Geotechnical Investigations for the Proposed Karuma Tail Race Tunnel (TRT)
Drilling 8 boreholes to a depth of 25-45m, 2 boreholes to 10m, rock coring when rock is encountered
Geotechnical Investigations at Karuma Switchyard and Substation
Drilling 24BH to 10m, excavation of 5 test pits to 4m using an excavator, carrying out resistivity tests at 40 locations using VES and CST techniques to 80m depths, undisturbed and disturbed soil sampling, carrying out SPT every 1.5m, Laboratory tests (PSD, Atterberg’s limits, petrography test, consolidation, shear strength, triaxial test, swell), report writing
Geotechnical Investigations along Karuma-Lira Transmission Line
Drilling 70BH to 20m, excavation of 185 test pits to 3m, light weight penetrometer tests to 9m at 185 locations, carrying out resistivity tests at 255 locations using VES techniques to 5m depth, undisturbed and disturbed soil sampling, carrying out SPT every 1.5m, carrying out vane shear tests within the test pits, water table monitoring, RQD, Laboratory tests (PSD, Atterberg’s limits, petrography test, consolidation, shear strength, triaxial test, swell, Unconfined Compressive Strength of rocks), Concrete mix design, laboratory tests on aggregates for concrete, report writing