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GDS Instruments and Solotest (Local Agent) has assisted the geotechnical team at Vale (the world's largest producer of iron ore, pellets, and nickel) in setting up an advanced soils laboratory at their research premises in Belo Horizonte Brasil, with the purpose of enhancing their in-house capabilities for soil characterisation. 

SA Geolab International PL (SAGeo) based in Singapore, have recently announced the provision of a soil laboratory that can operate from 4°C to normal room temperature. This temperature range gives SAGeo the capability to carry out soil testing at in-situ temperature for deep water soil investigation. 

Mike Bulley, the Technical Resource Pool Manager at GDS Instruments has recently returned from an installation at North Carolina State University (NC State). 

Clayton Dodd, Sales Director at GDS Instruments, recently visited the National Earthquake Engineering Research Center (NCREE) in Taiwan. The NCREE have recently installed a dedicated advanced dynamic testing laboratory at their new site in Tainan. GDS were chosen as the exclusive supplier for the laboratory and have installed Static, Dynamic, Shear and Resonant Column apparatus within the laboratory.

Watch a demonstration of the GDS' Resonant Column Apparatus software. The video completes a three part compilation of the Resonant Column, including a system overview and details of the apparatuses torsional excitation mechanism.

Having worked as a specialist in geotechnical engineering for more than 40 years. Hardev Sidhu the former Managing Director of SGC (Surrey Geotechnical Consultants) identified a demand for a specialist geotechnical testing services company within Dubai. After a year of planning and preparation, Hardev and his team opened the doors of Geotechnical Testing Consultants (GTC), an advanced geotechnical testing and consulting laboratory.

Camilo Perico a QA & Test Engineer at GDS Instruments, gives an overview of GDS' Resonant Column torsional excitation mechanism.

Camilo Perico a QA & Test Engineer at GDS Instruments, gives an overview of GDS' Resonant Column Apparatus. More technical videos on the system to follow.