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The Geotechnical Solutions segment offers specialist foundation engineering services and carries out foundation and excavation work, cut-off walls and ground improvements worldwide. Bauer's Equipment segment provides a full range of equipment for specialist foundation engineering as well as for the exploration, mining and extraction of natural ...
In 1984, Keller bought Hayward Baker Inc., a US ground engineering business. [6] In 1990, it was the subject of a management buy-out from GKN plc supported by Candover . [ 6 ] During May 1994, the company was listed on the London Stock Exchange for the first time; [ 7 ] three months later, it was awarded a £7.5 million contract for a German ...
Boston's Big Dig presented geotechnical challenges in an urban environment. Precast concrete retaining wall A typical cross-section of a slope used in two-dimensional analyzes. Geotechnical engineering, also known as geotechnics, is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials.
Shannon & Wilson, also known as S & W, [6] is an American geotechnical engineering and environmental consultancy firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington founded in 1954. [2] It was founded by William L. Shannon and Stanley D. Wilson ( de ), both of whom are alumni of Harvard University . [ 7 ]
URS in Canada. URS Corporation (formerly United Research Services) was an engineering, design, and construction firm and a U.S. federal government contractor. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, URS was a full-service, global organization with offices located in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
Acquisition of Pacific Environmental Services Inc. added value engineering, occupational health and safety, water and wastewater management, and pollution prevention. Merger with Law Engineering and Environmental Services doubled MACTEC size and revenue, and added environmental and geotechnical engineering, facility management, construction ...
A USBR soil scientist advances a Giddings Probe direct push soil sampler.. Geotechnical investigations are performed by geotechnical engineers or engineering geologists to obtain information on the physical properties of soil earthworks and foundations for proposed structures and for repair of distress to earthworks and structures caused by subsurface conditions; this type of investigation is ...
Geosoft was founded in Toronto in 1982 as a partnership between Ian MacLeod and Colin Reeves [4] to develop geophysical software for geophysical exploration and geotechnical engineering applications. The interests of the partnership and the trademark "Geosoft" were purchased by Paterson, Grant and Watson Ltd. in 1984, [ 5 ] who continued to ...