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Loadtest is recruiting

Loadtest is recruiting Engineers (Europe based and Africa) LOADTEST specializes in static load testing using completely automated systems and in bi-directional deep foundation load testing using the award winning Osterberg Cell. We also offer consultancy on pile behaviour as...

First O-cells in Fundex piles

First Fundex O-cell test. (Fundex is a screw displacement cast-in-situ reinforced concrete pile.) Construction of a new wind farm by Enercon GmbH near Barenburg, Germany brought forward several geotechnical issues. The site is located within an onshore oil field. A...

First CFA O-cell® test in Europe

The first CFA bi directional pile test in Europe was performed in Villanova D’Albenga, Northern Italy. Although the loads achieved were not record breaking, proving the system could be used for small piles was an achievement Loadtest are very...

First Ever Triple Level O-cell® Test

Loadtest has performed the first ever Triple-Level O-cell® test at the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge site on the Missouri River, USA. Named in honor of the pioneering aviator, the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge, spanning the Missouri River near her birthplace...

New soniCaliper website is launched

LOADTEST has launched a new website specifically for our latest innovation - The soniCaliperTM. Viewed as a technological breakthrough, the soniCaliper allows the user to create "as built" 3-D images of pile shafts constructed under slurry, including polymers and bentonite....

Current World Record O-cell Test

WORLD RECORD 279MN (31,350 TON) LOAD TEST! In March 2005, a new world record for deep foundation load testing of 279 MN was set in Incheon, Korea on the Incheon 2nd Link Bridge - Causeway project. This mega-structure will link...

Tests Performed by LOADTEST exceeding 135 MN

Year Location Load 2005 Incheon 2nd Link, Incheon Korea 31,350 tons (279 MN) 2005 Incheon 2nd Link, Incheon Korea 26,526 tons (236 MN) 2005 Incheon 2nd Link, Incheon Korea 18,658 tons (166 MN) 2003 Pomeroy OH - Mason WV,...

Incheon Bridge Press Release

Gainesville, FL – Loadtest, Inc. announces a new world record static load test achieving 31,350 tons (278 MN) on a single 118-inch (3m) diameter foundation pile at the Incheon 2nd Link project in Korea. The test was conducted off-shore utilizing the Osterberg Cell test method and exceeds the previous world record by 13,000 tons (116 MN) set by Loadtest, Inc.