Geotechnical & Structural
Weston & Sampson maintains a team of experienced geotechnical and structural engineers who provide design and construction management services for:
- Shallow and deep foundations for buildings, such as schools, office buildings, and industrial/retail buildings
- Retaining walls
- Trenchless technologies, such as horizontal directional drilling (HDD), microtunneling, and pipejacking through soil and bedrock for installation of below-grade utilities
- Deep excavation and groundwater control
- Dams, dikes, and embankments
- Structural and low permeability slurry walls
- Rock blasting and vibration monitoring
- Soil improvement
Weston & Sampson has extensive experience assessing dam safety and stability and designing and constructing repairs and improvements to dams. Combining geotechnical and structural engineering expertise with our hydrologic and hydraulic modeling capabilities, we design and manage the construction of cost-effective repairs and improvements to dams.