The underground is often thought of as a “black box,” full of risk and uncertainty. Through expert analysis, design, and discussion with our clients, we reduce the unknowns and get projects out of the ground on time and within the budget.
Every site poses a unique mix of challenges, such as tight space, neighboring buildings, contamination, complex regulations, community concerns, and more.
We have the extensive know-how and ample experience to offer designs solutions that address these unique challenges.
The Geotechnics and Underground Structures department has been an integral part of the company since its foundation.
ICE provides geotechnical engineering consulting for many construction projects including power, commercial, institutional and industrial buildings, and other structures; dams, levees, and pipelines; tunnels, highways and bridges, and construction-related structures such as slurry walls and excavation support systems.
Services in this area
ICE offers collaboration in the field of consultancy, supervision, selection of contractors, elaboration of design documents of all stages including its discussion, author supervision, engineering supervision of the works, etc.
Some of the services that we provide for the Geotechnics & Underground Structures can be listed as follows:
- Geotechnical and geophysical investigations
- Tunnels
- Investigation of powerplants and dams
- Hydrogeological investigations
- Design of foundation and underpinning
- Design of ground improvement
- Stability calculation of slopes earth-fill dams
- Design of sheet piles and geostructures.
