Soil test for building

[Grunter]

A quick question for all.
Has anyone here gone down the road of building a house here but done a soil test prior to building??
When i built a few houses back in Aussie it is common practice to do before buying & building on land. Looking at possibly building a house but really would like a soil test done first for obvious reasons.
Does anyone have contacts or could point me in the right direction for this??
Thanks in advance

[splitlid]

I know of 3 companies all Bangkok based.
The below company recently completed a Geotec survey for us and I can highly recommend them.
they provide a complete report on the test and recommend what type of footings are best for the soil type. You will need to send them a copy of chanote, GPS location, (Google earth map),some site pics, number of boreholes required and site accessibility.

contact K. Krittanon:

Mobile : 086-9022-555

krittanon@gtc.co.th

http://www.gtc.co.th/

[Dannie Boy]

Don't forget that it's common for the existing land level to be raised by a metre or more and the new "soil" can be a combination of soil, sand, rock, stone, vegetation and god forbid contaminated material, depending on supplier, so choose carefully.