Geophysical & Geotechnical Site Screening — Delhi NCR · Pan-India

Look into the earth
before you build on it.

Raysense screens ground conditions before design freeze — seismic hazard, liquefaction potential, subsurface stratigraphy and soil response — so developers, EPC contractors and public agencies commit capital to sites that can actually carry the load.

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Not sure which survey you need?

Answer four quick questions about your project and site — our Method Advisor recommends the right combination from our full survey and analysis catalogue.

🧭 Raysense Method Advisor

A quick, rule-based guide to the right investigation approach — not a substitute for a scoped proposal.

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What are you trying to find out?

Pick the option closest to your investigation goal.
📐 Seismic hazard for design compliance
🌊 Liquefaction risk in a seismic zone
📊 Site classification / shear-wave velocity
🗺️ Regional hazard or site-suitability mapping
💧 Groundwater, fracture or contamination mapping
🔍 Buried utility, void or slab/rebar detection
🚁 Aerial mapping, volume or progress monitoring
🌾 Land cover, vegetation or crop monitoring
🎛️ Subsurface / seismic dataset QC & processing
🛢️ Well log / reservoir evaluation
🤔 Not sure — help me figure it out

What sector is this project in?

This helps us weight the recommendation toward common practice in your industry.
🏗️ Construction & infrastructure
🛢️ Oil & gas
🌾 Agriculture
🛤️ Roads & rails
⛏️ Groundwater & mineral exploration
🌍 Geoenvironment

What depth range matters most?

Approximate is fine — this narrows down which survey methods are physically suited to your target.
📏 Near-surface (0–5 m)
📐 Shallow (5–50 m)
🕳️ Regional / deep (50 m+)
Not sure

What's your timeline or deliverable?

This shapes whether we suggest a quick desk screening or a full field program.
Quick screening (few days)
🔬 Detailed design-stage study (weeks)
🔁 Ongoing / repeat monitoring
✓ Recommendation ready
Primary method

Suggested next step

This is a quick guide based on general practice, not a final survey design. Every recommendation is reviewed and adapted to your actual site conditions by our team before work begins.

Why Raysense

Experience that's built to be trusted

Raysense is led by a senior technical team with over a decade of combined field and research experience in geophysics and geotechnical engineering. Our approach is research-driven by design — shaped by doctoral-level study and grounded in the same rigor we bring to every site investigation — translated into practical, code-compliant guidance you can act on with confidence.

Research-driven methodology

Led by Dr. Anurag Tiwari, whose doctoral research background grounds every study in rigorous, defensible methodology — not template reports.

Over a decade in the field

Our key personnel bring more than ten years of hands-on geophysical and geotechnical survey experience across India's varied terrain.

Code-compliant by default

Every study is built to satisfy IS 1893, IS 19235:2025, and the scrutiny of lenders, insurers, and regulators.

End-to-end capability

From regional hazard screening to field surveys, geospatial analysis, and in-house software — one team, one accountable point of contact.

Why screen first

Insurance pays after the damage. Screening prevents it.

Both are risk management. Only one of them stops the loss from happening.

Reactive

Insurance

  • Pays out after a structural or seismic event has already caused damage
  • Premiums rise once claim history or hazard exposure is known
  • Does not change what's built or where — only who absorbs the cost
  • Deductibles, exclusions and claim disputes sit between you and recovery
Proactive

Site screening

  • Identifies liquefaction risk, weak strata and seismic hazard before foundation design
  • Feeds directly into IS 1893-compliant PSHA/DSHA and structural sizing
  • Lets you re-site, re-design or budget for ground improvement early — when it's cheap
  • Produces a defensible technical record for lenders, insurers and regulators

Prevention has no deductible.

What we do

One picture of the ground, built from every angle

Hazard studies, geospatial & data services, and field surveys — each answers a different question about what's beneath a site.

Seismic hazard & geotechnical studies

REGIONAL · KM SCALE

PSHA / DSHA

Probabilistic and Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis — hazard curves, Uniform Hazard Spectra, and design PGA per IS 1893.

SITE SPECIFIC

Soil response study

Site-specific ground response analysis using shear-wave velocity profiles to estimate amplification and design response spectra.

REGIONAL GIS

GIS hazard zonation

AHP-weighted GIS overlay of seismicity, faults, soil, topography, and land use into a composite suitability map.

SITE SPECIFIC

Liquefaction assessment

SPT-based Liquefaction Potential Index (LPI) mapping and susceptibility classification across seismic zones.

Geospatial & data services

GIS / REMOTE SENSING

Geospatial analysis

Spatial data integration, terrain analysis, and thematic mapping for planning and hazard zonation.

REMOTE SENSING

Satellite imagery processing

Land use/land cover mapping, NDVI, change detection, and DEM generation for planning and agriculture.

2D / 3D SEISMIC

Seismic data QC & processing

Noise attenuation, velocity analysis, migration, and attribute generation for exploration projects.

