Coquitlam sits at the foot of the Coast Mountains, where the terrain rises from the Fraser River floodplain to steep hillsides — creating some of the most challenging ground conditions in Metro Vancouver. The city's population has grown to over 148,000, pushing development onto slopes that require specialized ground retention. Anchor design becomes the difference between a stable excavation and a costly failure. Our lab supports projects across the Tri-Cities area with pull-out testing and grout analysis tailored to the local glacial till and colluvium. For sites near the Coquitlam River, where granular soils dominate, we often pair anchor testing with in-situ permeability measurements to confirm grout behavior before installation.
An anchor is only as reliable as the grout column that transfers load from the tendon to the ground.
