Dynamic Cone Penetration (DCP) testing is used to measure the soil’s strength and the thickness and location of subsurface soil layers.

Assessing the level of compaction of sub-surface soils can be essential to designing and validating compaction, particularly those subject to transient or cycling loads. A perfect example is roadways.

Removing a sample from the ground and sending it to a lab is not only time consuming and expensive, but can be highly inaccurate in non-cohesive soils because the samples by necessity are disturbed from their sub-surface condition.

This is where dynamic cone penetration (DCP) testing comes in. The DCP test gathers simple in-situ soil characteristics that are designed to assess soil density, load bearing capacity and shear strength. Common applications for DCP testing include residential and commercial concrete and foundation leveling, airfield and highway construction, and embankment stabilization.

If the soil beneath a roadway is not compacted sufficiently, then over time the cycling loads of passing traffic will compact the soil further, leading to surface failures such as large cracks, potholes, and displaced pavement. Call Big Bear Concrete Leveling to schedule a DCP Test today. (412) 704-4928