Surveying

Asiaq undertakes land measuring and sounding of lakes and coastal areas throughout Greenland. Our work includes marking out buildings and road constructions, leveling, utility mapping, construction and maintenance of reference networks.

Our data are processed and used e.g. to map towns and settlements in preconstruction investigations. Our data may also be used as a basis for geographical information systems. Beside providing specific solutions and supplying data, we offer surveying advice to local authorities, developers and consulting engineers.

For more information, please contact Mikkel L. Clausen

Geotechnical Investigation

Asiaq continues more than 40 years of experience with geophysical surveys in Greenland.

When conducting construction operations in the Arctic it is important to take into account permafrost, depth to bedrock, soil type and water content, which are all factors influencing the carrying capacity of the subsurface. 

At Asiaq we offer to collect soil samples for analysis in our own laboratory, mechanical field studies using vane shear testing and simple geotechnical drilling, determination of depth to bedrock in loose soil by digging, seismic, georadar or geoelectrics etc. In connection with choice of foundation, we offer advice on removal of loose soil, rock blasting or other solutions. 

The geotechnical investigations are carried out as either
1. Preliminary surveys or
2. Project surveys.

For more information, please contact Martin Nauta

Asiaq’s geotechnical data archive

To support new construction projects Asiaq maintains a geotechnical construction archive containing information on subsurface investigations and completed surveys.
 
The archive consists of material from all towns and settlements in Greenland produced by GTO, Nunatek and Asiaq. The archive contains
 
ca. 30,000 subsurface investigation (see example in Figure 1 below) and
ca. 7,500 geotechnical reports including laboratory studies and preconstruction assessments (see example in Figure 2 below).
 
The reports archive is constructed so that reports may be searched for e.g. by specifying when or for whom the report was prepared or the type of construction examined during the survey.

For more information, please contact Martin Nauta.