Soils And Foundation Inspection San Diego

What it is: Soils regarding construction are the earth materials used for fill in achieving the desired elevation for building structures.

What it does: Keeps the building or structure underside supported or interlocked above the bedrock into a known and calculated area of moisture conditioned, processed and compacted earth material.

What we do: We provide CA registered engineer design professional preliminary soils investigations and recommendations for foundation design. Draw plans and resolve infrastructure issues and fault studies. Also, retaining wall design including soil backfill, special inspection for rebar steel, concrete sampling, and testing.

Provide soil technicians for observation, documentation, testing of fill placement and compaction.

Foundation inspections are often requested by owners, developers and contractors for footing bottom verification of firm support. Metzger Testing & Inspection evaluates foundation subgrade conditions. When necessary recommendations regarding over-excavation and subsequent backfill with engineered structural fill may be provided if poor subgrade soils are encountered or if foundations are constructed during wet weather conditions.

Geotechnical engineers are often contracted to evaluate the ability of subsurface soils to support in-ground disposal of storm water via infiltration. Penetration analysis typically consists of exploratory site evaluation, in situ permeability testing and laboratory analysis of soil samples collected from relevant building site conditions. Results of in situ permeability testing, laboratory analysis and recommendations are presented in a concise engineering report.

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Reinforcing Steel Inspection

Re-bar are steel bars of various diameters and lengths which have steel ribs that add to the bonding value of concrete for adhesion and additional strength. Reinforcing steel and concrete are bonded together by a mechanical connection.This provides the tensile properties which adds another element of strength to the concrete.

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Field Concrete Testing

The testing of concrete at the construction site is to sample the freshly mixed concrete, check for slump, temperature and cast a set of cylinders for compressive strength verification. Slump is a field test to measure water quantity mixed within the concrete. This is mainly for field-use measurement as a guide for the work-ability of concrete.

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Post-Tension Concrete

Post-tension concrete cables are long steel cable ropes, usually 1/2″ in diameter within a plastic protective grease coated sheathing. Post-tension concrete cables are a group of cable tendons placed within the concrete providing compression strength laterally. Post-tension concrete cables which are placed within the concrete allows the concrete to be elevated as it has compressive lateral strength.

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Field Testing

We perform almost any type of inspection services. Our clients enjoy the quality of our field inspections and structural inspections. Prestressed/Post-Tensioned Concrete, Shotcrete, Structural Masonry, Structural Steel Erection & High Strength Bolting, Structural Steel Visual Welding Inspection, Structural Steel Non-Destructive Evaluation, Spray Applied Fire-Resistive Materials, Lateral Framing (Wood & Cold-Form Steel Structures)

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Welding Inspection

Steel is the structural soundness and integrity of the building. If welding is not done by code or procedure it could result in defective work which would lead to the removal of weld areas by grinding and re-welding. As Certified Welding Inspectors Metzger Testing & Inspection can provide guidance to the contractor in producing a welding procedure specification…

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Materials Testing

The best field inspection personnel cannot be efficient without excellent support from the laboratory. Metzger Testing & Inspection works with the top laboratory material testing facilities in the area that have quality testing and diagnostic equipment. Concrete and masonry samples, soil, asphalt, fire resistive materials, and many other material types are tested in-house.

Why Choose Metzger Testing & Inspection

As Your San Diego Special Inspector

Customer Service

With Metzger Testing & Inspection, you are working with one of the industry’s most reliable special inspections service agencies, Contacting Metzger Testing & Inspection you are guaranteed someone who knows this business and cares about your project. We work hard to provide quality for all.

Fast Appointments

Do you need a third party project inspector or engineer on the job-site due to a previous inspection no show or conflict of interest? Our engineers or inspectors are professionally trained to work around your schedule tailoring our inspection services to meet the needs of the developer.

Experience

Metzger Testing & Inspection has built a reputation on quality, excellence, and dependability within the industry. Our clients retain us for all their future projects. We deliver 100% quality service and reporting.

We Work With You

Metzger Testing & Inspection inform you of non-conformance items which need to be corrected. Should a structural issue arise, we assist the primary contractor providing the relevant information and location to the engineer of record requesting clarification on how to proceed. Our clients appreciate the detail and organization we bring to the project.