Services

Practice Areas

New Albion Geotechnical provides independent analyses, technical project consultation, and/or internal/external peer review for challenging applications involving major civil works. Specific areas of specialization include: 

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

• Seismic hazard assessment

• Ground motion characterization

• Dynamic soil response

• Liquefaction and cyclic degradation potential of soils

• Slope stability and earthquake-induced ground failure

• Ground failure

• Dynamic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction

• Mitigation of seismic and geologic hazards

Advanced Geotechnical Site Characterization

• Development of site characterization investigations

• Integrated in-situ and laboratory testing programs

• Geophysical applications for dynamic soil properties

• Evaluation of static and dynamic soil behavior

• Cyclic testing for earthquake engineering applications

• Characterization of static and cyclic soil properties for sophisticated numerical modeling

Numerical Analysis of Dynamic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction

• Port waterfront structures

• Bridge Foundations and Abutments

• Earth structures

• Deep foundations

Deep Foundations

• Capacity evaluation

• Axial and lateral performance assessment

• Static and dynamic testing

Soft Ground Engineering

• Soil and site characterization

• Staged-construction of earth structures and foundations

• Time-dependent behavior of foundations

• Ground treatment and foundation stabilization

Performance of Earth Structures and Slopes

• Static and seismic performance

Construction Vibrations

• Monitoring

• Evaluation

• Mitigation

Impact of Natural Hazards on Major Civil Infrastructure

• Multi-hazard assessment for extreme events (seismic, geologic, flood, hurricane)

• Multi-disciplinary risk reduction evaluation