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IGEOTEST R&D developments
Ocean Líder, a consortium of 20 companies and 25 research centres, led by Iberdrola Ingenieria y Construcción, is the world's biggest research project aimed at renewable ocean energies. The projec...
MiniDrill Seabed Drilling & Coring R&D Project
Development of a subsea drilling device for rock and soil comprising a remotely operated submersible drill rig capable of obtaining continuous cores of soil and/or rock of up to 6 m length....
IGEOMAR R&D Project (in progress)
The main objective of the IGEOMAR project is to develop original and innovative methodologies in the field of geotechnical engineering for the study of marine subsoil from a research vessel...
Cone Pressuremeter CPM R&D Project
Equipment developed by Igeotest R&D, consisting of a volumetric pressuremeter coupled with traditional CPTu equipment....
R&D project granted by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce within the scope of the National Plan for R&D 2008, Industrial Applied Research. ...
RegDrill 56 Drilling Parameter Logger R&D Project
The RD 56 unit for recording perforation parameters is based on the IGeo Adqontrol 2002 technology developed in-house by Igeotest. It permits the recording and optional management of: Bore progress v...
This equipment was designed and developed by Igeotest R&D department to perform all types of static-drive marine geotechnical surveys (CPTu, DMT, SCPTu, SDMT and CPM). The equipment is controlled from...
As part of the TRACE programme for Basic Research Projects, Igeotest worked with the Polytechnic University of Catalunya (UPC) on the project: High Quality Geotechnical Sample Recovery in Soft Soils....
MD500 Seabed Drilling & Testing R&D Project
The aim of the MAXIDRILL Project is the design and development of an underwater intervention device specifically aimed at obtaining high-quality physical samples of the seabed at study depths of up to...
Flexible Dilatometer DPR R&D Project
The PRD pressure-dilatometer was developed entirely by Igeotest R&D. The device allows management and automation of testing and calibration, as well as the storage in electronic format and transmissio...
CPT System IG 250 kN offshore/onshore R&D Project
Entirely developed by Igeotest R&D, the IG- 250 is ideal for conducting marine piezocones from the deck of a jack-up platform. It has a capacity of 250 kN thrust and uses standard rods and cones with ...
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IGEOTEST en colaboración con la UPC ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda para el desarrollo del proyecto SUBDRILL dentro del programa RETOS COLABORACIÓN 2016 del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. El objetivo del proyecto es desarrollar herramientas para interpretar de forma cuantitativa y práctica los registros de perforación geotécnica submarina. El proyecto se focaliza en los dos casos concretos dónde la naturaleza del terreno hace más necesaria la interpretación cuantitativa de registros, pues es difícil recupera...
Millenary changes in the ecosystems of insular National Parks: perturbations, resilience, and trends after the seagrass archives Acronym: PALEOPARK Call: Supporting Scientific Research Projects in the National Parks Network, 2014 Main Researcher: Miguel Ángel Mateo Mínguez, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CSIC) Image Resources: CSIC Natural or anthropogenic perturbations are one of the main drivers of change in the ecosystems. Such change occurs at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Discriminating between real state changes, cycles, and trends, is of...
Within the collaboration agreement between Igeotest and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia for the development of research of high quality geotechnical sampling in soft soils, Igeotest has completed the second phase of the project. This phase consists in extracting undisturbed samples of different types with the usual sampler Igeotest. This agreement is part of the project TRACE TRA2009-0076 "high quality geotechnical soil sampling soft" funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, with support from the ERDF. The extraction was performed in exactly the same place where Sherbrook samp...
On Monday June 10th, Control y Prospecciones Igeotest SL was awarded two PIMEC Awards in the categories of more competitive SMEs and PIMEC Foundation Award for Securities Company. For the first time in the history of the awards is the case that the same company receive both awards in the same edition. It toke place as part of an annual charity dinner organized by PIMEC awards. This gala was held at the Palau de Congresos de Barcelona and was chaired by the Honorable President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Artur Mas, who presented the awards. The jury was composed of 26 members from institut...
The company Control y Prospecciones Igeotest sponsored a field trip in catamaran to School El Far d'Empordà in the Bay of Roses. The output is part of the school educational project focused on the marine environment. School students had the opportunity to know the physiognomy of the marine coast and study of marine wildlife and coastal scenery geological disposal. The sponsorship of this tour was extended to all school students and teachers and is part of the activities carried Igeotest on issues of social action within the Social Action Plan Igeotest, the company's roadmap . For years ...
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