Newsroom: Construction Materials Testing

In 2005, Geotechnology and its team of City Design Group and TSi Engineering provided comprehensive materials testing, soils testing and ICC Special Inspections for the St. Louis Cardinals’ new baseball stadium. For this project, we managed the team for the complex design-build project. The ballpark replaced the original Busch Stadium structure, which sat immediately to

Geotechnology* performed the geotechnical exploration and construction materials testing services for construction of the new Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Dining addition to the existing Jewish Hospital East in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jewish Hospital East Project Background The conducted geotechnical exploration to evaluate the general subsurface profile at the site. We also wanted to evaluate the

The Rockhurt University Arrupe Hall project consisted of the construction of a 68,000 square foot, three-story academic building. This building also required space for a 500-seat, two-story lecture hall. Rockhurst University Arrupe Hall Project Background A portion of the lecture hall and the east side of the building extended below the proposed grades. Site work

The Lenexa Logistics project consisted of the construction of a 354,900-square foot, cross-dock warehouse. Lenexa Logistics Project Background The proposed structure bears on shallow foundations and has tilt-up concrete walls and a structural steel-roof frame. The dock pavements will consist of Portland cement concrete. Additionally, the truck drive and employee parking areas will consist of

Geotechnology conducted Environmental Engineering and comprehensive materials testing services for the quality assurance of the construction projects for the W–1W Lambert International Airport Expansion. This construction project cost an estimated $2.2 billion. The Airport Expansion was one of the largest construction projects in St. Louis history. The project area was approximately two square miles and

General Motors (GM) is in the process of replacing the roofs at several of their existing assembly plants. Geotechnology provided construction observation roofing services for GM facilities located in Fairfax, Kansas and Wentzville, Missouri. In total, more than 3,000,000 square feet of roof have been inspected and installed. GM Roof Replacement Project Background This multi-year