GeoLab: geotechnical inputs to foundation evaluation
Structure site parameters and compare foundation systems so soil, water, frost, and rock implications are visible before they are buried in an estimate.
Who uses it
Engineers and foundation specialists who structure site assumptions. Estimators who need those assumptions on the same project after review.
The practical task
Turn geotechnical inputs into a comparable foundation picture before the strategy is buried in a priced line.
What you do and produce
You enter investigation data, compare foundation options, and issue an assumption with source and status. GeoLab is decision-support software. It does not replace project-specific engineering review or sealed professional design where required.
How that output helps another team
Estimating can inherit the issued post type and count. Procurement should not buy a different foundation package than the issued picture.
Example
On the public Red Mesa demonstration, GeoLab issues driven W6×15 posts, 12,400 EA, for estimating — labeled demonstration data, not a sealed drawing. See the product tour.
Next step
Start with GeoLab, or read GeoLab documentation.
What GeoLab is
GeoLab is Infrenta’s geotechnical and foundation intelligence workspace. It structures site parameters and compares foundation systems so soil, water, frost, and rock implications are visible before they are buried in an estimate or a layout that is expensive to unwind.
Critical calculations are implemented as deterministic engineering logic with audit traces. GeoLab is decision-support software.
Infrenta provides decision-support tools and does not replace project-specific engineering review or sealed professional design where required.
What inputs matter
Useful evaluation depends on the investigation you actually have:
- soil profile and strength with depth
- groundwater
- frost and adfreeze in cold climates
- bedrock depth and quality
- loads from the structural model
- corrosion and constructability context
If groundwater or bedrock depth is not established, GeoLab’s rules are designed to cap confidence rather than invent a complete-looking profile.
Foundation alternatives
Implemented evaluation can include systems such as driven piles, helical piles, ground screws, and ballasted / concrete foundations, along with axial, uplift, lateral, embedment, refusal, and scoring context.
The set of systems that appear depends on configuration and data. A ranked score is not a professional opinion.
Compare concepts in Helical piles vs driven piles vs ground screws and the walkthrough From geotechnical report to foundation decision.
How GeoLab connects commercially
Foundation suitability can become a governed assumption in estimating. Layout table types carry foundation post counts. Procurement should not issue a pile or screw package against a different strategy than the issued engineering picture. Project Controls and Execution inherit the cost of that strategy only if it was issued.
Review and responsibility
GeoLab cannot replace a geotechnical investigation, an engineer of record, or installation records from the field. Software output is not a sealed drawing.