Inspection Services
Soil Consultants' inspectors are all certified through national and locally recognized programs (i.e. Washington Area Council of Engineering Laboratories, ACI, NICET, etc.) to the level of inspection they are assigned to perform. But we don't stop there. You see, we have learned that the keys to success lie not only in certification, but in the continued education we expect and provide for all of our employees.
At Soil Consultants we continually provide opportunities for advancement by pushing our people to always learn more and do more. We always strive to improve, so we can work together to provide our clients with the best service possible.
Commercial Inspection Services
Commercial Inspectors provide the quality control necessary to ensure success on each project. They inspect the foundations that support our client's dreams and achievements. Here at Soil Consultants, we understand that your buildings are not just mere investments, but a testament to the success of your business. This is why we promote from within to guarantee that the inspector we place on your project understands and practices the philosophies we live by. In doing so we ensure that your needs always come first! Here is a small sample of our services:
- Soil bearing tests for foundations.
- Formwork and shoring inspections for walls and elevated slabs.
- Reinforcing steel placement of all structural concrete.
- Provide compressive strength verification letters for stripping of forms.
- Observation of concrete form stripping, and reshoring operations.
- Observation of pre and post tensioned slabs
- Observation of concrete placement for column footings and elevated slabs
- Performance of post-pour concrete wall and slab inspections.
- Confirming the presence of reinforcing steel by R-meter observations.
Residential Inspection Services
We provide certified inspections of; footings, poured concrete walls, reinforced masonry walls, retaining walls, basement slabs, garage slabs, stoop slabs, front porch slabs, fireplace hearths, areaways and deck footings. We inspect and certify construction of these and others items in both problem and nonproblem soil areas. Our well trained staff can provide engineering designs for situations that require deviations from the approved plans to include additions/ommissions.
Our inspectors are dispatched via the wireless PDA system from our state of the art Dispatch Center. Utilizing the PDA in conjunction with SQL database provides us with the ability to place our inspectors at your project when you need them most. While many of our competitors utilize there technicians to perform residential inspections when their not busy, Soil Consultants has a dedicated staff of residential inspectors that perform, only residential inspections all day long, six days a week with only one mission in mind, "To provide the best service available." You won't ever have to wait on our inspectors because they are busy performing other functions.
Structural Steel Inspection Services
Soil Consultants' inspection staff has over 20 years experience is structural quality control. Our services include, but are not limited to the following:
Steel Inspection & Welding Consultation and Testing on new and existing structures
- We provide a full scope of Non-Destructive Testing capabilities ranging from Bolt Torque Testing to Ultrasonic Examination of various metals.
- Repair procedures can be produced in short order utilizing stored data in our CAD system.
Sprayed On Fire Proofing Insulation Observation & Testing
It has become increasingly obvious that there is a lack of understanding when it comes to the principles and practices of spray applied fireproofing materials throughout the construction industry. That is the reason our inspection staff has been so committed to the success of the newly arrived WACEL spray applied fireproofing materials certification and testing process. Only through education can we ensure quality. Please check the WACEL website for a matrix of what a SOFI inspector should be knowledgeable and capable of. The following is a minimum listings of our services:
Sprayed-Applied Fire Insulation Observations & Testing
- Laboratory density testing of fire-resistive materials.
- Measurement of the thickness of the sprayed-on materials at random locations for conformance to the project specifications.
- Cohesion/Adhesion tests of sprayed-on fire resistive insulation.