RAMM has a unique combination of qualifications which allow us to provide large company capabilities and experience with small company responsiveness.  Some of those qualifications are:

◊ An experienced, stable staff which has worked together for many years.
◊ Local ownership by hands-on professionals who can make instantaneous, binding decisions relating to resource commitments and allocations.
◊ Project management by principals of the firm who are dedicated to providing the services you require in a timely, professional manner.

Some of the services RAMM offers its clients include:

• Soils/Materials Engineering
  ◊ Test drilling/subsurface exploration
  ◊ Soil mechanics/laboratory testing
  ◊ Engineering recommendations for use in design of:
      ▪ Bituminous and Portland cement concrete pavement
      ▪ Concrete slab-on-grade floors
      ▪ Shallow and deep foundations
      ▪ Earth embankments
      ▪ Earth-retaining structures
      ▪ Subsurface sewage and storm water disposal
      ▪ Trench shoring
  ◊ Engineering recommendations and/or opinions relative to:
      ▪ Excavation conditions
      ▪ On-site and borrow fill materials
      ▪ Earthwork/site grading considerations
      ▪ Surface drainage considerations
      ▪ Subsurface seepage conditions
  ◊ Engineering Review of Mix Designs and Materials
      ▪ Asphalt concrete
      ▪ Portland cement concrete
      ▪ Soil cement
      ▪ Lime stabilized materials
      ▪ Slurry seal
      ▪ Chip seal
  ◊ Special consulting relative to:
      ▪ Soil corrosivity potential
      ▪ Grouting/stabilization
      ▪ Rock anchoring
      ▪ Geological conditions/seismicity

• Failure Investigation
  ◊ Building foundations
  ◊ Cut and fill slopes
  ◊ Swimming pools
  ◊ Concrete deterioration and/or cracking
  ◊ Masonry walls
  ◊ Compressive strength evaluations
  ◊ Pavement

• Engineering Inspections
  ◊ Soil bearing evaluations
  ◊ Footing excavations
  ◊ Site conditions
  ◊ Structural masonry
  ◊ Reinforcing steel
  ◊ Aggregate production
  ◊ Asphalt concrete production
  ◊ Special inspections per UBC

• Observation and Testing
  ◊ Stripping and clearing
  ◊ Trench backfill
  ◊ Subgrade precompaction
  ◊ Subbase fill
  ◊ Aggregate base
  ◊ Asphalt concrete
  ◊ Concrete masonry
  ◊ Chip seal
  ◊ Slurry seal
  ◊ Micro seal
  ◊ Fog coat

• Materials Sampling and Testing
  ◊ Concrete, mortar and grout
  ◊ Asphalt concrete
  ◊ Masonry
  ◊ Soils and Aggregates