Geotechnical Services
A thorough understanding of subsurface soil, rock and groundwater conditions is essential to the success of construction projects and the stability and performance of buildings and infrastructure. Our geotechnical group is challenged to provide innovative solutions using state-of-the-art technologies while still meeting the price competitive nature of the industry. Our engineers attend seminars and conferences to learn the latest methods to provide a new look at the old problems of poor soils. Our goal is to maximize the performance of the geotechnical structures of a project while minimizing the overall costs. At the same time, the fee structure for our services is price competitive with those providing traditional solutions with overly conservative performance.
Geotechnical solutions usually require either time or money. Some projects have neither. Cost savings can also be generated by using more advanced methods to evaluate problems that would otherwise create delays in the construction schedule. By reducing the time required for such delays, money is also saved on the project not to mention delivery of the final product to the client more quickly.
Traditional approaches to geotechnical issues can be overly conservative and lead to unnecessary delays in a project. Using two and three dimensional along with multilayer modeling evaluates the subsurface more closely as it exists rather than as created in the minds of the engineer. Such methods more accurately predict how the subsurface will behave and coincide with field observations that have been taken for granted in the profession and dismissed as expected deviations from predicted estimates to field measurements.
Site and subsurface conditions are often the single most cause for change orders on a project. Our engineers always visit the project site, supervise the sampling and data collection in the field, and classify the samples as they are obtained. This allows our engineers a better understanding of site and subsurface conditions so the engineering evaluation and calculations are based on personal experience and understanding; not the notes and second hand information provided by others. Typical services include:
- Foundation Design Investigations
- Ground Improvement Analysis
- Modeling of soft soil response
- Ground Vibration Sound Frequency Monitoring
- Resistivity Testing
- Seismic Testing
- Pavement Design Pavement Failure Studies
- Slope and Dam Stability Analysis & Design
- Sheet Pile Evaluation
- Fill Soils and Compaction Evaluation
- Lightweight Fills and GeoFoams
- Ground Instrumentation
- Failure Investigations
- Shrink-Swell Soils Evaluation & Remediation
- Soil Stabilization Design
- Corrosivity Evaluation
- Pile Installation & WEAP Analysis
- Computer Modeling
- Geotechnical evaluations for landfill design