News from March 2019

A video featuring Karl Snelling, Managing Director, Jerry Sutton, Technical Director and Nick Warren, Associate Technical Director at GDS. Providing an overview of GDS values, competencies and capabilities.

GDS Instruments is organizing, together with key industry partners, two 2-day seminars on offshore CPT and Geotechnical Testing Technology. Guest speakers include Tom Lunne from Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), John Powell from Geolabs and Dr Sean Rees from the University of Canterbury to name a few. 

Mike Bulley a QA, Support and Installation Engineer from GDS Instruments, has recently returned from California State Polytechnic University, USA, where he installed a Temperature Controlled Advanced Dynamic Triaxial Testing System (DYNTTS).

To celebrate International Women's Day, GDS surprised female members of staff with a bunch of flowers, to say thank you for all the hard work they put in at GDS! 

NGI's laboratory in Oslo is equipped with a wide range of advanced testing facilities, including static and cyclic CAU/ CAD Triaxial, static and cyclic Direct Simple Shear, Constant Rate of Strain Oedometer, Resonant Column, Bender Elements and Ring Shear. Testing can also be performed at a wide range of temperatures, from in situ temperatures to over 100°C.