I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (I-495 NEXT)
Fairfax County, VA · Highways & Roads
Project details
Engineering analysis, design, drilling, soil investigation, and related geotechnical services for the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension.

Geotechnical engineering, construction inspection, materials testing, and software solutions
Dulles Geotechnical and Materials Testing Services, Inc. (DGMTS) provides comprehensive geotechnical engineering, construction inspection, materials testing, and instrumentation services. Established in 2012, it supports public and private infrastructure projects across Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. The practice operates accredited, full-service laboratories in Chantilly and Hampton, Virginia, and fields a multidisciplinary team of engineers, geologists, and field technicians. DGMTS also serves as the authorized U.S. distributor for GEO5 geotechnical engineering software and develops custom digital and IT solutions tailored to engineering workflows.
VDOT · WACEL · MDOT · ACI · MARTCP · CWI · NICET
Comprehensive engineering analysis and design for foundations, retaining walls, slopes, and underground structures.
Geotechnical design checks, subsurface modeling, and structural engineering coordination.
Shallow and deep foundation design checks, including footing and pile capacity analysis.
Slope and stability calculations to evaluate safety factors and potential failure mechanisms.
Design checks for excavations, bracing, staged construction, and retaining structures.
Quality assurance and quality control inspection and testing services for civil infrastructure and buildings.
Special and third-party inspection services to verify structural compliance.
Advanced non-destructive evaluation of concrete and steel structures.
of concrete, soil, asphalt, and water samples performed within accredited, full-service facilities.
Compressive strength, air content, and mix design verification.
Proctor, sieve analysis, and index property testing for earthworks.
Compliance and quality testing for paving materials.
Environmental and compliance testing of water samples.
Subsurface investigations, soil borings, and in-situ testing to characterize ground conditions.
Standard penetration testing, soil borings, and subsurface logging.
Installation of water wells and instrumentation boreholes.
Coring services for geologic profiling and pavement evaluation.
Automated and manual monitoring systems to track stability, vibration, noise, and settlement during construction.
Real-time acoustic and seismic monitoring to protect adjacent structures.
Deformation tracking for railways, concrete structures, and retaining walls.
Condition and crack documentation of structures prior to and following construction activities.
Authorized U.S. distributor of Fine Software's GEO5 suite, providing comprehensive sales, training, and technical support.
Software, cloud, and data solutions tailored for engineering and site monitoring workflows.
Applications for field data capture, borehole logging, and QA/QC.
Operational platforms for tracking projects, lab progress, and monitoring data.
Cloud migration, infrastructure planning, and unified data pipelines.
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Fairfax County, VA · Highways & Roads
Engineering analysis, design, drilling, soil investigation, and related geotechnical services for the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension.
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