Kaki Bukit

Element Singapore Kaki Bukit - Element Geotechnical Testing (S) Pte Ltd, provides independent testing services to Civil Engineering, Geotechnical, and Construction sectors around the entire island of Singapore, working directly with both the Singapore government and private customers. It is firmly grounded as one of the leading independent instrumentation monitoring contractors (IMC) in Singapore.

The laboratory is derived from a combination of two Element acquisitions: Geo Lab (S) Pte Ltd (previously known as Soil & Foundation (Pte) Ltd), established over 30 years ago, and FOSTA Pte Ltd, established in 2004.  

We have a track record of completing multimillion-dollar building and construction projects safely, smoothly, cost-efficiently, and with world-class quality. Our commitment to excellence, accuracy, and innovation has earned us many prestigious international consulting partners. 

Laboratory capabilities and services 

At Element Singapore Kaki Bukit, we aim to provide the ideal laboratory testing program to deliver timely, reliable, and quality solutions for the safe and economical construction of your designs.

Element Singapore Kaki Bukit is equipped with automated advanced testing apparatus, equipment, and computer software to handle a variety of soil and rock testing services.

The laboratory offers a full range of soil investigation rigs and in-situ test apparatus for both land and marine settings, geotechnical instruments and monitoring equipment for building and underground LTA tunnels, and a one-stop service for structural health monitoring from sensor design to proprietary software for SHM analysis. 

We have extensive experience with all sizes of building and construction-related projects, and we can design a complete solution from installation to monitoring and reporting.  

Our services include:

• Geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring
• Vibration and noise testing
• Ground and structural monitoring
• Borehole instruments
• Excavation and tunnel monitoring
• Fibre wrapping
• Structural Health Monitoring 
• Soil classification / index testing
• Soil strength tests
• Permeability tests
• Compressibility tests
• Slake durability test of shales and other weak rocks
• Rock strength point load test
• Unconfirmed Compressive Strength (UCS) of intact rock core specimen
• Soil investigation for construction
• Field drilling
• Advanced in-situ tests
• Geophysical surveys
• Marine soil investigation
• Plate load tests

FRP Fibre Wrap

This uses carbon, glass, or Kevlar Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) to wrap external surfaces of concrete or metal structures to strengthen the flexural and shear capacities for addition & alteration purposes, the rectification of insufficient tolerance of constructed structures, addition & alteration projects, and blast protection purposes.

Element Singapore Kaki Bukit accreditations 

Element Singapore Kaki Bukit is a SAC-SINGLAS accredited laboratory and inspection body following International Standards ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 and ISO 17020: 2012.

We also have the following industry certifications; 

• Building and Construction Authority (BCA) site investigation works (CR15)
• ISO Quality 9001
• ISO Environmental 14001
• ISO Safety 45001
• BizSAFE Star