SGS Belgium NV
Environmental Services
Geotechnical Department
luc.verhelst@sgs.com
SGS IS THE
WORLD’S
LEADING
INSPECTION,
VERIFICATION,
TESTING AND
CERTIFICATION
COMPANY
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HISTORY
SGS GLOBAL EXPANSION
1878
1913
1928
Rouen, Pan-Europe 21 further
global countries
France
1939
1955
1981
South
America
Africa
Asia
Expands to
ex-USSR
2013
ONE BRAND SERVING
THE VALUE CHAIN
GLOBALLY AND
ACROSS INDUSTRIES
2001
SGS rebranded
1913
1981
Leader in grain
inspection
(21 million tons)
Listed on the Swiss
Stock Exchange
SGS INDUSTRY EXPANSION
1990
1946
1990
Headquarters moved
from Paris to Geneva
Inspection
of European
imports
Life Sciences
Automotive
Certification
1919
1970
Company
named SGS
Environmental
1878
ESTABLISHED
2013
CHF 5.8 BILLION
total revenue
1,650 offices and laboratories
80,000 employees
Consumer Testing
1915
1960
1955
SGS ORGANISATIONAL
GROWTH
Oil & Gas
Chemical
Public Sector
1955
1985
CHF 1.5 BILLION
total revenue
1981
CHF 780 MILLION
total revenue
180 offices and laboratories
10 675 employees
1913
45 offices and laboratories
Industrial Manufacturing
1939
Mining
1878
Agriculture & Food
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Values
PASSION
INTEGRITY
ENTREPRENEURIALISM
INNOVATIVE SPIRIT
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AGRICULTURE
AND FOOD
AUTOMOTIVE
CHEMICAL
ENERGY
LIFE SCIENCES
LOGISTICS
MINING
CONSTRUCTION
CONSUMER GOODS
AND RETAIL
FINANCE
INDUSTRIAL
MANUFACTURING
OIL AND GAS
PUBLIC SECTOR
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Geotechnical department
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Three operational sites
• Bertem
(former Geologica)
• Zulte
( former Lippens Geotechniek)
• Gembloux
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Geotechnical departement (skills)
Cone Penetration Test (> 80 % )
Vanetests
Panda2 test
Plate load test
Soil sample drilling
Installing of piezometers
Infiltration tests
Drilling
Groundwater modelling ( modflow / mwell )
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Geotechnical departement (personnel)
26 FTE
• 2 engineers
• 3 geologists
– 1 hydrogeology
– 2 geomechanical
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12 blue colars
tech/admin personnel
Assistance on group level
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QSHE
Legal
Accountancy
HR
Facility
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Safety and quality (accreditations)
ISO 17025 (BELAC) for
• CPT M+E (first company in Belgium to achieve this level of quality)
• Panda 2 (first company in Belgium)
• (Drilling UC)
VCA** on company level
• All personal had VCA course
Special passes
• Elia
• Fluxys
• …
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Geotechnical departement (material)
18 CPT devices
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200kN – tracked
175kN - trauck
150kN - tracked
100Kn – tracked/wheels
50Kn – tracked
manuel systems : static and dynamic
Drill rigs
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RotoSonic with aqualock
Geoprobe 6620
Assistance cars
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2 4x4
6 small vans
Mini-excavator
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Geotechnical departement (CPT equipment)
200kN tracked
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Geotechnical departement (CPT equipment)
150kN tracked, 175 kN trauck
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Geotechnical departement (CPT equipment)
up to 100kN
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Geotechnical departement (Drilling rigs)
Geoprobe
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Geotechnical departement
(references)
Long term contract with Elia
Fluxys LNG Terminal Zeebrugge
Tank 5
Long term contracts with Fluxys and TUC RAIL
AG Real Estate (Tender for geotechnical research in 165
schools in Flanders)
Port of Antwerp (Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf Antwerpen)
2.300 clients in 2013
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Do you really need an expert?
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CPT or Cone Penetration Test
An in situ testing method (°1932) used to determine the
geotechnical engineering properties of soils and soil stratigraphy.
Direct push devices generate essentially no cuttings, produce little
disturbance and reduce contact between field personnel and
contaminants
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Pros and cons
Advantages
Fast
Continuous profiling
Repeatable and reliable data
Economical
Productive
Strong theoretical basis for
interpretation
• Additional sensors
• Grouting is possible
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Disadvantages
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High capital investment
Requires skilled operators
No soil samples
Restriction on penetration
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Chasing quality in execution
First official procedure in
collaboration with
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Authorities
Universities
WTCB
Private companies ao SGS
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A quote
“An appropriate quality assurance system shall be in
place in the laboratory, in the field and in the
engineering office, and quality control shall be exercised
competently in all phases of the investigations and their
evaluation.”
This is why SGS was the first company to
achieve a Belac accreditation (ISO 17025)
PASSION
INTEGRITY
ENTREPRENEURIALISM
INNOVATIVE SPIRIT
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Cones in all sizes
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Take a look inside
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Graphs - headers
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Graphs - footers
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CPT-M or CPT-E, that’s the question
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Questions?
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