Golder’s laboratories are all accredited by the Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories (CCIL) to perform aggregate testing for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, as well as industry partners.

Our aggregate testing services include:

Golder’s laboratories are all accredited by the Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories (CCIL) to perform asphalt testing for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, as well as industry clients.

Our asphalt testing services include:

Golder has developed chemical testing capabilities for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our chemical testing services include:

Golder performs both basic and advanced concrete laboratory testing for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, as well as industry clients. All of Golder’s concrete laboratories are accredited by the Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories (CCIL).

Our concrete testing services include:

Golder’s geoscientists have combined decades of experience in petrographic analyses and provide valuable insight to various types of samples in this highly specialized field.

Our petrographic analysis services include:

Golder has the expertise and safety processes to handle materials testing on exempt or naturally occurring radioactive materials.

Golder possesses a laboratory studies licence from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to accept natural Uranium in high concentrations and volumes.

Our radioactive material testing services include:

Golder has extensive rock testing capabilities for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our rock testing services include:

Golder has developed specialist soil testing for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our soil testing services include:

Basic Soil Testing

Advanced Soil Testing

One of the specialties of Golder’s laboratories is testing of tailings materials. We offer specialized laboratory testing formulated to address design needs for specific projects. Testing is routinely conducted with or without chemical additives.

We continuously improve laboratory methods for testing of tailings materials. Our laboratories employ specialized equipment and procedures to evaluate properties for a wide range of processing techniques and thickening options including evaluations of mixtures with different chemical additives.

Our tailings testing services include:

Golder’s offices and laboratories around Canada can serve a wide variety of needs for our clients through routine and specialized field testing.

Our asphalt field testing services include:

Golder’s offices and laboratories around Canada can serve a wide variety of needs for our clients through routine and specialized field testing.

Our concrete field testing services include:

The purpose of the Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) is to accurately assess in situ (undisturbed) soil conditions with repeatability for site characterization by providing a continuous soil profile in a cost-effective manner when compared to conventional drilling methods.

Specific to geotechnical applications, CPT can be used to determine sub-surface soil stratigraphy, groundwater measurements via dissipation tests, estimate geotechnical parameters from empirical formulas, and provide results for direct geotechnical design.

Golder offers this minimally intrusive method of site investigation for a wide range of projects that include conventional building foundation types and corresponding bearing capacities, settlement and liquefaction assessments, and pre/post ground improvement assessments.

The rig utilized for CPT is also equipped to perform:

At Golder, we strive to be the most trusted, reliable, innovative and responsive partner to our clients in the areas ground engineering and environmental services.

Pile testing covers a range of different methods, all of which are suited for specific information targeted at different foundation/pile types. Golder can support you with pile verification throughout your project cycle.

Our pile testing services include:

Golder’s offices and laboratories around Canada can serve a wide variety of needs for our clients through routine and specialized field testing.

Our soil field testing services include:

Golder’s offices and laboratories around Canada can serve a wide variety of needs for our clients through routine and specialized field testing.

Variety of vibration and blast monitoring methods can be utilized during construction activities on different types of buildings and infrastructure.

Golder has developed specialist rock testing capabilities for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our rock testing services include:

Golder has developed specialist soil testing for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our soil testing services include:

The purpose of the Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) is to accurately assess in situ (undisturbed) soil conditions with repeatability for site characterization by providing a continuous soil profile in a cost-effective manner when compared to conventional drilling methods.

Specific to geotechnical applications, CPT can be used to determine sub-surface soil stratigraphy, groundwater measurements via dissipation tests, estimate geotechnical parameters from empirical formulas, and provide results for direct geotechnical design.

Golder offers this minimally intrusive method of site investigation for a wide range of projects that include conventional building foundation types and corresponding bearing capacities, settlement and liquefaction assessments, and pre/post ground improvement assessments.

The rig utilized for CPT is also equipped to perform:

Golder is one of the industry leaders in the application of geophysics for obtaining subsurface information.

Our team adopts innovative investigation methods, tailored to solve project-specific challenges using a range of geophysical techniques. Geophysical testing complements other data to enhance site information, improving your ability to make decisions in a cost-efficient manner.

Our geophysical testing services include:

Land

Borehole

At Golder, we strive to be the most trusted, reliable, innovative and responsive partner to our clients in the areas ground engineering and environmental services.

Pile testing covers a range of different methods, all of which are suited for specific information targeted at different foundation/pile types. Golder can support you with pile verification throughout your project cycle.

Our pile testing services include:

We can also advise on and implement other pile testing methods such as static load, cross hole sonic logging and thermal integrity.

