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Need a soil test in Melbourne for a new home, extension or rebuild? Melbourne Geotechnical Services provides residential soil reports, geotechnical investigations and earthworks compaction testing across Melbourne and Victoria.
Trusted by builders and project teams
Start with your site address.
Tell us where you are building, what you are planning and when you need advice. Upload any available plans or reports. If you are unsure which service you need, describe your project and we will help identify the next step.
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For properties in Melbourne and regional Victoria.What happens next
We review your project details, confirm the scope and provide a fee proposal. Once you accept the proposal and site access is confirmed, we arrange the work and advise the expected reporting timeframe.
What are you planning?
From early planning to design and construction, different decisions need different information. Choose your service below or tell us what you are trying to achieve.
Building a home, extending or rebuilding?
Building a home, extending or rebuilding? Start with a soil test and site classification to help your structural engineer design the footings and slab.
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Planning a larger development?
Planning a basement, commercial building or larger development? Get an investigation scoped around your foundations, excavation and ground risks.
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Placing fill or progressing earthworks?
Placing fill or progressing earthworks? Arrange the supervision, testing and records your earthworks specification requires.
Discuss Earthworks Testing
Extending or investigating movement?
Extending a building or investigating movement? Targeted footing probes and ground investigations can help establish what is happening below the surface.
Discuss an Existing BuildingPlanning a commercial, industrial or data centre project? Talk to our team about the investigations and testing your project needs.
Planning a larger development? Explore commercial and industrial geotechnical services.
Coordinate the expertise your project needs.
Need a feature and level survey, structural engineering or another specialist service? We can coordinate relevant partners and clarify each provider's scope and responsibilities.
Feature and level surveys
Give your designer measured site information. MGS coordinates specialist surveys that record the agreed features and levels for planning and design.
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Structural engineering
Coordinate structural design or inspection with your ground investigation. MGS connects you with specialist engineers and helps align the brief and relevant reports.
Explore serviceClear scope. Useful findings. A practical next step.
We help define the investigation your project needs, coordinate site attendance and explain the findings in a report your project team can use. You know the agreed scope, fee and expected timing before work begins.
Practical engineering starts with understanding the site.
Melbourne Geotechnical Services supports homeowners, builders, developers and project teams across Melbourne and Victoria. We combine site investigation, testing and engineering interpretation to help clients make informed ground-related decisions.
Our approach is straightforward: understand the proposed works, define the right investigation and provide clear findings. We focus on useful reporting, coordinated site attendance and communication about scope and timing.
We use digital tools to organise project information, site evidence and communication. Engineering judgement remains central to how investigations are scoped and findings are interpreted.
From enquiry to informed decisions
Share your project
Send your site address, proposed works, available plans and preferred timing.
Confirm the scope
We review the information and provide a fee proposal outlining the agreed investigation and deliverables.
Investigate the site
Once accepted and access is confirmed, we arrange the agreed site work and any required testing.
Receive your report
We provide the agreed findings and recommendations to support your next design or construction decision.
Certified. Compliant.
Committed to quality.
- Registered Building Engineers
- Local Council Compliance
- Safety & Environmental Standards
- NATA-Accredited Laboratory Partners
Soil testing and project FAQs
Choosing the right investigation can raise questions. The answers below explain our services and process. For advice about your own project, our team would be pleased to assist.
Speak with our teamResidential soil testing starts from $495 + GST ($544.50 including GST) for eligible standard residential sites. Your written quote confirms the scope, inclusions and total cost. More complex investigations are quoted separately.
A residential soil report usually focuses on site classification and ground information for footing and slab design. A broader geotechnical investigation is scoped around more detailed questions, such as deeper foundations, basement excavation or commercial development.
Arrange the investigation early enough to inform design. For extensions and rebuilds, provide existing and proposed plans so we can consider access and the need for further investigation or verification.
Our proposed turnaround target is 5 business days for metro work and 10 business days for regional work. Timing depends on access, investigation scope and laboratory testing. We confirm the start point and expected delivery timeframe in your proposal.
A soil report provides ground information for your structural designer. Structural design and certification are separate unless specifically included in the agreed proposal.
Send it to us with your new plans. Whether it is suitable depends on its scope, the proposed works, site changes and the information your designer needs. Further investigation may be required.
Yes. We confirm availability, travel requirements and timing when preparing your proposal.
Tell us about narrow access, existing buildings, slopes, gates and services when enquiring. Access affects the equipment and investigation method we can use.
We can discuss coordinating additional services. Each service and provider's responsibility is confirmed in the proposal; additional work is separately priced unless expressly included.
Your site address, proposed works, available plans, previous reports, access details and required timing. You can enquire before every document is available.