Deep Geotechnical Investigation
Overview
RGE’s fleet of investigation rigs range from the smallest hand portable equipment for working in dam galleries and tunnels through heliportable equipment and up to our largest rigs that are capable of coring to greater than 1000m
Our speciality is restricted and remote access work, in dams, tunnels, mountains, deserts and mine sites.
Our capability includes geotechnical investigaiton in soil, deep coring in rock, and down hole testing work including permeability, modulus, insitu stress and borehole geophysics.
Key Attributes
- Rig fleet includes hand portable, heliportable, track and truck mounted rigs
- Vertical and inclined coring capability to 1000m depth
- Providing a turn key investigaiton including access construction, engineering and geologist, in-situ testing, reporting
- Personnel with experience working on remote site across Australia
- Mine site qualified personnel and plant

Contact RIX Ground Engineering
Our excellent technical and operational knowledge allows us to tailor make solutions that give our clients the combination of cost, time and quality that best fits their requirements.
Contact the team at RIX Ground Engineering (RGE)
RGE is part of the family of RIX companies offering specialist geotechnical services across Australia and New Zealand. Our resources include over 50 major items of plant and 150 employees.
We are unique in the comprehensive range of services we supply, including ground engineering, ground improvement, shotcrete, retaining walls, piling, slope stabilisation, rope access asset maintenance, mining, tunneling, demolition and earthworks.