Surrey sits at roughly 50 meters above sea level, but what really matters for construction is what lies beneath the surface. The city’s rapid expansion southward into areas with complex glacial and alluvial deposits means standard assumptions about soil capacity often fall short. Whether you’re working near the Campbell Heights business park or a residential lot in Clayton, the soil can shift from dense till to loose sand within a single block. Our team has been drilling across Metro Vancouver for years, and the Standard Penetration Test remains the most practical way to get reliable data. It gives you a number—the N-value—that engineers trust to make decisions on bearing capacity and settlement. When paired with a CPT test for finer stratification, the picture becomes even clearer.
An SPT N-value isn’t just a number—it’s a direct indication of how the soil will behave under load in Surrey’s variable glacial geology.
