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CPT Services of Ponoka, Alberta celebrated their 5th anniversary in June of 2011. We have been able to provide our clients, throughout Western Canada, accurate soils information in a timely, cost effective manner. CPT Services has attained its COR (certificate of recognition) and will strive to maintain its excellent safety record. We look forward to working with new and existing clients, as well as exploring new opportunities.
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Geotechnical Testing Journal Vol.25, No.1 March 2002, Page 61The electrical cone penetration test (CPT), since its formalization in the mid-1960s, has become one of the most widely used and respected forms of in situ testing currently in regular use in geotechnical engineering. In fact, the CPT has the highest applicability in different ground conditions of any of the in situ tests in current use (Lunne et al.1997). De Ruiter (1981) identified the three main advantages of the CPT as being: (1) continuous or near continuous data (with depth); (2) repeatable and reliable penetration data [Jaksa et al. (1997) showed that the CPT has the lowest random measurement error associated with any of the in situ test methods in regular use in geotechnical engineering, i.e. less than 3%]; and (3) cost effectiveness. Another important benefit of the CPT is that it provides an accurate and continuous profile of soil stratification (De Ruiter 1981). |