratory (i.e. RSV Materials Laboratory) situated at Plot 782, along Ssematimba Road in Kyebando within Kampala City. The Laboratory offers comprehensive Materials Testing of soils, aggregates, water, concrete, structural integrity services, construction quality control, geophysical surveys, geotechnical design and geotechnical investigations. Representative Services Geotechnical Investigations for, roads, bridges, buildings, power plants, pipelines, railways, harbours, airports, drainage channels, transmission lines etc. Structural Integrity tests on buildings and bridges Aggregate Tests Concrete Tests Water Tests Laboratory testing of Soils Construction Quality Control and Supervision Pavement Design Geotechnical Design Geophysical Investigation P.O. Box 10704, Kampala, Uganda Administration Plot 782 Kyebando Kampala Tel: +256 782943463 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www. rsvegroup.com RSV CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS LABORATORY (Soil tests, Aggregate Tests, Asphalt Tests, Concrete Tests, Water Tests, Construction Quality Control Geophysical Investigation, and Geotechnical Investigations) RSV02102019-7 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES Geotechnical Engineering services offered by our company are divided into Five Divisions; mainly Geotechnical Designs, Geotechnical investigations, Geophysical Surveys, Geotechnical Construction and Laboratory Testing. 1. Geotechnical Designs We are experts in Design of shallow and deep foundations, Design of large box Culverts, Slope stability Analysis, Design of conventional retaining walls, Flexible Pavement design, Pipeline Design, Rigid Pavement Design, Geotechnical Modeling using softwares such as GEO5, PLAXIS, GEOSLOPE and centrifuge modeling. Shallow Foundations: These foundations include; Square, rectangular, strip and circular footings, Mat/Slab-on-grade foundations. Spread footings are structural members used to support columns and walls in order to transmit and distribute their loads to the soil. Normally load bearing walls spread the applied structural loads on a strip footing and transmit the loads on a large soil Area. (d) Strip Footing Mat/slab on grade Foundations: These foundations are classified under shallow foundations. They are used to distribute heavy column and wall loads across the entire building area, to lower the contact pressure compared to the conventional spread footings. They can be constructed near the ground surface or at the bottom of basements. In high raised buildings, these foundations can be several meters thick with extensive reinforcing to ensure relatively uniform load transfer. Deep Foundations; These foundations include Driven piles, Cast in- place piles, Micro piles and Screw piles Driven piles fall within one of the fastest methods to produce high capacity bearing elements when the depth of rock is reasonable. P.O. Box 10704, Kampala, Uganda Administration Plot 782 Kyebando Kampala Tel: +256 782943463 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www. rsvegroup.com RSV CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS LABORATORY (Soil tests, Aggregate Tests, Asphalt Tests, Concrete Tests, Water Tests, Construction Quality Control Geophysical Investigation, and Geotechnical Investigations) RSV02102019-7 Cast in-place piles: This is a very common technique in foundation construction industry. As well as stand-alone piles and they are often used extensively in secant walls and as part of other foundation techniques. Micro piles: These are piles designed and used in very limited space or headroom is available for execution with conventional pilling rig. They are also called mini piles which are often used for underpinning and constructed using high-strength, small-diameter steel casing and/or threaded bar. Screw piles: These are designed and used to support on grade slabs in low consistency fine soils or in situations where loose granular formations are detected. This system helps to improve on the soil bearing capacity as well as limiting any settlement situation likely to occur. This system can be used for new or existing structures depending on the need at hand. Pavements: Design of rigid and flexible pavements 2. Geotechnical Investigations Our company offers geotechnical investigation services to our clients for the proposed construction sites such as, Supervision of drilling works including logging of strata, Geotechnical Report writing (factual and interpretative), Borehole drilling and sampling, Standard penetration Tests, Dynamic cone penetrometer tests (DCP), Dynamic Probing Light tests (DPL), Shear vane tests, Test pitting, Augering, Permeability test for Rock and Geological field mapping. P.O. Box 10704, Kampala, Uganda Administration Plot 782 Kyebando Kampala Tel: +256 782943463 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www. rsvegroup.com RSV CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS LABORATORY (Soil tests, Aggregate Tests, Asphalt Tests, Concrete Tests, Water Tests, Construction Quality Control Geophysical Investigation, and Geotechnical Investigations) RSV02102019-7 Geotechnical investigations We provide consultancy services in supervision of drilling works including logging of soil strata and giving technical advice on the sampling strata depending on the project scope and the prevailing site conditions. Borehole drilling and sampling; We conduct borehole drilling for bridge piers and bridge abutments, Large box Culverts, Basements, High raised building foundations, irrigation scheme projects, landfill and man-made grounds, recreational centers, Hydropower dam sites, Transmission lines, Electrical substations, Road intersections and fly-overs, Quarry sites and Tunnel sites. We perform Standard Penetrations tests (SPTs) which are conducted at specified intervals of the soil strata to determine soil bearing capacities and values obtained are used in design of foundations. We monitor Ground water tables during drilling process and we install piezometers after borehole completion in scenarios of ground water to determine whether it’s a patched water table or permanent water table which helps us to determine the foundation type, founding depth and construction techniques to use. Test pit Excavation: This is a method of soil investigation used to obtain clear observation in change of layer of the strata and therefore come up with a comprehensive judgment of the soil profile. Test pits can be excavated using both mechanical excavator and hand tool methods depending on the site