News from 2020

Having fun at the GDS test facility today testing a customers sample prior to shipment. A 500mm diameter x 1000mm height aggregate sample (our largest sample to date) failing under load in our 250kN frame, with new effective stress application via internal vacuum rather than traditional triaxial cell and confining pressure.

In February 2019, GDS completed the installation of a Large Diameter Cyclic Triaxial Testing System at the University of South Carolina. The system was purchased to expand the laboratory capability to tests ballast samples with diameter of 150mm and 300mm.

In February, GDS completed the installation of their Large Diameter Cyclic Triaxial Testing System at BGC Engineering Inc (BGC) New Advanced Geotechnical Laboratory in Fredericton, Canada

Their state-of-the-art facility offers world class geotechnical testing of soil and rock for a variety of applications. Given that the current global pandemic has made visiting their new lab challenging, they have organised a virtual tour, follow the link in their article.