Consulting Services
Our successful approach to consulting consists of gaining an understanding of the geologic and geotechnical characteristics of a site and applying proven and innovative solutions for project design and construction. Our experience is combined with traditional and modern analytical tools to provide our clients with safe, practical, and cost-effective engineering solutions and recommendations.
Our project experience spans the breadth of geotechnical practice including:
Our project experience spans the breadth of geotechnical practice including:
- Geologic and geotechnical studies for the planning, permitting, and design of a variety of engineering works, including: residential, industrial, and commercial buildings and developments, earthwork operations, water and waste water treatment plants, dams, highways, bridges, airport pavements, waterfront structures, renewable energy facilities, slope stability evaluation for excavated slopes and natural slopes, landslide corrections, among others.
- Deep and shallow foundation investigation, design, and monitoring, including underpinning. Monitoring tools include load testing, PDA (Pile Driving Analyzer), CPT testing, vibration monitoring.
- Liquefaction analysis
- Settlement analysis and monitoring.
- Investigation, design, and monitoring of retaining structures, including conventional retaining walls, soil nailing, tieback walls, mechanically stabilized earth walls (MSE walls) and easthslopes with geogrid reinforcements.
- Ground improvement and use of geosynthetics.
- Supervision of earthfill placement and foundations
- Borrow Pit exploration
- Excavability and rippability evaluation.
- Investigation, analysis, remediation, and monitoring of the stability of soil and rock slopes, including man-made embankments and active landslides.
- Sinkhole evaluations.
- Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments (Phase 1 ESAs) and Desktop Environmental Assessments
Geotechnical Design of Earthfill Cofferdam - Portugués River, Ponce, PR Client: Dragados USA, USACE
Geotechnical and Environmental Drilling Services
Geo Cim has a fleet of drilling rigs that support our professional consulting efforts, and are available for sub-contracting on environmental drilling projects. Our drilling equipment is operated by OSHA-trained crews with many years of drilling experience on land as well as offshore in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. Our drilling capabilities are summarized below.
Drill Rigs: 1 CME-45C Trailer-Mounted Rig with Automatic Hammer
1 CME-55T Trailer-Mounted Rig with Automatic Hammer
1 CME-55 Trailer-Mounted Rig with Safety Hammer
1 Portable Tripod with Motorized Cathead
Sampling: SPT (Standard Penetration Test)
SCPT (Seismic Cone Penetration Test)
Undisturbed Sampling (Shelby Tubes, Pitcher Sampler)
Rock Coring –NQ, NQ2, HQ3 (Wireline)
Field Services: Packer Testing
Inclinometer Installation
Piezometer Installation (Standard, Vibrating Wire)
Observation/Monitoring Well Installation
Drill Rigs: 1 CME-45C Trailer-Mounted Rig with Automatic Hammer
1 CME-55T Trailer-Mounted Rig with Automatic Hammer
1 CME-55 Trailer-Mounted Rig with Safety Hammer
1 Portable Tripod with Motorized Cathead
Sampling: SPT (Standard Penetration Test)
SCPT (Seismic Cone Penetration Test)
Undisturbed Sampling (Shelby Tubes, Pitcher Sampler)
Rock Coring –NQ, NQ2, HQ3 (Wireline)
Field Services: Packer Testing
Inclinometer Installation
Piezometer Installation (Standard, Vibrating Wire)
Observation/Monitoring Well Installation
Aguirre Offshore Gas Terminal- Aguirre, PR - Client: Excelerate/PREPA
Construction Material Services
Geo Cim, Inc. offers a variety of field and laboratory testing for soils and concrete. We have had validation to perform laboratory testing for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1993, and have subscribed to the AMRL Proficiency Sampling Program and the CCRL Proficiency Sampling Program since 2002 and 2004, respectively. We have had accreditation in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) R18 Laboratory Accreditation Program.
