The practice’s experience and expertise is centred on major rock engineering schemes, in particular high rock slopes, long tunnel alignments in complex environments, heavily loaded foundations and large span underground openings.
Geo-Design have world class capability and experience in a number of rock engineering fields and those with an extensive track record include the following :
Key Experience
Cavern Engineering
- Extensive experience in assessment of large span caverns under limited cover and in weak rock masses
- Design and Assessment of Caverns in sensitive urban environments, both in terms of ground movements and groundwater impacts
Tunnel Engineering
- Alignment assessments of geological and stability conditions, design of excavation support
- Evaluation and assessment of in situ stress fields and in particular high in situ stress related to geological setting, weak rock mass conditions and very high cover alignments
Slope Engineering
- Planning and design of high rock slopes including widening schemes in urban environments
- Assessment of failed slopes and required remediation
- Long term reviews of major slopes for the mining industry
Foundation Engineering
- Heavily loaded foundations on rock
- Foundations on rock in challenging geomorphological settings