
Hillside Development Foundations and Erosion Control
SFB engineers and certified engineering technicians provide Construction Inspection and Testing services for the following geotechnical engineering projects and operations:
- Mass Grading Operations – Placement and Compaction of Fills
- Removal and Replacement of Unsuitable Materials
- Ground Improvement Technologies
- Utility Trench Backfill Operations
- Retaining Wall Construction – Drainage and Backfill
- Foundation Construction
- Roadway Construction
- Slope and Landside Repairs
- Subdrainage Installation
- Deep Foundation Systems
- Instrumentation and Monitoring of Slopes and Excavations
- Vibration Monitoring for Pile Driving and Rock Blasting
- Excavations and Shoring
- Earthen Buttresses
- Reinforced Earth Systems and Geo-Grid Installation
- Keystone Wall Construction

Pier Drilling Inspection
SFB’s certified Special Inspectors provide Materials Testing and Special Inspection services for the following materials and activities:
- Concrete, Concrete Mixes and Trial Batches
- Soil-Cement Mixtures including Controlled Density Fill (CDF) and Controlled Low Strength Material (CLSM)
- Post-Tensioned Concrete
- Cast-In-Place Concrete
- Structural Masonry Walls (CMU)
- Shotcrete
- Anchor Bolts and Hold-Downs
- Expansion Bolts
- Pre-Cast and Pre-Stress Pile Fabrication
- Structural Welding Inspections
- Concrete Batch Plant Inspections
- Waterproofing
- Asphalt Concrete
- Soil Chemical Admixtures and Special Applications
- Geotechnical Laboratory Testing – soil index and property testing
- Construction Materials Testing – material qualification and compliance testing
- Custom Mixture Design for Soil-Cement Fills and Special Admixtures
- Compressive Strength Testing for Soil-Cement Materials