ABOUT US

A.S. James-Bear Pty. Ltd. Geotechnical Engineering is a wholly South Australian owned and operated company and has been carrying out Geotechnical Investigations for a wide range of Commercial, Industrial, Civil and Developmental Projects in South Australia since 1997.

We are and always have been completely independent of any consulting or contracting organisation.

We are fully self-contained incorporating Engineering and Geological staff, with fully N.A.T.A. accredited laboratories and field equipment, including drilling rigs, field density nuclear meters and similar. As such, we are fully flexible in our approach to any investigation and our work is carried out in accordance with the relevant Standards some of which are detailed below:

A.S - 1726: Site Investigation Code
A.S - 1289: Methods of Testing Soils for Engineering Purposes
A.S - 3798: Guidelines on Earthworks for Commercial and Residential Developments
A.S - 2870: Residential Slabs and Footings
A.S - 2159: Piling Code
Transport S.A.: Test Methods - Code of Practice

We have a Quality Assurance Program in place and our laboratories are NATA accredited and operate in accordance with the new ISO/IEC 17025 (1999) Standards which include the Management Standards of ISO 9002, 1994.