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Schnabel’s geotechnical engineers bring to bear more than 55 years of experience to your project.

This results in early insight on scoping, planning, design issues, and value solutions that can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in construction costs.  Here are but a few examples:

  • Maximum Security Prison, Southwestern Virginia – deep dynamic compaction saved $1,500,000
  • Chevron Central Utility Plant, Fort Detrick, Frederick County, Maryland – alternate foundation system saved $2,500,000
  • Sugar Hollow Dam Upgrading, Charlottesville, Virginia – an innovative approach to spillway expansion and dam stability reinforcement saved client $1,000,000+
  • Hospital, Washington, DC – local geologic experience reduced construction costs by $1,300,000
  • Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) Regional Landfill Expansion Chesapeake, Virginia – inward-gradient design provided an additional 6.3 million cy of useable air space resulting in a huge life cycle cost savings of $72,000,000

GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES

  • Site Exploration/In situ Testing
  • Laboratory Analysis of Soil and Rock
  • Shallow Foundations
  • Deep Foundations
  • Subgrade Preparation/Stabilization
  • Soil and Rock Slope Stability Analysis
  • Seepage Analysis 
  • Retaining Structure Analysis
  • Dewatering and Subdrainage Design
  • Beneficial Reuse Analysis
  • Forensic Evaluation
  • 2D and 3D Numerical Modeling

SPECIALTY GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN

  • Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls 
  • Micropile Design
  • Soil Nail and Anchor Wall Design
  • Design of Grouting Programs

PROJECT SECTORS 

  • Commercial and Industrial Development
  • Dam and Levees
  • Department of Defense
  • Energy
  • Health Care/Higher Education
  • Municipal, State, and Federal Facilities
  • Transportation and Ports
  • Tunnels and Underground Structures
  • Water/Wastewater