LKN Engineering and Testing, PC

LKN offers a broad range of geotechnical engineering services for projects in North Carolina and South Carolina, including site feasibility investigations, foundation design, geo-structural design, retaining walls, slope stability and seepage analyses, and pavement evaluations. Services encompass due diligence consulting, field explorations, laboratory testing, and preparation of preliminary and final engineering reports.

• Geotechnical Explorations and Feasibility Studies
• Soil Drilling and Rock Coring Oversight
• Site Characterization
• Shallow and Deep Foundation Design
• Ground Improvement Design
• MSE Wall Design
• Slope Stability Analyses
• Pavement Evaluation and Analyses
• Owner's Engineer Review Services

LKN operates an AASHTO-accredited laboratory in Mooresville, North Carolina, performing a wide range of soil, aggregate, and materials testing in accordance with AASHTO and ASTM procedures.

• Moisture Content Determination
• Atterberg Limits
• Grain Size Distribution
• Standard and Modified Proctor Moisture-Density Testing
• Soil Unit Weight
• Chemical and Resistivity Testing

  Testing for chloride, sulfate, sulfide, pH, electrical resistivity, and thermal resistivity.

Quality assurance and quality control services confirming design specifications during construction, supported by licensed professional engineers. LKN provides part-time or full-time construction monitoring and special inspections for earthwork, concrete, masonry, and structural steel.

• Earthwork and Field Density Testing
• Deep Foundation Inspection
• Ground Improvement QA/QC Testing
• Concrete Testing and Inspection

  Includes concrete mix design review, fresh concrete sampling and testing, and asphalt observation with core densities.

• Masonry Wall Inspection
• Structural Steel Inspection

  Includes reinforcement steel inspection, bolt and post-installed anchor inspection, and structural steel inspection.