AGS Queensland Annual Symposium 2022

Dec 2, 2022 | Insitutek

The AGS Queensland Annual Symposium was held on 29 Nov 2022 in Brisbane. Our exhibition stand was manned by Robin Power who had conversations with many of the 160 attendees.

Recent advance in geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, and testing was the theme for the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) Queensland Chapter Symposium. The program included:

    • Recent advances in bored piles installation monitoring
    • A new Automated DMT tool
    • Drone applications in engineering geology
    • Rapid compaction techniques
    • Innovative re-use of recycled material for infrastructure projects
    • Geotechnical model testing for field applications
    • Sustainable Engineering Design Scale-Up Facility for future dam engineering
    • Recent approach to risk management in geotechnical engineering

FH is now routinely using the LWD with very good feedback and useful engineering data. The equipment is an easy to use Zorn LWD.

Laszlo Petho

Pavements Manager, Fulton Hogan

After scouring the market, we settled on the PANDA DCP test equipment as it offered the technical capability and, moreover, the flexibility required to work in the restricted environment our project presented; overhead clearance typically at 1500mm but as low as 1200mm.  We had a unique problem that required a unique solution and that’s precisely what we found through the team at Insitutek and the PANDA equipment.  The ease of assembly, intuitive operability and compact nature of the equipment, made light of the numerous soundings we required across a widely dispersed area.

Bjorn Schultz

Project Manager, Solar Farm, Australia

We have found the PANDA to be an invaluable acquisition to our company, using it on projects ranging from Remote Community Housing in Central Australia to a NASA Rocket Launch Facility in Arnhem Land, NT.

Stephen Flux

Director / Principal Geotechnical Engineer - WANT Geotechnics

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