Drilling into Education

Geo-Hydro was recently engaged by the Cobb County School District to perform a subsurface exploration and geotechnical engineering evaluation of the planned additions to McCleskey Middle School. During our initial field work we had the privilege of meeting with several McCleskey faculty and staff. But what makes this project special is how our day-to-day project…

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If I Had a Hammer…

Automatic standard penetrometer hammers are becoming more common in the North Georgia area. These hammers undoubtedly provide more consistent test results than the older, cathead and rope manual hammers, and in time should become the norm for standard penetration testing. However, the manual hammers have proven to be reliable when used by properly trained and…

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