Clients that trust us
Integral member of design teams on local, municipal, federal, and VDOT projects.
Engineering and Testing Services, Inc. is the premier geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing firm serving the Mid-Atlantic since 2002. Two decades of Hampton Roads soil, and a laboratory the Army Corps validates — behind every foundation we touch.
Twenty-three years of borings, foundations, and material tests across Hampton Roads — distilled into a proprietary regional soils database that informs every recommendation we sign.
ETS isn't a national firm with a Virginia satellite office. We're a Virginia firm with three decades of local subsurface knowledge: tidewater clays, the Yorktown Formation, the brackish water table that complicates every coastal foundation. When VDOT, the City of Norfolk, or a federal prime needs answers, they don't get a templated boring log — they get our team's collective experience of the very ground they're building on.
Borings, subsurface investigation, and foundation recommendations that turn uncertain ground into buildable specifications.
AASHTO-accredited, USACE-validated. Our lab is one of the most credentialed in the Mid-Atlantic and the largest in southern Virginia.
Licensed professional engineers manage quality from first boring to final pour — risk management, cost savings, delivered on time.
VDOT and ACI certified inspectors with the deepest local project experience in the region. Structural through masonry.
ETS is the only geotechnical testing and inspection firm to have provided QC or QA on every significant tunnel expansion in Hampton Roads — the Midtown Tunnel / MLK Expressway, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, and the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.
Integral member of design teams on local, municipal, federal, and VDOT projects.
From the largest transportation undertaking in the Commonwealth's history to the campuses shaping the next generation — four flagship engagements from a portfolio of 1,400+ projects.
13 projects across transportation, municipal, maritime, and institutional markets.
View all projectsAASHTO-accredited soils and concrete testing with USACE validation. Our facility is the largest in southern Virginia and among the most credentialed in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Every cylinder, every sieve, every Proctor curve — performed by ACI-certified technicians under licensed PE oversight. The ground truth behind every recommendation we sign.
AASHTO Accreditation — granted by the AASHTO Accreditation Program (AAP). For our detailed scope of testing, visit the AAP Directory of Accredited Laboratories.
The cornerstone of our longevity is simple — knowledge, professionalism, responsiveness, and a dedication to putting the most experienced team on every project we accept.
— ETS Leadership · Hampton Roads · Since 2002
Borings, sampling, and subsurface characterization. Knowing the ground before you break it.
AASHTO and ASTM standard testing at our USACE-validated facility — turnaround measured in days, not weeks.
Licensed PE recommendations. Foundation design, bearing capacity, settlement, construction means and methods.
Special inspection, QA/QC, and as-placed verification. On site from first boring to final certificate of occupancy.
Licensed Professional Engineers, PhDs, Geologists, and VDOT/ACI Certified Inspectors. Six leaders, decades of Hampton Roads experience, and a team that picks up the phone on the first ring.
