KCE Geotechnical Engineering Department, Employing Professional Geotechnical Engineers, Geologists and Technicians, has offi¬cially started its Activities in 1999.

Services
• Engineering Geology
• Rock Mechanics
• Soil Mechanics
• Construction

• Geology and Techtonic

 Site Characterization
 Remote Sensing for Structural Geology
 Major and Minor Structural Investigation
 Fault and Joint Study
 Geological Mapping

• Landslide hazard zonation:

 Remote Sensing
 Site Investigation
 Old Landslides Mapping
 Determination of Landslides Geometry
 Recognition of Effective Factors in Happened Landslides
 Sampling and Testing
 Back Analysis for Scrutinizing of Material Parameters
 Assigning weight to Factors in Different Layers(Arc GIS Software)
 Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping
 Modeling and Stability Analysis
 Support Design

• Site characterization

 Rock Unit (member or formation) Name
 Lithology With Lithologic Descriptors
 Composition (mineralogy)
 Grain/Particle Size
 Bedding/Foliation/Flow Texture
 Weathering
 Hardness/Strength
 Contacts
 Discontinuities Properties
 Permeability Data (as available from testing)

Testing for rock Engineering properties

Situ rock mechanics tests
 Borehole Slotting
 Direct Shear Test
 Plate Load Test
 Borehole Dilatometer
 Hydraulic Fracturing

Labratory rock mechanics tests
 Uniaxial Compressive Test
Determination of UCS, modulus o deformation, Poisson's ratio
 Tri-axial test
Determination of failure envelope and C,j parameters
 Direct shear test
Determination of shearing strength parameters
 Freezing
Determination of effects of freezing
 Brazilian Test
Estimation of tensile strength
 Wave velocity
Determination of velocity of p and s waves
 Index tests Such as point load test, Schmidt hammer…
 Physical test
Determination of unit weight ,specific gravity, density, water content, porosity, void ratio, degree of saturation, relative durability and more..

 Inclinometer
Determination of deviation of borehole angle from vertical direction
 Convergence
Meter Measuring of wall convergence in underground spaces
 Borehole
Extensometer
Determination of Ground movement in a borehole
 Fissure Meter
Measuring of fissure movement in one direction
 Pressure Meter
Determination of stress variations at ground depths
 Load Cell
Determination of axial load in anchorage systems