GeoSol Studio was born from a simple conviction: reliable knowledge of the subsurface is a prerequisite for every infrastructure. In West Africa, this knowledge has long been fragmented, costly to produce, and disconnected from the actual variability of local soils.
A concrete problem, a rigorous response
Existing solutions are powerful but designed for European or North American geological contexts, and priced beyond the reach of most West African engineering firms.
Borehole reports, laboratory tests and foundation calculations are produced in separate tools — the continuity between field measurement and final design is lost at each step.
Any geotechnical model carries uncertainties. Without a rigorous method to measure and communicate them, design decisions are made with a level of reliability that remains unknown.
An integrated geotechnical engineering platform, born in Senegal
GeoSol Studio was developed and field-validated in Senegal at the École Polytechnique de Thiès. It brings together, within a single integrated environment, the scientific methods that a geotechnical engineering firm applies across multiple disconnected tools today: subsurface characterization by geostatistical interpolation, pressuremeter testing, laboratory tests, and foundation design compliant with Eurocode 7.
GeoSol Studio is not simply a software application. It is a methodology — documented, scientifically grounded, and designed to serve the engineer's professional judgment, not to replace it. Every result it produces is accompanied by a quantified reliability indicator. Every method it implements is explicitly described with its assumptions and its domain of validity.
Three non-negotiable principles
No simplification that distorts the physical reality of the subsurface is acceptable. GeoSol Studio is designed to make rigour accessible, not to make it optional.
GeoSol Studio produces structured, quantified information that the engineer interprets and upon which they base their judgment. It never produces a decision in place of the engineer who signs the report.
GeoSol Studio's methods are calibrated on West African geological data, not simply transposed from other contexts. This choice — more demanding — is what gives our results their relevance in the field.
What we commit to, not just what we offer
Rigorous field validation. Every method integrated into GeoSol Studio has been tested on real sites in Senegal before being made available to users. Field results and cross-validation indicators are public and accessible.
Transparency about uncertainty. Every estimation produced by GeoSol Studio is accompanied by its associated uncertainty — RMSE, bias, cross-validation indicator — visible in the project and in the deliverable. Reliability is a datum, not an impression.
Full compliance with standards in force. Foundation design (shallow and deep) follows Eurocode 7 / NF P94-261 and NF P94-262, without approximation or shortcut — these standards set the minimum level, not the ceiling.
A pricing policy accessible to regional firms. GeoSol Studio was built for West Africa, and its pricing reflects this: from the free demo to professional plans at a fraction of the international alternatives, including a dedicated academic offer.