A listing of the various laboratory/field procedures performed is provided below:
Method/Procedure Test Name:
Soil Testing
ASTM D 421 Dry Preparation of Soil Samples for Particle Size Analysis and Soil Constants
ASTM D 422 Particle Size Analysis
ASTM D 427 Shrinkage Factors of Soils by Mercury Method
ASTM D 698 Laboratory Compaction Characteristics by Standard Effort
ASTM D 854 Specific Gravity of Soils by Water Pycnometer
ASTM D 1140 Material in Soils Finer than No. 200 Sieve
ASTM D 1556 Density and Unit Weight of Soils in Place by the Sand Cone Method
ASTM D 1557 Laboratory Compaction Characteristics by Modified Effort
ASTM D 1883 California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of Laboratory Compacted Soil
ASTM D 2166 Unconfined Compressive Strength
ASTM D 2167 Density and Unit Weight of Soils in Place by the Rubber Balloon Method
ASTM D 2216 Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass
ASTM D 2217 Wet Preparation of Soil Samples for Particle Size Analysis and Soil Constants
ASTM D 2435 One Dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soils
ASTM D 2487 Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes
ASTM D 2488 Description and Identification of Soils
ASTM D 2937 Density of Soil in Place by the Drive Cylinder Method
ASTM D 2974 Moisture, Ash and Organic Matter of Peat and Organic Soils
ASTM D 3282 Classification of Soils and Soil-Aggregate Mixtures for Highway Construction
ASTM D 4318 Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils
ASTM D 4429 California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of Soils in Place
ASTM D 4546 One Dimensional Swell or Settlement Potential of Cohesive Soils
ASTM D 6938 Density of Soil and Soil-Aggregate in Place by Nuclear Method
Aggregate Testing
ASTM C-29 Unit Weight and Air Voids in Coarse Aggregates
ASTM C-33 Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates
ASTM C 40 Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregate
ASTM C 70 Surface Moisture in Fine Aggregate
ASTM C 88 Soundness of Aggregate
ASTM C 117 Material Finer than No. 200 Sieve
ASTM C 127 Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate
ASTM C 128 Specific Gravity and Absorption of Fine Aggregate
ASTM C 136 Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregate
ASTM C 142 Clay Lumps and Friable Particles in Aggregates
ASTM C 566 Total Evaporable Moisture Content
ASTM C 702 Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size
ASTM C 1077 Standard Practice for Laboratories Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
for Use in Construction and Criteria for Laboratory Evaluation
ASTM C 1231 Use of Unbonded Caps in Determination of Compressive Strength of
hardened Concrete Cylinders
ASTM D 75 Sampling Aggregates
Concrete Testing
ASTM C 31 Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
ASTM C 39 Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
ASTM C 42 Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores of Concrete
ASTM C 78 Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam-Third Point Loading)
ASTM C 138 Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete
ASTM C 143 Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
ASTM C 172 Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
ASTM C 173 Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete – Volumetric
ASTM C 231 Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
ASTM C 470 Molds for Forming Concrete Tests Cylinders
ASTM C 617 Capping Cylindrical Concrete Test Specimens
ASTM C 642 Density, Absorption and Voids in Hardened Concrete
ASTM C 803 Penetration Resistance of Hardened Concrete
ASTM C 1064 Temperature of Freshly Mixed Portland Cement Concrete
ASTM C 1231 Use of Unbonded Caps in Determination of Compressive Strength
A listing of the various laboratory/field procedures performed is provided below:
Method/Procedure Test Name:
Soil Testing
ASTM D 421 Dry Preparation of Soil Samples for Particle Size Analysis and Soil Constants
ASTM D 422 Particle Size Analysis
ASTM D 427 Shrinkage Factors of Soils by Mercury Method
ASTM D 698 Laboratory Compaction Characteristics by Standard Effort
ASTM D 854 Specific Gravity of Soils by Water Pycnometer
ASTM D 1140 Material in Soils Finer than No. 200 Sieve
ASTM D 1556 Density and Unit Weight of Soils in Place by the Sand Cone Method
ASTM D 1557 Laboratory Compaction Characteristics by Modified Effort
ASTM D 1883 California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of Laboratory Compacted Soil
ASTM D 2166 Unconfined Compressive Strength
ASTM D 2167 Density and Unit Weight of Soils in Place by the Rubber Balloon Method
ASTM D 2216 Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass
ASTM D 2217 Wet Preparation of Soil Samples for Particle Size Analysis and Soil Constants
ASTM D 2435 One Dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soils
ASTM D 2487 Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes
ASTM D 2488 Description and Identification of Soils
ASTM D 2937 Density of Soil in Place by the Drive Cylinder Method
ASTM D 2974 Moisture, Ash and Organic Matter of Peat and Organic Soils
ASTM D 3282 Classification of Soils and Soil-Aggregate Mixtures for Highway Construction
ASTM D 4318 Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils
ASTM D 4429 California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of Soils in Place
ASTM D 4546 One Dimensional Swell or Settlement Potential of Cohesive Soils
ASTM D 6938 Density of Soil and Soil-Aggregate in Place by Nuclear Method
Aggregate Testing
ASTM C-29 Unit Weight and Air Voids in Coarse Aggregates
ASTM C-33 Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates
ASTM C 40 Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregate
ASTM C 70 Surface Moisture in Fine Aggregate
ASTM C 88 Soundness of Aggregate
ASTM C 117 Material Finer than No. 200 Sieve
ASTM C 127 Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate
ASTM C 128 Specific Gravity and Absorption of Fine Aggregate
ASTM C 136 Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregate
ASTM C 142 Clay Lumps and Friable Particles in Aggregates
ASTM C 566 Total Evaporable Moisture Content
ASTM C 702 Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size
ASTM C 1077 Standard Practice for Laboratories Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
for Use in Construction and Criteria for Laboratory Evaluation
ASTM C 1231 Use of Unbonded Caps in Determination of Compressive Strength of
hardened Concrete Cylinders
ASTM D 75 Sampling Aggregates
Concrete Testing
ASTM C 31 Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
ASTM C 39 Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
ASTM C 42 Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores of Concrete
ASTM C 78 Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam-Third Point Loading)
ASTM C 138 Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete
ASTM C 143 Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
ASTM C 172 Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
ASTM C 173 Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete – Volumetric
ASTM C 231 Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
ASTM C 470 Molds for Forming Concrete Tests Cylinders
ASTM C 617 Capping Cylindrical Concrete Test Specimens
ASTM C 642 Density, Absorption and Voids in Hardened Concrete
ASTM C 803 Penetration Resistance of Hardened Concrete
ASTM C 1064 Temperature of Freshly Mixed Portland Cement Concrete
ASTM C 1231 Use of Unbonded Caps in Determination of Compressive Strength