The Geotechnical Laboratory deals with the determination of physical and mechanical parameters of natural and anthropogenic soils. It is equipped with the basic laboratory equipment for determination of:

• grain size distribution (shakers, sieve sets and hydrometers)
• compactibility parameters (Proctor apparatuses)
• water permeability of coarse-grained soils (ITB-ZW-KII apparatus)
• compressibility and swelling in uniaxial state of strain (oedometers, Vasiliev's apparatuses)
• shear strength with the forced surface of failure (direct shear apparatus)
• stiffness and shear strength in an axisymmetric state of stress (triaxial apparatus, benders for determining the initial stiffness modulus, local displacement transducers, stress path control)
• consistency limits (Casagrande apparatus and cone penetrometers)
• specific density (pycnometers)
• water content (dryers)

The laboratory is also able to conduct some in-situ tests using: a dynamic light probe, a hand-held drill with a set of drills, a whistle (determination of the depth of the groundwater table in a borehole), a VSS probe (determination of the stiffness modulus of the road substrate); displacement sensors with magnetic holders (e.g. estimation of settlement during trial loads on the ground or piles).