OpenGround lab workflow update: data, QA and reporting lens for geoengineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on Geoengineer.org – News
30 Second Briefing
OpenGround has added integrated geotechnical laboratory testing and reporting, bringing raw lab data entry, automated calculations and approval workflows into the same cloud environment as site investigation data. The release supports direct capture of test results (for example Atterberg limits, triaxial and consolidation data) with automatic population of standardised lab report formats and project databases. For practitioners, this reduces manual spreadsheet handling, simplifies traceability from borehole to design parameters, and enables multi-office teams and external labs to work on a single controlled dataset.
Technical Brief
- New workflow extends OpenGround’s existing borehole and in-situ test data structures to laboratory datasets.
- Configuration uses template-based test definitions, allowing firms to mirror their current lab schedules and forms.
- Data model supports linking each lab test back to specific samples, depths and locations already stored in OpenGround.
- Standardised digital lab records reduce re-keying into separate design tools, tightening chains into limit state design workflows.
- For multi-office consultants, unified lab and field datasets simplify cross-border project delivery and handover to design teams.
Our Take
Within the 26 Software stories in our database, only a subset deal specifically with geotechnical workflows, so OpenGround’s lab data and testing integration pushes it into a relatively specialised niche compared with more generic project-data platforms.
Many of the 1397 keyword-matched pieces referencing AI or artificial intelligence focus on design optimisation or construction monitoring, suggesting that if OpenGround later layers AI onto this structured lab dataset, it could enable automated correlations between test results and ground models for projects.
Across the 1738 tag-matched Projects/Product items, most project-data tools still rely on manual or file-based lab result handling, so a native geotechnical lab workflow in OpenGround is likely to become a differentiator for consultants standardising multi-project ground investigation portfolios.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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