Geotechnical
Site investigations to detailed engineering designs
Geotechnical Consulting Services
Geotechnical and pavement investigations
Problematic material indentification
Geotechnical and pavement analysis
Material selection
Geotechnical engineering design
Pavement rehabilitation solutions
Pavement and layerworks design
Geotechnical
Our key personnel has extensive experience in all aspects of geotechnical and pavement engineering, from initial materials testing,
geotechnical and pavement investigations, through to materials selection and detail geotechnical and pavement engineering designs.
Our geotechnical engineering design capabilities include, but are not limited to, retaining wall structures, foundation design and tailings dam design. Pavement engineering design capabilities include layer-works design, design of flexible and concrete pavements and pavement rehabilitation solutions. Our team has specific expertise in the design of pavements for heavy vehicle and aircraft loadings, although we tailor each solution to meet specific requirements and budgetary parameters.
Geotechical Engineering Services include but are not limited to:
- GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS – Pavement investigations, Soil testing, profiling and core logging, Founding conditions.
- DOLOMITIC STABILITY ASSESSMENTS – Hazard classification; Authority approvals.
- RETAINING STRUCTURES – Earth and gravity retaining structures; Reinforced earth walls; Sheet pile walls; Slope stability.
- FOUNDATION DESIGN – Engineering soil rafts; Strip and pad footings; Pile foundations.
- TAILINGS & EARTH DAM DESIGNS – Soil investigations and testing; Sizing and operation; Permeability, Stability.
- PAVEMENT & LAYERWORKS DESIGN – Material identification; Material modification.
Featured Geotechnical Investigation Projects Showcase

Kathu Solar Plant, Northern Cape
Project:
Geotechnical Investigation
The Kathu Solar Plant is a thermoelectric generation power plant, consisting of a 100MW water steam cycle plant, harvesting solar energy by means of a Parabolic Trough Collector field. The site is located in the Northern Cap Province of South Africa, approximately 10km north-west of the town of Kathu.

Nimba Iron Ore, Guinea and Liberia
Project:
Preliminary Mine Haul Road Design and Geotechnical Investigation
Sable Mining Africa Ltd. obtained an iron ore mining concession in the Mount Nimba region of the Republic of Guinea, with Phase 1 of the project comprising the extraction of 3Mtpa DSO (Direct Shipping Ore) from the concession area.
Iron ore product was to be transported from the mine site to the Port of Buchanan, from where it was then to be exported.

Transnet Railway Lines, Mpumalanga
Project:
Geotechnical Investigation
The purpose of the geotechnical investigations was to determine the soil properties for the design of proposed railway loops, as well as the extension of existing railway lines for Transnet’s Phalaborwa and Komatipoort railway lines.
Geotechnical Investigation Projects Showcase

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