Geotechnical Investigations Melbourne
Melbourne Geotechnical Services provides geotechnical investigations and engineering reports across Melbourne and Victoria. We scope the fieldwork, testing and advice around your proposed structure, excavation and construction needs.
Request a Geotechnical Proposal
When this service helps
For commercial and industrial buildings, basements, retaining structures, deeper foundations, residential developments and sites requiring more detailed ground advice.
What you receive
Subject to the agreed scope and investigation findings, reporting may address the ground profile, founding conditions, bearing considerations, groundwater observations, excavation considerations and earthworks recommendations. We identify investigation limitations and where further work may be needed.
Agreed field investigation and laboratory results
An interpreted ground model
Advice addressing the agreed foundation, excavation or earthworks questions
Your questions, answered
How many boreholes are needed?
The number, location and depth depend on the site, development, loading and information required. MGS confirms an appropriate investigation scope before fieldwork.
What should I send with my enquiry?
Send your site address, proposed works, available plans or reports, access details and preferred timing. You can enquire before all plans are available.
When can the work be arranged?
Tell us your preferred timing and any access constraints. We’ll confirm the site visit and reporting timeframes for the agreed work before it begins.
An investigation built around your project.
We consider your plans, proposed foundation and excavation depths, available site information and access. The agreed scope may include drilling, sampling, in-situ testing, laboratory testing and engineering interpretation.
Basements and pools
Tell us the proposed excavation depth and provide sections where available. Basement and pool investigations need to reflect the planned works; a standard residential soil report may not provide the information required.
Commercial, industrial and data centres
Discuss your development stage, structural requirements and programme with us. We can prepare a scoped proposal for the required investigation and testing, with specialist input coordinated where needed.
Project-specific pricing
Geotechnical investigations are quoted to suit the scope, depth, testing and reporting requirements. The residential starting offer does not apply to these investigations.
Match the investigation to the design questions
A residential building, commercial development and subdivision can need different ground information. Send the proposed layout, current project stage and questions from the design team so the investigation can be scoped around the decisions it must support.
Available previous reports can help identify what is known and where information is missing. Tell us about planned excavation, earthworks or changes to the proposed development rather than relying on a report title alone to define the work.
From field investigation to a report
Depending on the agreed scope, the work can involve field investigation, soil logging, targeted in-situ testing and laboratory testing. The report brings the observations and results together with interpretation relevant to the proposed works.
Discuss the required deliverables before booking: investigation records, test results and geotechnical considerations should relate to the questions the project team has identified. Further investigation or specialist design may be needed where the available information does not resolve those questions.
Information to send before work is arranged
Provide the site address, available plans and previous ground reports, proposed works, access details and any instructions from your designer or project manager. If the proposal is still developing, explain which decisions need support first.
Confirm the investigation scope, report requirements and timing in the proposal. A site visit is one part of the work; laboratory testing and interpretation, where required, also affect when the agreed report can be completed.
From enquiry to informed decisions
Share your project
Send your site address, proposed works, available plans and preferred timing.
Confirm the scope
We review the information and provide a fee proposal outlining the agreed investigation and deliverables.
Investigate the site
Once accepted and access is confirmed, we arrange the agreed site work and any required testing.
Receive your report
We provide the agreed findings and recommendations to support your next design or construction decision.