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Engineering Consultants for Deep Foundation System Construction

We are experts in the construction of secant piles, tangent piles, CIDH piles, drilled shafts, micropiles, permanent and temporary tiebacks, soldier piles and lagging Support of Excavations (SOEs), and soil nails.

We have over 30 years of construction experience in the use of top drive drilling equipment, drill rigs, low-overhead drill rigs, limited access drill rigs, service cranes, duty cycle cranes, other support equipment, permanent casing, temporary casing, sectional casing, oscillators, rotators, polymer slurry, bentonite slurry, concrete mix, wet hole concrete mix, grout mix, self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mix, lean mix, tremie pours below fluid heads, conventional drill tools, cluster drills, V nails, Earth anchors, LP hammers, and down-the-hole hammers.

We have extensive experience with grouting, post-grouting, shoring, temporary shoring, high-speed rail construction, and non-destructive testing, including CSL testing, gamma-gamma testing, pile load testing, load cell testing, lateral load testing, tieback testing, ASTM-D3966, and ASTM-D1143.

Our team of specialists also has an in-depth understanding of passive earth pressure, active earth pressure, skin friction, end-bearing, failure plane, plunge length, and elastic elongation. Additionally, we have a vast knowledge of the principles surrounding building settlement, foundation settlement, lateral displacement, and landslides.

Services Offered

Pre-Construction

We provide estimates, proposals, constructability review, identify conflicts between the plans and specifications, review equipment access, identify value engineering opportunities, and provide construction schedules.

Construction

We evaluate the best construction method to maintain quality and maximize production. If cost overruns occur, we evaluate the cause of the overrun and identify potential avenues of recovery. If quality control issues occur, we evaluate methods to avoid future quality control issues.

Dispute Resolution

We assist owners, engineers, general contractors, and subcontractors in resolving construction disputes. With over 30 years of construction experience, we can develop or refine a construction claim for an expedited settlement. We offer expert witness testimony from experienced civil engineers.