WELL LOG ANALYSIS

Petrophysical consultancy

Well log QC, lithology/fluid discrimination, porosity/saturation estimation, and net-pay evaluation.

Field geophysical surveys

0–200 M DEPTH

Microtremor survey

Ambient vibration (HVSR) measurement for predominant frequency, Vs30, and site amplification.

0–50 M DEPTH

MASW / LVL survey

Shear-wave velocity profiling and Vs30 site classification, active and passive methods.

0–200 M DEPTH

ERT survey

Resistivity, SP and IP mapping for groundwater, fracture, contamination, and mineral exploration.

AERIAL

Drone survey

High-resolution UAV mapping — orthomosaics, DEM/DSM, 3D models, volume calculation.

NEAR-SURFACE

GPR survey

Utility detection, void/cavity mapping, concrete evaluation, and shallow subsurface imaging.

Reference material

How each method is applied

Working methodology sheets for our core assessment and survey types.

Site screening workflow
Site screening workflow — from regional seismicity to a site suitability decision.
PSHA DSHA methodology
PSHA vs. DSHA — methodology and recommended design basis by structure type.
Liquefaction susceptibility mapping
Liquefaction susceptibility mapping — factors, classification, and GIS workflow.
Shallow geophysical mapping
Integrated shallow geophysical mapping (0–100 m) — refraction, MASW, ERT and HVSR combined.
Microtremor survey
Microtremor survey — HVSR methodology, equipment, and site characterization outputs.
MASW LVL survey
MASW / LVL survey — configurations, equipment, and typical Vs profile results.
ERT SP IP survey
ERT + SP + IP survey — methods, arrays, and integrated subsurface interpretation.
GPR survey
GPR survey — workflow, antenna systems, and penetration depth guide by material.
Drone survey services
Drone survey services — workflow, platforms, and key deliverables across sectors.
Satellite imagery processing
Satellite imagery processing — workflow, example outputs, and major application areas.
Seismic data QC processing
Seismic data QC & processing — end-to-end workflow and example 2D line results.
Petrophysical consultancy
Petrophysical consultancy — workflow, key deliverables, and software expertise.
Sectors

Across industries that build on, in, or under the ground

Construction & infrastructure

Foundation design inputs and seismic hazard studies for buildings and lifeline structures.

Oil & gas

Seismic data QC/processing and petrophysical consultancy for exploration projects.

Agriculture

Satellite imagery and NDVI analysis for crop monitoring and land suitability.

Roads & rails

Corridor mapping and geohazard assessment for linear infrastructure.

Groundwater & mineral exploration

ERT, SP and IP surveys to map aquifers and mineralization.

Geoenvironment

Contamination studies and environmental change monitoring.

Products

Software built from our own methodology

Beyond consulting, Raysense builds tools that put our screening and hazard-analysis methods directly into engineers' hands.

Software

Available

Site Screening Calculator

An interactive tool implementing our regional-to-site screening workflow — regional seismicity, fault proximity, estimated PGA, and site conditions combine into a suitability classification.

Available

AutoLocate

Earthquake location software that automates hypocenter determination from seismic network data — built for rapid, repeatable location estimates.

Available

PSHA Complete Suite

An end-to-end PSHA package — source characterization, GMPE logic-trees, hazard curve computation, and Uniform Hazard Spectra output.

Hardware

Coming soon

Field instrumentation

Raysense-built field hardware for geophysical data acquisition is currently in development.

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Your small contribution helps us keep investing in research and development — building better tools, refining our methods, and pushing our field forward. Every bit of support motivates the work behind Raysense.

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About Raysense

Ground truth, before ground-breaking

Raysense Private Limited is a Delhi NCR-based geophysical, geotechnical and GIS site screening company, giving developers and engineers a clear, evidence-based picture of what a site can safely support — before design and construction decisions are locked in.

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Dr. Anurag Tiwari

Consultant — Geophysical & Geotechnical Services

Dr. Tiwari leads the technical direction at Raysense, bringing over a decade of field and research experience in geophysical and geotechnical engineering, underpinned by doctoral-level research training. He oversees seismic hazard assessment, subsurface geophysical surveys, and site screening methodology across the company's project portfolio.

Compliance

Standards and credentialing

Applicable standard

IS 19235:2025

The relevant geotechnical services standard — compliance-based, not a stamp certification.

In progress

NABL accreditation

The correct accreditation pathway for a survey/testing services firm — not BIS.

Registered

GeM registration

Government e-Marketplace registration for public-sector procurement.

Optional

ISO 9001:2015

Quality management system certification — a recognized signal of process maturity.

Contact

Tell us about your site

Share the location, structure type and project stage, and we'll come back with the right combination of methods and a scope of work.

ContactDr. Anurag Tiwari — Consultant, Geophysical & Geotechnical Services
Call / WhatsApp+91 88400 03704
OfficeSouth West Delhi, NCR, India
CoveragePan-India project delivery

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