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Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at the following: New to Terra Monitoring | ShapeArray™ In the media | Creamer Media New additions | Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Holiday closing dates To read now, ...

We recently had the privilege of participating in a heartwarming community upliftment initiative at a rural preschool in Steelpoort, South Africa. As a team, we were excited to donate educational items, blackboards, whiteboards, furniture, and a soft carpet to the preschool. We also donated food parcels and a gas stove so that the teachers would have the tools to prepare meals ...

Dissipation testing is an in-situ testing method that measures the change in pore water pressure over time. Dissipation testing is used to assess the drainage and consolidation characteristics of soil, which are important factors in many geotechnical fields.Dissipation testing is typically performed using a piezocone penetrometer (CPTu). The CPTu is a device that measures the c ...

In September, our team of Geomech Africa drillers arrived in the North West Province of South Africa to begin a three-week drilling project. The brief was to conduct geotechnical drilling and core recovery at twelve holes, each 20 meters deep, at three different sites. These sites were 25 kilometres apart, so the team divided into two teams and worked simultaneously.The team us ...