Seequent OpenGround lab integration: data quality and workflow notes for ground engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on New Civil Engineer
30 Second Briefing
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.
Technical Brief
- Similar cloud‑based GI–lab integrations are likely to become standard on large construction and infrastructure frameworks.
Our Take
The recent OpenGround update on integrated lab testing (5 Feb 2026) suggests this new field‑to‑lab link is part of a broader push to keep the entire geotechnical workflow inside a single cloud environment, reducing hand‑offs between site investigation and laboratory reporting.
Seequent’s own Data Management Report (29 Jan 2026) found geoprofessionals spending over a quarter of their time on data handling, so direct transfer from field collection to lab for OpenGround users is likely aimed at clawing back billable engineering hours rather than just improving data hygiene.
In our coverage of Seequent’s work at Anglo American’s Barro Alto nickel mine (20 Jan 2026), subsurface risk management hinged on having a live, unified model; piping geotechnical data straight from field to lab via OpenGround is a logical upstream extension of that same ‘single source of truth’ strategy for both mining and civil projects.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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