Last week the engineering staff of Kenyan geotechnical company Treavic Geosystems and Engineering Ltd. was trained over a period of 10 days on how to do piezocone CPTu tests and how to process and interpret the data. The Treavic team consisted of…
Last month we published a picture showing the fully redesigned interior of a CPT working cabin. Today a picture of the exterior of that very same Crawler-Truck that was delivered to Mos Grondmechanica. This is the second Crawler-Truck we have manufactured for Mos.…
The Netherlands is covered by snow today. An excellent moment to take a pittoresque picture of our headquarters in Hillegom. To all the CPT operators out there today: have fun and drive safely!
Today was another great day here at Gouda-Geo. We delivered a brand-new Volvo 4x4 based Crawler-Truck to Dutch soil investigation specialist Mos Grondmechanica. Well, that is not 100% true. We actually delivered it to senior CPT operator Huub Bossink. He will…
We are always very proud when we deliver a new CPT rig to a client, but some projects have a golden bezel. Yesterday we handed over a very nice 110 kN CPT crawler to Gerard van der Linden and his…
Gouda-Geo specialises in the design and manufacturing of rig and instruments for Cone Penetration Testing. But that is not the only thing we do. We also geotechnical instruments and other materials needed to do tests in the field. Tomorrow we…
Today we commemorate that 100 years ago in a train wagon in Compiegne (France) on the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 the Armistice was signed (see picture). This agreement ended all fighting between the Allies…
Recently we have delivered a Crawler-Truck to Orex Geotechnics in Belgium. Orex is a high-end company and exists already since 1929! They provide a wide range of geotechnical services. Not only do they do CPT(u) tests, but also drilling, pressiometer tests,…
Earlier this year Belgium foundation expert Votquenne contacted us with the request to refurbish and upgrade their 160 kN CPT crawler. Extensive maintenance and repair were performed by our qualified technicians. The cylinders and hydraulics were overhauled, the crawler undercarriage repaired, the Deutz engine was serviced and…
Since London has imposed a low emission zone for non-road mobile machinery, all operators of excavators, cranes and alike are confronted with the fact that they may only use machines that meet the most stringent requirements in terms of emissions.…