SERVICES

Environmental Engineering Division

The environmental engineering division has been providing testing design and consultancy services for more that three decades in diverse areas including water supply: water, waste water and industrial waste quality treatment; solid and hazardous waste management; biogas technology; air and noise pollution; environmental management planning; environmental auditing; environmental site assessment, and environmental impact assessment and monitoring. Over the years, the division has gained considerable expertise and experience in these areas and has developed a solid reputation both at national and international levels.

The well-equipped laboratories of the division are the most advanced of their kind in the country and have equipment, facilities, and highly experienced laboratory technicians for detailed analysis of water, wastewater, industrial effluent, oil drilling mud and cuttings, air and noise quality. The laboratories also have facilities for model testing of water and wastewater treatment systems.

Geotechnical Engineering Division

The Geotechnical Engineering Division has been providing testing, design and consultancy services since its inception in a number of areas including sub-soil investigation, soil and rock characterization, engineering properties of soils and rocks, in-situ testing of soils, physical and mechanical properties of geotextiles, design and analysis of shallow and deep foundations, pile load testing, pile installation problems, earth retaining structures, including reinforced earth wall design and construction, soil improvement, dynamic analysis of soils, seismic design of foundations, earthquake hazard analysis, and development of micro-zonation maps for different areas based on soil parameters, liquefaction data, etc. Over the past years, this division has achieved considerable expertise and experience in these areas and has achieved an excellent reputation.

The well-equipped undergraduate and postgraduate laboratories of the Geotechnical Engineering division have facilities for detailed testing and analysis of soils, rocks and geotextiles. Moreover, the postgraduate laboratory has computational facilities for the design, analysis and research of wide range of geotechnical problems.

Structural Engineering Division

The Structural Engineering Division is manned by a group of highly qualified professionals and equipped with the state of the art hardware and software facilities for carrying out testing of various structural materials and providing expert consultancy services in the field of structural engineering. The consultants of this division are the leading structural engineering experts of the country with wide ranging experiences. Apart from routine quality assurance testing of structural materials, expert services are provided in the design of various reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete as well as steel structures like high rise buildings, long-span bridges, transmission towers etc.

The division has the largest structural engineering testing facility in the country with laboratories equipped with modern testing machines and equipment. Routine strength tests of various materials like steel, concrete, brick, cement, timber, plastic, rubber etc. are carried out in Structures and Materials Laboratory and the Concrete Laboratory as per the relevant standards. On-site non-destructive evaluation are also conducted. Modern structural software like SAP2000, ETABS, STRAND7, STAADPro, DIANA and many other tools are used for analysis and safety evaluation of structures.