Geotechnical Engineering
The underground is often thought of as a “black box"
Geotechnical Design
We provide a full range of geotechnical services in support of new construction developments or retrofit of existing facilities or structures. Through expert analysis and design we reduce the unknowns and get projects out of the ground on time and on budget.
We help plan, estimate and schedule the underground elements of a project. We provide a host of expert services to owners, architects, contractors and construction companies, offering creative solutions to the challenges that so often arise during construction.
Full range of services
Geotechnical Services
- Specifications for site investigation
- Foundation alternatives analyses
- Embankment and excavation slope stability evaluations
- Slope repair recommendations
- Excavation, shoring, and dewatering recommendations
- Soil improvement
- Settlement analysis
- Seismic fault investigations
- Soil anchor analysis
- Evaluation of soil bearing capacity
- Pile capacity analyses
- Site grading specifications
- Probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard evaluations
- Liquefaction potential studies
- Selection of seismic design parameters
- Stability analyses of slopes, channels and excavations
- Pile lateral and axial capacity curves
- Cantilevered, anchored, and braced sheet pile analyses
- Retaining and flood walls analyses
- Seepage analyses
- Dewatering design
It is always the same method
Project Delivery
Our persistence on advanced building information modeling technology and our collaborative approach offer increased design and construction efficiency in all delivery methods. We use building information modeling (BIM) on every project, so our designs can meet time schedules, easily adapt any changes and provide high quality, fully detailed 2D and 3D drawings.