Geotechnical Engineering Services involve the investigation, analysis, and evaluation of subsurface conditions to support the safe and efficient design of construction projects. Our team provides comprehensive services including soil testing, foundation analysis, slope stability assessments, and ground improvement recommendations. Whether it’s for buildings, roads, bridges, or retaining structures, we deliver accurate geotechnical data and expert solutions to minimize risk and ensure long-term project success. From site evaluation to construction support, we help lay the groundwork for strong, stable, and sustainable infrastructure.
Over the past decade, there’s been a significant rise in spending on highway construction and maintenance, culminating with the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill allotting $110 billion to improving our nation’s aging infrastructure. With Americans generally driving more than ever, completing construction and maintenance operations as safely and efficiently as possible has never been so important. Let’s learn more about the driving force behind the maintenance of traffic: the traffic control truck.
Also known as a pattern truck, cone truck, safety truck, or MOT (maintenance of traffic) truck, this type of vehicle is critical for road maintenance operations. A traffic control truck mainly serves to facilitate sign and cone placement when closing travel lanes in order to perform road work. These trucks are outfitted with an arrow board that visually warns travelers of changing traffic conditions.
What Safety Features are Typically on a Traffic Control Truck?
Depending on the operation, the type of traffic control truck and equipment needed may differ and body designs can vary widely to accommodate different types of operations. Some of the determining factors include:
What Makes Using Traffic Control Trucks the Safer Option?
These types of trucks are specially designed for traffic control and maintenance operations. Alternative options are very unsafe and a liability for your company with higher risk of injuries and fatalities. When using an improper truck to perform a lane closure, crews may be faced with performing the task one of two other highly dangerous ways.
When safety and efficiency are your primary priorities in MOT operations, not having a traffic control truck in your fleet is the easiest way to leave your company vulnerable to lawsuits and claims.
Founded in 1972, Test Lab, Inc. (Test Lab) is a multi-disciplined organization of engineers, geologists, field and laboratory technicians, and support personnel, who combine their technical capabilities, past experience, dedication and enthusiasm to provide quality engineering services to our clients. Being a full service consulting firm, we provide Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Materials Engineering and Testing, and Construction Inspection. Since its inception, Test Lab has provided practical engineering solutions on over 11,000 projects for industrial and commercial clients, architects, engineers, developers and governmental agencies.
We understand the cost implications of field work in an increasingly competitive environment and work with our clients to develop evaluation and testing programs that provide the information needed at a practical cost. We do this by balancing the extent of the field and laboratory testing programs to address the specifics of the project and the project budget.
To ensure quality project deliverables to our clients, our QA/QC review process includes oversight by our senior engineers with over 120 combined years of technical and practical experience. We maintain laboratory and field quality control by utilizing standard procedures developed and maintained by our engineering staff that provide specific direction and oversight to the technical staff.
Our projects consist of public infrastructure, residential developments, educational facilities, medical facilities, petrochemical complexes, chain stores, transportation, commercial development, industrial facilities, port and harbor facilities, aviation, high rise and low rise buildings.
