GS2 Engineering

GS2 Engineering is an engineering consultant in Columbia, SC. The firm provides geotechnical, environmental, construction materials testing, and drilling services for residential, commercial, local, state, federal, and industrial projects. Its client base includes engineers, architects, developers, contractors, industry, lending institutions, and local, state, and federal government agencies, with a majority of work coming from repeat clients. The firm holds a rating of 5.00 based on 4 reviews.

GS2 Engineering has provided geotechnical, environmental, and testing services for more than 60 subdivision developments in the Columbia, Charleston, and Bluffton regions of SC. Team members hold extensive experience with state agency contracts through SCPRT, SCDOT, and SCDHEC, covering work such as WWTP upgrades at park sites, Phase II assessments, monitoring well installation, geotechnical studies for bridges, construction materials testing for roadway expansion, lead-based paint assessment and removal, underground storage tank site assessments, and rapid assessments and corrective action plans. The team has been involved in construction, additions, and renovations for more than 300 school sites across several SC counties, including Richland, Lexington, Charleston, Aiken, Lancaster, and Orangeburg, with individual experience extending to Newberry, Fairfield, Kershaw, Florence, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties. Services for these school sites have included geotechnical explorations, environmental assessments, environmental design, facilities analysis, construction materials testing, and special inspections.

The firm's materials testing capabilities cover onsite inspection and field testing, supported by full-service in-house laboratory testing for soil, materials, and concrete at each GS2 location. GS2 was among the pioneering firms to provide International Building Code inspections, and its inspectors routinely deliver Chapter 1 and Chapter 17 IBC and Special Inspections for state OSF/OSE and privately funded projects. Environmental offerings include Phase I and Phase II site assessments, contamination assessment and remediation, wetlands delineations and permitting, threatened and endangered species surveys, air quality, water, solid waste, and risk management surveys, along with soil and groundwater sampling through an in-house GeoProbe direct push rig. Facilities Services span evaluation, renovation, and demolition of existing structures, NDT inspections, and specialized technical industrial support for process modernization, reconfiguration, and maintenance. In-house drilling services include both drilling and direct push capabilities performed to ASTM, USEPA, and industry standards. The Florence office is led by Operations Manager Brad Hamilton, with Chris McLane serving as CMT Manager, Mirjam Jeter as Office Manager, and Shannon Thompson as Accounts Manager.

The office sits on Garner Lane, less than half a mile from Broad River Road, about six-tenths of a mile from Columbia High School, and roughly seven-tenths of a mile from the Dutch Fork Post Office.

A perfect customer rating reflects the trust and repeat-client base the firm has built through decades of subdivision, school, and state agency work across SC.

Services:

• Building Inspection Services
• Construction Materials Testing
• Environmental Services
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)