Golder has developed specialist rock testing capabilities for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our rock and aggregate testing services include:

Golder has developed specialist soil testing for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our soil testing services include:

One of the specialties of Golder’s laboratories is testing of tailings materials.

Our tailings testing services include:

Natural and man-made emissions to the atmosphere have the potential to: affect visibility, increase corrosion on infrastructure, be a nuisance, negatively impact on the natural environment and/or human health. Air quality monitoring and management in Africa is a constantly evolving scientific discipline because of new discoveries and increasingly stringent regulations in response to the links between air quality and human health.

Golder provides comprehensive air quality monitoring, modelling and management services, to our clients in the mining, oil and gas, infrastructure, manufacturing, transport, government and energy sectors.

Our services include:

Golder offers analyses that make provision for the comprehensive chemical evaluation of water, sediment and soil quality using standardized international techniques. Accredited analyses are conducted both in-house and at accredited outsourced laboratories, allowing us to offer our clients a full suite of analyses. We have extensive experience in mine water analysis, as well as kinetic (humidity cells ASTM-5744) and static geochemical testing with water, tailings, waste and solid samples.

Our analytical testing services include:

Noise generated during construction, operation and/or decommissioning will result in an increase in ambient noise levels within the vicinity of the project. The impact of the increased noise levels will depend on the level of increase. An increase in ambient noise levels of over 3 dB(A) will be noticeable to most people, although such an increase is unlikely to cause disturbance to leisure activities and/or sleep. An increase of 10 dB(A), however, is likely to cause disturbance or require people to modify their behavior to avoid that disturbance, depending on the absolute level of noise.

Golder provides comprehensive noise and vibration monitoring, modelling and management services, to our clients in the mining, oil and gas, infrastructure, manufacturing, transport, government and energy sectors.

Our services include:

The data generated using the soil characterization procedures enables consultants to determine the physical properties of soil samples. This information is integral to the interpretation of results as well as the associated management decisions. The test procedures can be tailored to meet individual customer requirements and specifications.

Our soil testing services include:

Golder's Advanced Testing Laboratory in Kyalami (Midrand) sets the standard for tailings testing in the African continent. Our specialized tailings testing services not only improve the speed with which results are received by clients but also improve the accuracy of the results. The quality and customization of our testing services cannot be matched by other commercial laboratories operating in South Africa.

Testing services on tailings include traditional index, permeability, consolidation and strength testing as well as specialized laboratory testing formulated to address design needs for specific mining projects. Testing on tailings is routinely conducted with or without chemical additives.

Following advances in tailings management technology, Golder continuously improves laboratory methods for testing of tailings materials. Our laboratories employ specialized equipment and procedures to evaluate tailings properties for a wide range of processing techniques and thickening options including evaluations of mixtures with different chemical additives.

Our tailings testing services include:

Golder performs toxicity testing to measure and predict the possible toxic effects of materials that are discharged into the aquatic and terrestrial environment. These toxicity tests are used to evaluate the measurable toxic effect of substances on living organisms (bioassays) which, in turn, indicate the potential impact on overall environmental quality. Single-species toxicity testing, in conjunction with chemical and ecological measurements, create a holistic approach for effective resource management. All toxicity tests are conducted in temperature-controlled environmental rooms using standardized international techniques.

Our toxicity testing services include:

The geosynthetic laboratory tests for the mechanical and physical characteristics of seamed and unseamed geomembrane, geotextile, geonet, geocomposites, geogrid, and geosynthetic clay liner materials.

Our geosynthetics lab is accredited by the Geosynthetic Accreditation Institute, a division of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI), to conduct more than 40 ASTM tests, as indicated in the list below. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recognize the Geosynthetic Accreditation Institute as the official accrediting organization for geosynthetic testing.

As active members of the GSI and the ASTM D35 Committee on Geosynthetics, our lab professionals have a developmental role in testing standards and procedures and stay abreast of the rapid changes that occur in the industry.

Golder has developed specialist rock testing capabilities for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our rock testing services include:

Golder has developed specialist soil testing for geotechnical and civil engineering projects, and we are continuing to develop and expand our services to meet your testing needs.

Our soil testing services include:

One of the specialties of Golder’s laboratories is testing of tailings materials. Testing services on tailings include traditional index, permeability, consolidation and strength testing as well as specialized laboratory testing formulated to address design needs for specific mining projects. Testing on tailings is routinely conducted with or without chemical additives.

Following advances in tailings management technology, Golder continuously improves laboratory methods for testing of tailings materials. Our laboratories employ specialized equipment and procedures to evaluate tailings properties for a wide range of processing techniques and thickening options including evaluations of mixtures with different chemical additives.

Our tailings testing services include: