Geotechnical

The geotechnical division provides extensive range of services from subsurface investigations to detailed designs for slope stabilization and retaining structures. Some salient services offered include:

• Subsurface investigations and terrain analysis by borings, test pits,
• geophysics, tomography and air photo interpretation for land development
• geotechnical design of buildings, roads, runways;
• Highrise, midrise and lowrise buildings, institutional, commercial and residential developments, subdivisions, dams, stormwater management ponds, and trails
• Slope stability and streambank erosion risk assessment; slope stabilization/remediation
• Design of retaining structures, foundation underpinning and engineered fill
• Instrumentation & monitoring for slopes, tunnels, shoring, structures; settlement monitoring of weak compressible soils;
• Expert consultation, review and testimony before municipal and conservation authority boards and environmental tribunal;
• Geotechnical laboratory and field testing
• Geotechnical design of highways, tunnels, bridges and culverts
• Linear and municipal infrastructure
• Soft clay engineering and settlement modelling, Finite Element modelling
• Slope stability policy development and interpretation
• Buried utility installation, route study assessments

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Environmental

The environmental division provides services in a variety of sectors and fields including:

• Phase One Environmental Site Assessments (Phase One ESA)
• Phase Two Environmental Site Assessments (Phase Two ESA)
• Record of Site Condition (RSC)
• Risk Assessments and Risk Management Plans
• Peer Review and Expert Witness services
• Designated Substance Survey (DSS) & Hazardous Material Assessment
• Soil Management Plans for on-site and/or off-site management of excess soil
• Soil vapour/gas and air quality assessment and monitoring
• In-situ and Ex-situ Remediation Oversight
• Coordination and liaison with regulatory agencies (MECP, Conservation Authorities and local municipalities)
• Audits of properties for purposes of Purchase, Zoning, Development, or Compliance
• Decommissioning/Demolition Management Services

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Hydrogeology

Terraprobe provides hydrogeological assessments and services in a variety of sectors and fields including:

• Urban Hydrogeological Study and Dewatering Assessment
• Rural Hydrogeological Investigations and Source Water Impact Assessment and Mitigation Plan
• Source Water Impact Assessment and Mitigation Plan for Wellhead Protections Areas
• Feature Based Water Balances, Mitigation Strategies and Assessment of LID Measures
• Coordination and liaison with regulatory agencies (MECP, Conservation Authorities and local municipalities)
• Site Servicing Investigations for Private/Municipal Well Characterization
• Permit to Take Water with MECP
• Permit to Discharge water with various Municipalities

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Inspection & Testing

The Testing and Inspection Division provides services in the implementation and review of geotechnical and geostructural designs; and general construction inspections and materials testing including:

• Fully certified soil and aggregate testing laboratories, concrete laboratory certified to CSA Level 1 criteria in accordance to CSA A283, and asphalt laboratories certified by CCIL (Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories) Categories A, B, C, and D.   Terraprobe is a CNSC (Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission) licensed operator of appropriate nuclear density gauges
  • Conventional and specialized testing tools and knowledge to carry out fieldwork and laboratory testing as required
  • Geotechnical Field review for Buildings, Earthworks, Roadways and Parking Lots, Retaining Walls and Slope Restoration
• Field and Laboratory Testing for soil, aggregate, asphalt, concrete, grout, mortar
• Foundations & bearing capacity; footings, caissons, piles
• Excavation stability and backfill monitoring
• Underground services installation inspections and monitoring
• Compaction control and engineered fill construction
• Assessment of soil properties, gradation, in-situ permeability and hydraulic conductivity testing using Guelph Permeameter
• Investigation of concrete cracking, high strength concrete temperature and strength calibration services 
• Concrete block testing, adsorption, freeze-thaw
• Asphaltic testing including bitumen content, gradation, Marshall bulk density, stability and air flow, air voids
• Evaluation of asphaltic and concrete pavements
• Design and inspection of rotary drill rig platforms in accordance with Ont. Reg. 213/91, s. 156

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Building Sciences

The building science division provides valuable building envelope and structural engineering services relating to new and existing structures, for a wide variety of clients. These services include: 

• Building Condition Assessments/Reports
• Reinforcing Steel Inspections
• Load Testing – Guards and Balconies
• Building Envelope Thermography
• Inspections for New & Renewal Construction
• Roofing & Waterproofing Inspections 
• Air Barrier, Insulation and Cladding Inspections
• Glazing Inspections – Windows, Curtainwalls, Window Walls, Skylights
• Fire Stop and Fireproofing Inspections
• Floor Moisture Testing
• Structural Steel Site & Shop Inspection Services for Building and Bridge Inspections
• NDT Testing Services MPI, LPI, UT 
• Watermain Welding Inspection Services 
• Flat Jack Testing 

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Geostructural

The Geostructural Engineering Division is responsible for the design & implementation of soil-interacting structures.  Our services include:

• Excavation Shoring Systems:
  • Pile & Lagging Walls
  • Caisson (Secant) Walls
  • Sheet Pile Walls
  • Shotcrete Walls
  • Internal & External Lateral Supports
  • Tunnel Access Shafts
• Foundation Design
  • Micropiles
  • Helical Piers
  • Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Piles
  • Caissons
  • Underpinning
• Monitoring
  • Inclinometers
  • Building Monitoring Points
  • Shoring Monitoring Points
  • Tiltmeters
  • Vibration Monitors
• Finite Element Modelling
  • Displacement Prediction and Assessment
  • Sensitive Infrastructure Projects
• Vibration Assessment and Monitoring & Preconstruction Condition Surveys
• Encroachment Permit Management
• Field Review, Tieback Stressing, Shoring Instrumentation & Monitoring programs

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