Schnabel’s GeoDesign services enhance our clients design team and improve the project outcome through complete engagement of our geoprofessional expertise, from project conception through construction.

Our specialized services include geotechnical and geostructural engineering as well as dam and tunnel engineering, environmental and geosciences services, construction monitoring, and resident engineering. These coordinated GeoDesign services are integral to the design and construction team throughout the duration of a project mitigating risk, managing cost, and facilitating construction 

GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES 

  • Site Exploration/In situ Testing 
  • Shallow Foundations 
  • Deep Foundations 
  • Subgrade Preparation/Stabilization 
  • Cut Slopes and Embankment Stability 
  • Seepage Analysis and Dewatering 
  • Earth Pressures/Retaining Walls 
  • Dewatering and Subdrainage Design 
  • Waterfront Structures 
  • Laboratory Analysis of Soil and Rock 
  • Forensic Evaluation 
  • 2D and 3D Numerical Modeling

GEOSTRUCTURAL SERVICES 

  • Foundation Element Design 
  • Excavation Support Design 
  • Ground Improvement 
  • Underpinning 
  • Micropile Design 
  • Soil Nail and Anchor Design 
  • Grouting Programs

GEOSCIENCE SERVICES 

  • Geophysical Investigations 
  • Seismic Hazard Evaluations 
  • Rock Mechanics 
  • Engineering Geology 
  • Groundwater/Hydrogeology 
  • Vibrations

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 

  • Assessments 
  • Remediation 
  • Landfills 
  • Recycling/industrial by-products 
  • Beneficial Reuse