Seequent has added laboratory testing functionality to its OpenGround cloud geotechnical data platform, allowing soil and rock sample data captured in the field to flow directly into lab reporting workflows. The update links borehole and test pit logs, sample metadata and chain-of-custody information with laboratory test schedules and results in a single environment. For ground investigation teams, this reduces manual data re-entry between site and lab systems and should cut errors in parameters used for foundation, retaining wall and earthworks design.

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.

Geoprofessionals in mining and civil sectors are increasingly adopting AI tools but still struggle to extract value from complex, multisource subsurface datasets, according to Seequent’s 7th Geoprofessionals Data Management Report surveying over 1,000 practitioners. Respondents report data spread across multiple software platforms and large volumes of un-managed files, limiting effective integration of geological, geophysical and geotechnical information. The findings signal persistent bottlenecks in model building, QA/QC workflows and cross-discipline data sharing, despite wider availability of AI-assisted interpretation tools.