About Trautner Geotech

Our Team

The firm’s principal, David L. Trautner, P.E., CPG is an engineering geologist/geotechnical engineer who has been involved in the engineering and construction disciplines in Durango since 1980.

Our staff includes three registered professional engineers, three geologists, two materials testing managers, eight engineering technicians, two laboratory technicians, and two office/clerical support personnel.

Our Equipment

We have one truck mounted drill rig and two rubber track mounted drill rigs available for geotechnical engineering exploration. We provide NWL core drilling services

Our Laboratory

Our laboratory is fully equipped to perform all typical construction monitoring tests on soil, concrete and select testing for asphalt concrete. We have about twenty four (24) odometers for measurement of soil swell/consolidation potential, California Bearing Ratio (CBR) tests, Direct and Triaxial Shear Strength Tests, Atterberg Limits, sieve analysis, hydrometer tests, Los Angeles Abrasion tests and most other commonly needed tests for geotechnical engineering evaluation and construction monitoring services.