Geotechnical Engineering

Hoy & Dorman’s geotechnical services include the planning and overview of geotechnical site investigations, option studies for foundations, designing foundations, piles and retaining walls, assessing and upgrading slope stability, geological mapping, pavement design, hydrogeology and hazard studies. These services can be employed in the early stages of a project to help determine cost impacts and conceptual design.

Many project locations have widely variable ground conditions even within the footprint of a development site. Geotechnical input can help improve proposed developments, allowing clients to make informed decisions on the balance between cost and risk. Our areas of expertise include:

• Procurement, supervision and management of ground investigations
• Geotechnical site appraisal
• Landslide assessments
• Earthworks acceptability and re-use assessment
• Shallow and pile foundation design
• Geotechnical instrumentation, monitoring and reporting
• Ground improvement/stabilisation design
• Value engineering, alternative solutions

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