North Carolina State University embarked upon a $154-million program to update and drastically expand its College of Engineering on the University’s Centennial Campus. The new Engineering Building Oval is a 227,000-square-foot building housing the Departments of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, other administrative offices, over 100 classrooms, and laboratories.

F&R provided geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, and special inspections services. F&R’s drilling crews performed a subsurface exploration and field testing of soils for analysis in our laboratory in support of a complete evaluation by geotechnical staff. Our geotechnical engineers made foundation, site preparation, and construction recommendations, among other considerations.

F&R also conducted integrated materials testing and special inspections on earthwork, cast-in-place concrete, structural steel, masonry, and fireproofing.