LAND CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT

  • Effluent disposal
  • Percolation test or in-situ soil permeability
  • Assessment of the site features, topography, climate, vegetation,
    and soil physical and chemical properties
  • Provision of effluent disposal technique using water balance method
  • Recommendations on absorption trench, subsurface and surface irrigation and other methods of effluent disposal

STORMWATER DRAINAGE PLAN

  • Multi-unit development
  • Onsite stormwater detention and retention system
  • Drainage design using OSD4
  • Liaise with Council's engineering team
  • Drafting and computation

 

 

Geotesta Residential Development Division provides an entire residential engineering package to our clients to enable the successful completion of developments. We aim to provide a high level of service, satisfaction and professionalism within all components of our service offer. Whether you’re in the small, medium or volume builder market, we provide fast track structural engineering design and documentation to meet your needs.

We provide quick, efficient, design services to meet your business needs - we hear you! Residential services still require high levels of diligence and technical competence and we provide this with the full support of our experienced geotechnical and structural engineers. Our expertise includes footing design for various residential footing systems, including strip footings, raft slabs, and waffle slabs.

SOIL TESTING AND SITE CLASSIFICATION

• Field testing including soil drilling, existing footing exposure, and basement structure
• We run our own drilling rig and testing equipment
• Soil testing to determine site classification to Australian Standard AS2870-2011
• Footing and slab design recommendations, founding depth and bearing capacity

RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND SLAB DESIGN

• Residential Dwellings for Single or Double Storey Construction
• Multi-Unit Townhouse Development
• Footing and Structural Element Design
• Lintels and trusses
• Slab Footing Design (Class A, S, M, H1, H2 and P)
• Site Retaining Walls
• Residential Suspended Slab and on Controlled Fill Sites
• Sloping Sites
• Residential Extensions, Alterations and Additions