Earthworks Engineering Group
Geotechnical & Soil Testing and Drilling (CME and Little Beaver rigs).
About the firm
Earthworks Engineering Group LLC is a full-service geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing firm based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Led by Dave Liebelt, P.E., with more than 20 years of geotechnical experience in the Albuquerque area, the team has contributed to over 4,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and civil infrastructure projects. Services include soil drilling and laboratory analysis, concrete and asphalt field sampling and testing, and aggregate evaluation, all conducted to ASTM standards.
- Team
- Micro
- Firm type
- Geotechnical Engineering · Materials Testing
People
Dave LiebeltPrincipal Geotechnical Engineer
Dane TibbettsDirector of Operations
Capabilities
Geotechnical & Soil Testing
Service websiteEarthworks Engineering Group conducts subsurface drilling and laboratory soil testing to assess site conditions and support foundation and construction design. Drilling is performed with CME and Little Beaver rigs. Laboratory analysis covers compaction, gradation, plasticity, consolidation, shear strength, permeability, and relative density to ASTM standards.
- Drilling (CME and Little Beaver rigs)
- Standard and Modified Proctor compaction (ASTM D-698, D-1557)
- Mechanical sieve analysis (ASTM D-422)
- Atterberg limits
- Natural moisture content (ASTM D-2216)
- Consolidation testing (ASTM D-2435)
- Triaxial shear CU with pore pressure
- Permeability (ASTM D-2434)
- Unconfined compression (ASTM D-2166)
- Relative density (ASTM D-2049)
- Hydrometer analysis
- Pinhole dispersity testing
Concrete Testing
Service websiteThe team performs field sampling and laboratory testing of concrete to evaluate strength and durability for construction quality control.
- Field sampling: slump, air content, and cylinder molding
- Cylinder compressive strength (ASTM C-617, C-34)
- Concrete core compressive strength
- Flexural strength (ASTM C-78)
- Gunite cylinder and grout testing
- Soil cement unit weight, gradation, and compressive strength
Asphalt Testing
Service websiteEarthworks Engineering Group provides field density testing and laboratory analysis of asphalt materials to verify material quality and mix design.
- Field sampling and on-site density testing
- Extraction of asphaltic cement
- Gradation of extracted aggregate
- Marshall testing
- Asphalt mix design
- Maximum theoretical density (Rice)
- Length and density of asphalt core specimens
Aggregate Testing
Service websiteIndustries
Residential · Commercial · Industrial · Infrastructure
Projects
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