Construction Testing and Special Inspections

Southern Engineering provides construction materials testing and special inspection services.  Our attentive and responsive client service, along with our qualified and experienced engineers and engineering technicians, provides reliable and practical solutions for your project.  We understand our clients needs and we develop a sensible scope for testing.   Our service bolsters confidence in the contractor’s product and provides assurance that the designers’ intent is achieved.  We help contractors complete their jobs right, the first time, saving time, money and headaches.  

Southern Engineering services a wide-variety of projects.  Our services can be provided on periodic (call-out) basis or continuous (full-time) basis.  Principal involvement ensures that projects progress effectively and minimizes contractor delays waiting on recommendations and decisions in the field.  Our field reporting utilizes hand-held smartphones and PC tablets that upload data continuously to cloud-based secure storage that is reviewed by a professional engineer and released for project email distribution, normally in less than 24 hours. 

Southern Engineering maintains complete facilities and equipment for observations and testing of soils and foundations, concrete, pavements, masonry, structural, metals and specialty areas.  Our full service soil and concrete testing laboratory is located in Charlotte, NC.  Typical laboratory turn-around times are less than one to two days for most tests.  

• Soil density and compaction testing
• Earthwork observations
• Proofrolling observations
• Structural fill and backfill
• Soil classification
• Foundation bearing capacity
• Soil stabilization with lime and cement
• Laboratory testing and analysis
• Field testing, observation and control
• Grout stabilization observations
• Deep foundations testing and observations
• Reinforced earth construction
• Retaining wall construction observations
• Foundation and wall drainage
• Foundation load testing
• Storm and sanitary sewer line installation observations