Near Surface Geophysics Innovations provides an array of geophysical services. Our geophysicists and geologists have the knowledge and experience to meet the needs of our clients. NSG Innovations owns and maintains its own equipment therefore project scheduling is expedient and budgets are managed efficiently. We continuously engage in projects in which we can apply our geophysical expertise and assist clients in better understanding the subsurface below their particular site.
Services offered:
Engineering-Application Services
- Pre-construction site development
- Landslide delineation
- Rock rippability/hammering/blasting
- Shear-wave velocity profiles
- Seismic-site classification
- Depth to bedrock and groundwater
- Karst, sinkhole, and void location and mapping
- Landfill-suitability studies
- Horizontal-directional drilling (HDD) suitability
- Preconstruction studies for tunnels
- Subsidence studies
- Foundation investigations
- Monitoring of foundation-stabilization procedures
- Characterization and monitoring of dams and dikes
- Assessment of conditions for railroad and road embankments
Environmental-Application Services
- Pre-Phase II environmental site assessments (sampling plan guidance)
- Buried waste-container studies
- Underground storage tank (UST) and LNAPL studies
- Groundwater-contaminant plume delineation
- Bedrock-fracture studies
- Stratigraphic mapping
- Structural evaluation for buildings and houses
- Pipeline placement guidance (preconstruction)
- Landfill-waste limits
- Leachate delineation studies
- Brine-pit delineation
- Hydrocarbon based spills delineation
- Chlorinated solvents and other DNAPL delineation
Groundwater-Application Services
- Aquifer mapping
- Depth to bedrock
- Fracture delineation
- Stratigraphic studies
Natural Resources Application Services
- Sand and gravel exploration
- In-mine monitoring during working
- Detection and characterization of abandoned mine workings
- Coal exploration and evaluation
- Sulfide-ore exploration
- Fault- and shear-zone mapping
- Igneous-intrusive mapping
Other Applications
- Archaeology and Forensics
- Fluvial (river) sedimentation studies