Our ground engineering team delivers exceptional client service and technical solutions, combining strong technical expertise with proven project management experience. We balance cutting-edge innovation with a pragmatic approach developed through complex onshore and nearshore projects, working closely with clients to achieve optimal cost, schedule and technical outcomes.
We place strong emphasis on early identification of geological hazards and ground risks, followed by active management throughout the project lifecycle. By developing a clear understanding of subsurface conditions, we deliver robust, reliable geotechnical designs. Our specialists collaborate to plan and execute site investigations, analyse data and develop designs using advanced tools and technologies, while also providing construction support and asset condition assessments.
Numerical modelling is central to our approach, enabling us to solve complex ground–structure interactions and dynamic loading scenarios, particularly in brownfield environments. We also provide integrated tailings and mine waste solutions across the full lifecycle of storage facilities, covering a range of deposition methods and design approaches tailored to site-specific conditions and compliant with relevant industry standards.
“We collaborate with our clients through the full project life cycle and focus on developing a deep understanding of the asset. This enables us to be highly responsive and mitigate risks from asset inception through to decommissioning and renewal.”
Key Capabilities
- Ground investigations
- Foundation design
- Design of shallow footings and piles
- Settlement and groundwater analyses
- Ground improvement design and monitoring
- Back analysis of foundation performance
- Pile driveability studies
- Ground anchor design
- Slope stability
- Assessment of existing slopes
- Instrumentation and monitoring
- Risk assessment, quantitative and qualitative
- Slope remediation works design
- Nearshore and marine geotechnics
- Offshore drilling, geotechnical investigation
- Design of foundations – piles, mooring points, monopods, dolphins
- Design of retaining structures
- Reclamation, dredging, ground improvement design
- Materials sourcing for breakwaters
- Tunnels & retaining structures
- Assessment of deep excavations
- Design of temporary and permanent retaining structures
- Advice during construction, site specific design
- Rock bolting, soil nailing and ground anchors
- Cut and cover tunnel design
- Back analysis of failed structures
- Tailings storage facilities
- Pre-feasibility to definitive studies
- Site selection and storage options
- Instrumentation and monitoring
- Geotechnical site investigation
- Tailings characterisation
- Water balance and recovery
- Dam break and inundation studies
- Deposition/stacking modelling
- Independent and annual audits
- Construction management
- Construction quality assurance
- Forensic investigation
- Specialist services
- Geohazard / geotechnical risk assessment
- Site selection / high level feasibility assessment
- Forensic geotechnical analysis
- Seismic engineering and liquefaction analysis
- Specifications for earthworks, piling, retaining systems and ground improvement
- Integrated geological / geotechnical assessments
- Construction support
- Asset condition assessment
- Construction material assessment
- Ground improvement
- Design surcharge / PVD, vibro compaction, vibro replacement (stone columns), controlled modulus columns, jet grouting, deep soil mixing and dynamic compaction
Geraldton Port Maximisation Project
Since award, our Ground Engineering team has completed scoping, onshore and nearshore investigations to facilitate design.
Ground Engineering Capability Statement
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