Soil investigations are often required by clients in the oil, gas and construction industries to solve civil engineering and offshore construction problems as soil formation is considered in engineering designs. Brone undertakes geotechnical investigations on soil types, soil classification, shear strength, porosity, permeability and engineering properties of soils  to determine their strength and foundation properties. Equipment used include gravity corers, jumbo piston corers, drilling rigs, CPT and PCPT equipment.