This young man is Nico Zoetemelk, the 6 year old nephew of sales director Erik Omtzigt. Nico adores machinery since he could walk. He loves trucks and specially when he can sit behind the wheel, start the engine, use the…
Today we have taken the next step in the history of Gouda-Geo. We have been to the notary office this morning and have signed all the contracts. It is final; as per April 18th we're moving to our new office…
Today we received a number of pictures from BAM Infraconsult. They are currently carrying out an impressive soil investigation project in Liverpool (UK). The job is done using 2 nr. Excavators equipped with a 200 kN multi-purpose CPT penetrometer platform. These platforms…
Last week we had a very positive surprise. Gijs Seelen has done a traineeship in our company and he blew everyone away. Gijs is only 15 years old, but he proved to be technically very gifted. Gijs was no stranger…
In the past it was virtually impossible to verify if sheet piles were indeed driven to the required depth. Nowadays the trusty Cone Penetration Technique comes to the rescue in the form of a triaxial magnetometer that can be pushed into the…
How to build two State-of-the-Art 200 kN CPT crawlers in record time? The joint effort of the Gouda-Geo design and manufacturing team and our dedicated partners made it possible. Despite the Christmas or New Year's holiday the twin CPT crawlers…
Here in The Netherlands we have the tradition that every couple that gets married, is taken to the church or town hall in a special vehicle. This can either be a vintage car, a limousine, horse and carriage, or some…
As you might know, Gouda-Geo has clients 103 countries nowadays (we are very proud of that, as you can imagine). In the picture you can see a Griffin 200 kN crawler-based CPT penetrometer pushing rig we recently delivered to a client in…
Today we received a number of pictures from one of our clients, German CPT and drilling specialist Vulhop & Becker. Last year they bought a highly versatile 200 kN CPT penetrometer pusher from us and this week this rig was used…
As per December 31st our dear friend and expert on CPT testing Mr. Jan Lippens, former owner of Lippens Jan Geotechniek, has stopped working at SGS. About 4 years ago the Lippens Jan Geotechniek company was integrated in the structure of Société Générale…