Geotechnical

Offering a comprehensive range of geotechnical services. These are available to our clients throughout the various phases of a project, from site selection and feasibility evaluation to planning, design, and construction.

Our primary objective is to provide high-quality, integrated services to address the geotechnical concerns and considerations of a project by providing practical, innovative, and cost-effective professional expertise. SETs geotechnical consulting services are performed by a professional staff that includes: civil/geotechnical engineers, environmental scientists,s, and materials testing inspectors.

When working with other design professionals, we perform the appropriate subsurface explorations and analyses. We provide recommendations and design criteria for foundations and other elements of the project, which would depend on subsurface conditions.

Foundations

Transportation

Earth Dams and Levees

Geotechnical Construction

Groundwater

Engineering Geology

Field Exploration and Monitoring

Earthquake Engineering

Quality Control

Retaining Structures

Pavements

Soil Stabilization

Water Front Structures

Soil Dynamics

Applied Engineering Geophysics

SET utilizes some of the industry's most cutting-edge technologies and methods to provide reliable geophysical analysis for various types of projects. Amongst these are engineering, environmental and geologic investigations.

Seismic Refraction

This geophysical method is used for relatively shallow subsurface analysis. Active seismic energy is artificially created and propagated through the ground until refracted off subsurface layers and detected on the surface by an array or line of geophones.

Several applications include:

• Fault Investigations
• Fissure and Void Analysis
• Rip ability Parameters
• BedRock and overburden thickness
• Locates geologic structures
• Evaluates Landfill Limits
• Evaluate sand and gravel deposits
• Slope stability
• Groundwater depth

This method provides a continuous two-dimensional 2-D image of the subsurface, non-intrusive and environmentally friendly. Deployment is not limited by difficult or undulating terrain and is economical.