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| Designs for highways and bridge structures, buildings, dams, ports, airports, and other transportation and infrastructure facilities typically require geotechnical studies to investigate the existing subsurface conditions and materials before appropriate plans can be developed. Such a study may include determining the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of subsurface materials relevant to the project; assessing risks posed by site conditions; and designing the type of foundations, earthworks, or pavement subgrades required for the intended man-made structures to be built. Wilbur Smith Associates’ geotechnical engineers are committed to providing innovative, technically superior, and timely investigations and proposing workable and cost-effective solutions.
A geotechnical engineer reviews project elements to define the relevant issues and then investigates soil, rock, seismicity, and groundwater conditions to determine how they will interact with and influence the proposed construction. Site investigations provide an understanding of the project area, and enable appropriate designs to be developed for structures, pavements, and earthwork. The geotechnical engineering group also monitors construction activities in order to make adjustments in the field based upon conditions actually encountered and to assure that construction is done in accordance with the design intent.
Geotechnical engineering services include:
- Subsurface investigations
- Shallow foundation design
- Deep foundation design
- Slope stability analyses
- Design of earth retaining structures and reinforced slopes
- Rock slope engineering
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- Seismic hazard analyses
- Ground improvement
- Dam engineering design
- Seepage and dewatering analysis
- Pavement design
- Pavement management systems
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ENGINEERING
AVIATION
BRIDGES AND STRUCTURAL
GEOTECHNICAL
HIGHWAY
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
MUNICIPAL
RAIL
SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING
SITE DEVELOPMENT
SURVEYING
TRAFFIC
WATER RESOURCES
PLANNING
AVIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
FREIGHT
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES
PARKING
RAIL SYSTEMS
SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING
TRANSIT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTATION
TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING
URBAN AND REGIONAL
TOLL SERVICES
GENERAL CONSULTANT SERVICES
HOT/MANAGED LANES
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
TRAFFIC AND REVENUE SERVICES
VALUE PRICING
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION
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