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Organizations
Soil Sampling, Drilling Rigs, Augering, & Rock Coring:
Continuous Soil Sampling Methods
Flat Plate Dilatometer Test (DMT) for soils
Cone Penetration Testing (CPT)
Pressuremeter Testing (PMT)
Vane Shear Test (VST) or field vane (FV):
Geophysical testing
Field Instrumentation Equipment
Laboratory Testing Equipment Suppliers
Related books on In-Situ Testing
Related CDs & videos on In-Situ Methods
More Geo-Sites of Interest

TC 16 - Ground Property Characterization by In-Situ Tests
First International Conference on Geotechnical Site Characterization (ISC'98), Atlanta, GA
Second International Conference on Geotechnical Site Characterization (ISC-2), Porto, Portugal
Third International Conference on Geotechnical Site Characterization (ISC-3), Taipei, Taiwan (April 01-04, 2008)
Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials - Lyon 2004 - Sept. 22-24, 2004
Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials - IS-Atlanta - Sept 21-24, 2008

Organizations

National Science Foundation ( http://www.eng.nsf.gov/cms )
Mid-America Earthquake Center ( http://mae.ce.uiuc.edu )
US Geological Survey ( http://www.usgs.gov )
American Society of Civil Engineers ( http://www.asce.org )
American Society for Testing and Materials ( http://www.astm.org )
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute ( http://www.eeri.org )
US University Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research ( http://www.usucger.org )

Soil Sampling, Drilling Rigs, Augering, & Rock Coring:

http://www.vibracoring.com/
http://www.ackerdrill.com
http://www.cmeco.com/index.html
http://www.paddockdrilling.com/html/ct250.html
http://www.boartlongyear.com/
http://www.mobileaugers.com/
http://www.greggdrilling.com/

Continuous Soil Sampling Methods

http://www.ams-samplers.com/
http://www.geoprobe.com/

Flat Plate Dilatometer Test (DMT) for soils

General
http://www.marchetti-dmt.it

Suppliers
http://www.gpe.org
http://www.pagani-geotechnical.com/
http://www.cambridge-insitu.com/DMT/Marchetti_Index.html

Dilatometers for Testing Rocks
http://www.cambridge-insitu.com/specs/Instruments/73HPDSPC.htm

Cone Penetration Testing (CPT)

General
http://www.conepenetration.com/

CPT Systems and Distributors
A.P. VanDenBerg (http://www.apvdberg.nl/)
Envi AB (http://www.envi.se/)
Geomil (http://www.geomil.com/)
Geonor (for Van Den Berg) (http://www.geonor.com/)
Geotech AB (http://www.geotech.se/)
Gouda Manufacturing (GMF) (http://www.goudageo.com/)
Hogentogler & Company (http://www.hogentogler.com/)
Pagani (http://www.pagani-geotechnical.com/)
Precision Sampling (http://www.precisionsampling.com/)
Structures Analysis Geotechnical Equipment (SAGE mini-cones) (http://www.sage-engineering.net/)
Vertek (http://www.vertek.ara.com)/

CPT Service and Field Testing Firms
Applied Research Associates (ARA) (http://www.ara.com/)
ConeTec Investigations (http://www.conetec.com/)
Fugro Geosciences (http://www.fugro.com/)
Gregg Drilling and Gregg In-Situ (http://www.greggdrilling.com/insitu.html)
Minnesota GeoServices (http://www.mngeoservices.com/)
Soil & Material Engineers (S&ME) (http://www.smeinc.com/)
Southern Earth Sciences (SES) (http://www.soearth.com/)
Stratigraphics (http://stratigraphics.com/)
Wright-Padgett-Christopher (WPC) (http://www.wpceng.com/)

Pressuremeter Testing (PMT)

http://www.cambridge-insitu.com/
http://www.pagani-geotechnical.com/
http://www.roctest.com/index.php?module=CMS&func=view&id=69
http://www.apageo.com/

Vane Shear Test (VST) or field vane (FV):

General
http://www.pagani-geotechnical.com/
http://www.geonor.com/field_vane_testing.html
http://www.envi.se/
http://www.apvdberg.nl/
http://www.geomil.com/

Geophysical testing

General
http://www.geoforum.com/knowledge/texts/bodare/index.asp?Lang=Eng
http://appliedgeophysics.berkeley.edu:7057/

Suppliers
http://www.geometrics.com/
http://www.geonics.com/products.html
http://www.sensoft.ca/
http://www.oyo.com/
http://www.gdsinstruments.com
http://www.greggdrilling.com/methodology.html#sasw
http://www.gemsys.ca/

Field Instrumentation Equipment

http://www.geokon.com/
http://www.geocomp.com/
http://www.slopeindicator.com/
http://www.solinst.com/
http://www.geocon.com
Rieker, Inc (http://www.riekerinc.com/)

Laboratory Testing Equipment Suppliers

http://www.geocomp.com/
http://www.eleusa.com/
http://www.terratek.com/
http://www.gcts.com/
http://www.durhamgeo.com/
http://www.gdsinstruments.com/

Related books on In-Situ Testing available at:

In-situ Soil Testing and Sampling Bookstore: (http://www.guideme.com/Bookstores/INSITU.HTM)
Papers on Cone Penetration: (http://www.geoengineer.org/cpt10.html)
Papers on Flat Dilatometer: (http://www.geoengineer.org/dilatometer10.html)
Reference Documents on In-Situ Testing: http://www.geoforum.com/tc16/home/page.asp?sid=92&mid=2&PageId=5648

Related CDs & videos on In-Situ Methods

http://www.geoinstitute.org/news/in-situ.cfm

More Geo-Sites of Interest

Geoengineer: (http://www.geoengineer.org)
Leaning Tower of Pisa (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/)
Geoforum (http://www.geoforum.com)
Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI): (http://www.swedgeo.se/index-e.html)
Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (http://www.ejge.com)
Emerald Cool Geotech Sites: (http://konstanza.emeraldinsight.com/vl=872080/cl=20/nw=1/rpsv/abstracts/icea/coolsites/ge_reviews.htm)
Earth Science Image Bank: (http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank/submit/index.html)
State Geology Groups: (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/geology/usgeol.html)
Geologic Resources: (http://www.geologicresources.com/index3.html)
Where to Geo (http://www.wheretogeo.com/index.html)
Geotechnical Rock and Water Resources Library (GROW) (http://www.grow.arizona.edu/)
Earthworks-jobs (http://www.earthworks-jobs.com)