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Geotech Engineering

Most civil and coastal structures cannot be designed without detailed knowledge of foundation engineering and soil-structure interaction. Geotechnical engineering is a fundamental part of Delta Marine Consultants Singapore’s design process. It is the application of soil and rock mechanics to the design of structures on or in the ground. It is a broad discipline consisting of several area’s including site characterisation, parameter evaluation, the eventual geotechnical design and the site engineering. Soil and rock are highly complex and variable materials. The uncertainty of the behaviour of the ground poses risks as well as opportunities, and expert knowledge of soil and rock mechanics is essential to sound and reliable designs. 

Delta Marine Consultants Singapore’s qualified specialists are dealing with these risks and opportunities, using state of the art methods and lessons learned at previous projects. A team of specialists who prepare specifications for soil investigation, perform soil characterisation, define design parameters, perform the required analyses and supervise and interpret various static and dynamic testing methods. 

Delta Marine Consultants Singapore has extensive in the field of foundation design, soil interpretation, engineering geology and soil structure interaction. The experience we gained on design methods as well as execution aspects are employed to support the challenging new projects of the future clients of Delta Marine Consultants Singapore.

This extends to: 

  • Tender design  
  • Detailed design  
  • Site engineering and site support

We also provide support to clients by performing:  

  • Quick-scans  
  • Feasibility studies  
  • Risk assessment  
  • Reviews  
  • Second opinions 

'Solid engineering is based on in-depth knowledge of materials and mechanics'

Expertise

The expertise of the Delta Marine Consultants Singapore’s geotechnical engineers includes:  

Site characterisation:  

  • Desk studies and walk over surveys  
  • Review of available data and determination of additional requirements  
  • Interpretation of soil data, and preparing geotechnical cross sections  
  • Parameter assessment and selection 

 Site investigation:  

  • Specification of scope of site investigation and geophysical operations  
  • Technical evaluation of potential site investigation contractors  
  • Supervision of site investigations and review of reports  

 Retaining walls / quay walls:  

  • Design of various types of retaining walls such as sheet piles, slurry walls and combi walls 
  • Blockwalls and other gravity walls  
  • Design of ground anchors and screens  
  • Building pits 

Piled foundations:  

  • Pile capacity in tension and compression  
  • Design of piles and anchors in all materials, from soft soils to weak rock  
  • Axial load deflection behaviour  
  • Lateral response and capacity  
  • Design of mooring and breasting dolphins  
  • Advice on installation methods  
  • Pile drivability analyses  
  • Assessment of pile group behaviour  
  • Pile Driving Analysis (PDA)  
  • Dynamic Load Testing (DLT)

General foundations:  

  • Stability and deformation of raft  
  • foundations  
  • Soil-structure interaction  
  • 2D and 3D Finite Element analyses  
  • Piled embankments  
  • Gravity Based Structures (GBS)  

Breakwaters and embankments:  

  • Slope stability and time effects  
  • Settlement and soil improvement  
  • Construction phasing  

Other (related) fields:  

  • Geohydrology / dewatering  
  • Engineering geology  
  • Dredging  
  • Liquefaction assessment  
  • Seismic design 

Contact Us

Delta Marine
Consultants Singapore
300 Beach Road #15-01

The Concourse Singapore 199555
Telephone (+65) 6294 3033
Fax (+65) 6299 9283

info@DeltaMarineConsultants-SG.com

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