B&P (Frederick Douglass) Tunnel
Baltimore, MD · Rail
Project details
More than 250 borings throughout Baltimore City, including vacuum excavation, utility location, NQ coring, packer testing, and traffic control.

Laying the Groundwork for Tomorrow
E2CR Inc. is a full-service geotechnical engineering and drilling firm with more than 30 years of experience in the Mid-Atlantic region - Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and Delaware. Three Maryland-licensed Professional Engineers, each with more than 20 years of experience, lead the engineering work. Five drill crews execute land and water investigations, and an AASHTO-accredited laboratory provides soil, rock, and materials testing reviewed by licensed engineers. Projects span major rail tunnels, marine terminals, federal installations, and highway interchanges across the region.
AASHTO Accredited Laboratory
Backed by three Maryland-licensed Professional Engineers with a combined 60-plus years of experience, E2CR delivers investigations and design solutions from initial site characterization through construction monitoring.
Site investigation planning and execution with written evaluation of subsurface conditions and engineering recommendations.
End-to-end foundation design for structures of all types, including shallow footings, deep foundations, and earth-retention systems.
Pressuremeter (PMT), cone penetrometer (CPT), Marchetti Dilatometer (DMT), and In-Situ Vane Shear testing with data reduction and interpretation.
Five drill crews handle land and water investigations across the Mid-Atlantic, executing standard and specialty geotechnical drilling in challenging terrain and water environments.
Hollow stem auger, mud rotary, air rotary, and NQ rock coring for a broad range of subsurface conditions.
Water-based drilling using a fleet of three boats and barges; a jack-up barge supports in-situ testing in water up to 40 feet deep.
CPT, Pressuremeter, Marchetti Dilatometer, and In-Situ Vane Shear testing paired with data reduction and interpretation.
An AASHTO-accredited soil and materials laboratory staffed by PE-supervised technicians delivers quick turnarounds with engineer-reviewed results across a comprehensive menu of soil, rock, and pavement material tests.
Specific gravity, moisture content, and organic content determinations per AASHTO standards.
Standard and modified Proctor compaction testing per AASHTO T 180 and T 134.
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) and unconfined compressive strength testing for pavement design and foundation assessment.
One-dimensional consolidation properties and settlement analysis per AASHTO T 216.
Moisture-density, wetting-and-drying, and freezing-and-thawing tests on compacted soil-cement mixtures per AASHTO T 134, T 135, and T 136.
Minimum laboratory soil resistivity determination per AASHTO T 288.
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Baltimore, MD · Rail
More than 250 borings throughout Baltimore City, including vacuum excavation, utility location, NQ coring, packer testing, and traffic control.
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