Loadtest News
LOADTEST - Announces 320.9 MN (36,067 Ton) Static Load Test of Single Foundation Caisson--A New World Record GAINESVILLE, FL – June 17, 2010 – LOADTEST, Inc. announces a new World Record static load test of a single foundation caisson on...
Fugro Loadtest have completed a project in san Sebastian in association with the University of Madrid and Rodeo Kronsa Group. See project profiles for more information....
Loadtest is recruiting Engineers (Europe based and Africa) LOADTEST specializes in static load testing using completely automated systems and in bi-directional deep foundation load testing using the award winning Osterberg Cell. We also offer consultancy on pile behaviour as...
O-cell bi-directional testing technology has enhanced the testing capabilities of barrettes worldwide. Now this method of testing barrettes has entered the European domain with testing in several key locations across the continent and taking the load testing capacity of...
Construction of a new wind farm by Enercon GmbH near Barenburg, Germany brought forward several geotechnical issues. The site is located within an onshore oil field. A number of wind turbines had already been constructed with several more underway, founded...
The first CFA bi directional pile test in Europe was performed in Villanova D’Albenga, Northern Italy. Although the loads achieved were not record breaking, proving the system could be used for small piles was an achievement Loadtest are very...
Loadtest has performed the first ever Triple-Level O-cell® test at the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge site on the Missouri River, USA. Named in honor of the pioneering aviator, the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge, spanning the Missouri River near her birthplace...
LOADTEST has launched a new website specifically for our latest innovation - The soniCaliperTM. Viewed as a technological breakthrough, the soniCaliper allows the user to create "as built" 3-D images of pile shafts constructed under slurry, including polymers and bentonite....
Year Location Load 2010 New Mississippi River Bridge, St. Louis, Missouri 36,067 tons (321 MN) 2005 Incheon 2nd Link, Incheon Korea 31,350 tons (279 MN) 2005 Incheon 2nd Link, Incheon Korea 26,526 tons (236 MN) 2005 Incheon 2nd Link,...
Gainesville, FL – Loadtest, Inc. announces a new world record static load test achieving 31,350 tons (278 MN) on a single 118-inch (3m) diameter foundation pile at the Incheon 2nd Link project in Korea. The test was conducted off-shore utilizing the Osterberg Cell test method and exceeds the previous world record by 13,000 tons (116 MN) set by Loadtest, Inc.