- Prequalified by the Florida Department of Transportation for the following types of work: Group 9.1 (Soil Exploration) and Group 9.4 (Foundation Studies).
- Evaluation of engineering uses and limitations of various soils encountered in Florida.
- Settlement and bearing capacity analysis of shallow foundations, including individual spread footings, combined footings, continuous footings, mats, floating foundations, etc.
- Settlement and bearing capacity analysis of landfill foundations.
- Stability analysis of reinforced and unreinforced earth slopes with and without seepage forces.
- Axial and lateral capacity analysis of sheet piles (including anchored sheet piles), driven piles, auger cast piles, pin piles, drilled shafts and other pile foundations.
- Design of gravity, cantilevered, counterfort, and geogrid-reinforced retaining walls and braced excavations.
- Stress-strain-strength modeling of elasto-plastic geologic media using finite element techniques.
- Design for preloading (surcharge) of compressible organic materials (peat and muck).
- Roadway soil surveys and pavement design, including soil stabilization methods.
- Sinkhole investigations and remediation of subsidence due to sinkhole activity.
- Analysis of loads on underground conduits and other buried structures.
- Ground control and improvement techniques including soil stabilization, compaction grouting, chemical or permeation grouting, deep dynamic compaction, preloading, consolidation drainage, vertical screens, etc.
- Drainage and dewatering plans for various soil conditions.
- Designing with geosynthetics.
- Embankment and earthen dam design and analysis.
- Finite (large) strain settlement analysis of slurries.
- Geotechnical considerations for lateral land development on poorly drained and well drained soils.
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Ground water/surface water interaction modeling, including continuous simulation modeling.
- Ground water modeling of dewatering impacts of sand and limerock mines, artificial recharge projects (including slow-rate and rapid-rate wastewater land application systems), wellfield withdrawals, wetland dehydration and hydroperiod simulation, and other quantitative ground water impacts.
- Surface water modeling of pre- and post-development drainage basins.
- Hydrogeologic assessments for landfill permitting.
- Ground water monitoring plans.
- Expert witness testimony at Chap. 120 Administrative Hearings, public hearings, and civil trials.
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